Favorite Rifle? Favorite Cartridge?

[WisBorn]

Is your favorite rifle chambered in your favorite cartridge?
Or are they different??

Like many of you, I have owned several different rifles chambered in many different cartridges. I have favorites for different types of terrain, but one all around favorite.

My favorite rifle is a Weatherby MarkV ultra lightweight in 7mm Rem Mag. My favorite cartridge is the 300 WSM.

Not that the 7mm Rem Mag can't do what the 300 wsm can. I like the efficiency of the 300 with a little more energy than the 7rm, but very similar recoil.

 

[Bazoo]

My favorite so far is a Winchester 94 made in 1970 chambered for 30-30.

if I ever get my mitts on a Winchester 71 in 348 Winchester, that could very well take its place.

I also could be seduced by a marlin 444 or 45-70 if correctly approached.

 

[badkarmamib]

My favorite rifle is a Henry single shot, in .30-30.

My favorite cartridge is the .30\06, which I have in a Remington 700.

That constitutes half of my long guns.

 

[Cowhide Cliff]

can't say a favorite, depends on what I'm doing as to which is my favorite in rifle or cartridge.

 

[Robbins290]

ar15 in 762x39. cheap and fun.

 

[LoonWulf]

Browning Abolt, 7mm Remington Magnum.

I converted mine to .375 Ruger after shooting out the tube, otherwise yeah they would be in a combo.


Got a sako s20 in 7 mag on order, so ill have another turn bolt 7 soon.

 

[Thomasss]

M1 Garand in 30.06. A hoot to shoot!

 

[Chuck R.]

Favorite is tough, by last count I have 28 rifles, all were bought with a specific task/purpose in mind, which has of course changed over the years.

So favorite, really hinges on favorite for what?

The one I shoot the most is a little Rem M7 in .223 that I dropped in an HS Precision stock, mounted a Leupold VX3i 3.5-10x40 with CDS and added a Timney trigger. It's my walking varmint rifle and my practice big game rifle. With my range out back it's what I grab the most to plink on steel or when taking the dogs for a walk in case a muskrat or coyote appears. It by accident mirrors a similar M700 in .300WM and of course 2 other M7s. With reloads it's sub MOA, cheap on the wallet and easy on the shoulder, long sessions are enjoyable.

Practicing hunting 'prone':



Tripod;

 

[mcb]

Right now my love is torn between to 30 caliber cartridges.



300 BO for is compact size and quiet shooting.

30 Remington AR (second from left, 450 Busmaster, 30 Remington AR, 3oo AAC Blackout, 5.56x45mm) for near 308 performance in a AR-15 size page and that fact it went from SAAMI approval to obsolete in probably the shortest time of any modern cartridge!

 

[Space Ghost]

Hard to pin down one single favorite.
The most fun gun I have to shoot has to be my Chiappa 1892 Alaskan, in .44 mag. Got a red dot on it, and a light. Being a levergun, it's so fast, and being a takedown, it stows away nice.
My Remington 700 in .243 is easily the most accurate rifle I've ever owned. Feels good to shoot tiny little groups. Real good.
My Ruger 77/22 is also a great deal of fun. (as are all .22LR guns) Cheap ammo, zero recoil, accurate... and if the world goes to **** tomorrow, I have more .22LR ammo than any other caliber. I also had it threaded for a can, so hollywood quiet if running subsonic ammo. (same could be said of my 77/357 though)

If I had to pick one though, I'll have to go with one of an AR in 5.56.
Nothing special about them. They aren't exactly heirloom quality weapons... just tools, but after lugging one around for 28 years in uniform, that platform is just so second nature to me, nothing feels more right in my hands.
Highly customizable, low recoil, fast shooting, accurate, light weight, tons of aftermarket support, easy ammo availability...

 

[chicharrones]

My favorite rifle is my Marlin 1894 CSBL and is chambered for .357 magnum. For my purposes, that pretty much makes .357 magnum my favorite cartridge fired from a rifle.

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[Armorer 101]

It just has to be the 6.5s for me, I have, a few. The rifles, well, probably one of the Rem 700s I built. I do like the 6.5x08s, have five, pre dates the 260 Rem. It will push a 120 SMK to super sonic past 1200 yards.

 

[LoonWulf]

Right now my love is torn between to 30 caliber cartridges.

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300 BO for is compact size and quiet shooting.

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30 Remington AR (second from left) for near 308 performance in a AR-15 size page and that fact it went from SAAMI approval to obsolete in probably the shortest time of any modern cartridge!

.22 Nosler might give it a run.....

 

[Lnf Crzr]

Savage 99 in 375 Winchester - Favorite’s

Or, Marlin Css in 357. Can do so much, I suppose it’s a close favorite second.

Both very accurate

 

[Bartojc]

My favorite rifle that I own is my Winchester M70 Featherweight XTR which I own in 30-06. I wish I could find a M70 in .223.

My favorite cartridge is 7mm-08 which I do not own.

-Jeff

 

[.308 Norma]

can't say a favorite, depends on what I'm doing as to which is my favorite in rifle or cartridge.

Yeppers, my favorite big game rifle is the one I had custom built by Montana Rifle Company when I retired. I don't know if it even has a model name or number, but it looks like a "beefed up" Model 70, and it's chambered for my favorite big game cartridge - the .308 Norma Magnum of course.
On the other hand, my favorite small game (as well as ground squirrels, jack rabbits and assorted pests) rifle is a Kimber bolt, and it's chambered for the .22LR - my favorite "small game, as well as ground squirrels, jack rabbits and assorted pests" cartridge.
On the other, other hand, I still have my first "real gun" - the "22" (a Model 55 Winchester) my mom and dad gave me for my 10th birthday over 63 years ago. So it's pretty hard for me to not think of that as my favorite rifle and cartridge of all time.

 

[adcoch1]

My favorite cartridge is the 30-06. It's enough gun for anything, and not too much gun for everything but the smallest critters. I have a beautiful Mauser sporter that is a pleasure to shoot and look at, a Tikka t3, and a 1917 sporter all in 30-06.

But my favorite rifle is my cz 527m in 7.62x39. it's the bottom gun in my avatar, it's just amazing in the hands. I love the sights, and with some creative handloading it covers rabbits to deer size game easily. I love it.

 

[Coyote3855]

1962 Winchester Model 70 in .30-06.

 

[jak67429]

if you go by what I shoot most it would be my 10/22 in 22lr, or my ruger PCC in 9mm. shoot steel challenge 2 to 4 times a month all summer. big game would be 270 in my bar. varmint would be my ar in 223.

 

[jmr40]

I like the efficiency of the 300 with a little more energy than the 7rm, but very similar recoil.

I had a 300 WSM for a few years and really like the concept. Most people don't understand the purpose or how much potential all of the WSM cartridges have. It'll give 98% of the muzzle velocity of a 300 WM, with 15-20% less recoil, better accuracy, and in a more compact rifle.

I sold mine simply because I don't need that much power, but if I ever felt the need for anything with "Magnum" on the headstamp it would be another WSM. I actually think the 7mm WSM was probably the best one. But alas it was the last to be introduced and never really caught on. The 300WSM was the only one somewhat successful.

I have a lot of respect for the new 6.5CM. It lives up to the hype and does anything my 308 will do. But 308 is still my favorite cartridge, and this Winchester 70 EW in a McMillan stock is the favorite rifle.

 

[horsemen61]

Savage model 10 fcp-SR in 6.5 Creedmoor for me it’s about perfect

 

[earlthegoat2]

My favorite cartridge is 450 BM.

Favorite rifle is my Remington 597 Mag in 22 WMR which is my most used and 2nd favorite cartridge.

 

[Milt1]

My favorite, my Model 70 built in 1978 in .222 Remington. I love the history of the .222 including it's beginning, it's bench rest records and all of the cartridges that developed from it.

 

[BrazilianSnowMan]

22LR bolt action.
I have others, but this is my favorite.

 

[Jimster]

Toss up between Uberti 1860 Henry/44-40 blackpowder and Pedersoli Sharps/45-70 blackpowder. Can’t hardly decide.