federalfarmer
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Ruger .300 win mag -- Paid $400 for it used. not fancy but functional.
Lefty of course.
Lefty of course.
Why Is Your Favorite Rifle...Your Favorite?
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Maverick223
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I know why...it is handy and gets the job done, despite what some goons say.
Browning A-Bolt Stalker in 300WSM. In the last 4 years it has been In and Out country with me (not africa) and has done a great job on all types of game(Red Stag-Etc.) if I match the bullet to it. On the bean fields here at my farm in south La. it is a deadly deer gun! Yeah, it is my "Go To" gun. The rest come out when I feel like playing with another caliber.
My favorite rifle is my CZ 452. It was my first, and I've grown attached to it. Part of the reason I fell for it in the first place is that it's a bit old school in both looks and construction. No plastic or MIM anywhere other than the magazine base plate. I like that.
black_powder_Rob
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i had to go with the first 6 selections for my marlin336. It is my fav.
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Maverick223
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Great selection of rifles, and reasons for them being your favorite, anyone else?
Erik M
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beacuase I bought it with my money, styled it the way I wanted, and I can hit inside the 8 ring at 100 yards on a bad day.
OrangePwrx9
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My favorite rifle is the last one what kilt me a deer.
This year it's a TC Firehawk 54.
This year it's a TC Firehawk 54.
Tinpig
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Since I started loading down for it, this has become the rifle that always goes to the range with me, no matter what else I'm shooting.
'43 Remington 03A3.
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'43 Remington 03A3.
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Ignition Override
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The authentic Lee-Enfield "Jungle Carbine", built for combat in the nasty jungles of WW2 Burma.
When you hold this lightweight, handy little gun and then feel the power of the .303 round, you might understand.
Savage .22, (Nor.) SKS, Mini 30, MN 44, LE #4, #5.
When you hold this lightweight, handy little gun and then feel the power of the .303 round, you might understand.
Savage .22, (Nor.) SKS, Mini 30, MN 44, LE #4, #5.
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rangerruck
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I have an old , completely pitted and beat up , very old remmy 241 gs, take down model. It is a simple push button, twist the bbl, and it breaks in two.
It fires only 22 shorts, and is butt fed. since it is the old origional Browning design, it drops the empty carts straight down. It is amazing though, the action was still in great condition, and after I put some Molyfusion in it, super duper slickety slick!!!! It will semi auto feed and work, fireing only CB shorts through it!!! That's right, reliably fires and operates the action, using CB shorts!!!
At 50 yds, the bullet travels about the same speed and trajectory as a football pass by Drew Breeze, it is so freakin cool. I was at the range fireing it, and I had some officers come over to check it out. I told them, try to listen for it...
I fired multiple times, but they could not hear it, over the earmuffs, and the surrounding noise, they thought I was faking, but I showed them the empty feed tube, so cool.
You totally need no ear protection, and can fire in your back yard, no probs.
looks like this, but a bit smaller.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...mage_result&resnum=6&ct=image&ved=0CBEQ9QEwBQ
It fires only 22 shorts, and is butt fed. since it is the old origional Browning design, it drops the empty carts straight down. It is amazing though, the action was still in great condition, and after I put some Molyfusion in it, super duper slickety slick!!!! It will semi auto feed and work, fireing only CB shorts through it!!! That's right, reliably fires and operates the action, using CB shorts!!!
At 50 yds, the bullet travels about the same speed and trajectory as a football pass by Drew Breeze, it is so freakin cool. I was at the range fireing it, and I had some officers come over to check it out. I told them, try to listen for it...
I fired multiple times, but they could not hear it, over the earmuffs, and the surrounding noise, they thought I was faking, but I showed them the empty feed tube, so cool.
You totally need no ear protection, and can fire in your back yard, no probs.
looks like this, but a bit smaller.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...mage_result&resnum=6&ct=image&ved=0CBEQ9QEwBQ
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Maverick223
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RR, I have to say you make a "completely pitted and beat up...old remmy" sound pretty darn cool.
MHBushmaster
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My STG-58 FAL, 18" Steyr Barrel, DSA mount with an Eotech 552.
When the balloon goes up, I'm going to be toting this full of 150gr SP and more mags of M80ball and a few loaded up 165gr Hornady InterBond for those tough nuts that need to be cracked.
When the balloon goes up, I'm going to be toting this full of 150gr SP and more mags of M80ball and a few loaded up 165gr Hornady InterBond for those tough nuts that need to be cracked.
teetertotter
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My 3 year old 39A w trigger mod and 6mo old S&W 22A, only one's I own. I use each once a week at the club plus practice. Summer outdoor and winter indoor leagues. Love my lever action.
RobMoore
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Scoped M1A.
The feel of the recoil is enough to announce to your shoulder that you have fired a gun with some power to it, but light enough to recover the sights quickly, and light enough to not scare off novice shooters I'm introducing to the game. My AR just feels like an airsoft gun.
I can put anyone behind it, and have them dinging headshots off the 300 yard steel torso plate, or knocking over the bowling pins.
It is easy to clean for a semi-auto
Surplus ammo works well in it.
It has never failed me.
The feel of the recoil is enough to announce to your shoulder that you have fired a gun with some power to it, but light enough to recover the sights quickly, and light enough to not scare off novice shooters I'm introducing to the game. My AR just feels like an airsoft gun.
I can put anyone behind it, and have them dinging headshots off the 300 yard steel torso plate, or knocking over the bowling pins.
It is easy to clean for a semi-auto
Surplus ammo works well in it.
It has never failed me.
otcconan
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I can't explain why the Mauser 1895 Chilean, sporterized and rechambered in 30,06 is my favorite...words do not do the rifle justice. It is an instrument of death truly designed for such purposes. Dad took a number of deer with it and so did I and now it is mine. It was designed to kill men and now it feeds them. That is the way it is.
Redneck with a 40
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For me, its my Remmy 700 SPS Tactical in .308. It packs plenty of punch, is very accurate and the recoil is mild. Shooting 3" groups at 300 yards is pretty fun!
Wanta B
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Well at first I thought,'there si NO way I can pick only one...',but then it dawned on me. Out of all my firearms be they rifle OR pistol,the one that I have shot the most,have fond memories with going on back to my youth,been more places with me than I can remember,has worn more varied accessories than any other I have owned AND the only one to make it thru' a sticky devorce...all the others got sold to pay to get rid of the ex...My first rifle,my first firearm period.
It has worn more than a dozen different stocks and two dozen barrles.It has looked like a target/bench queen on down the line to a trailerpark tacti-trasher...all told over the years I have spent thousands on "stuff" for it.It has had more lead thu' it than any given Cabela's outlet has ever sold(ok not realy but ya' get the drift,) and when I am back home it always and I mean ALWAYS,goes to the range with me and half the time to the wliderness too.
My good old reliable that can say yes to all of the above in the pole...my #1 Ruger 10/22.
It has worn more than a dozen different stocks and two dozen barrles.It has looked like a target/bench queen on down the line to a trailerpark tacti-trasher...all told over the years I have spent thousands on "stuff" for it.It has had more lead thu' it than any given Cabela's outlet has ever sold(ok not realy but ya' get the drift,) and when I am back home it always and I mean ALWAYS,goes to the range with me and half the time to the wliderness too.
My good old reliable that can say yes to all of the above in the pole...my #1 Ruger 10/22.
OpelBlitz
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Because every time I try something, I use that particular rifle. So it is my gunsmithing practice rifle. Now its incredibly accurate and fun to shoot! All the firsts: Refinishing the metal, refinishing the stock, cutting out a bedding block and bedding it with glass, making and installing a muzzle brake, swapping barrels, swapping triggers, truing the bolt face, recrowning, returning a barrel, Now I am working on making a suppressor for it, taking all required legal action of course.
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