The general purpose rifle

[Kaleb]

For years and years, I used my FN action .25-06 for everything. I had 70-grain varmint loads and 117-grain deer loads. I shot the barrel out on that rifle and I have since come to accept that I should use a “more efficient rifle” for varmints and plinking.

While I agree with more efficient rifles I can't help but wonder how much more efficient and simpler things could be if I just used one rifle for everything like you did with your 25-06. I'm very guilty of wanting another gun a new gun a different gun or better gun. I can't make myself do it but I could do everything I actually do with a 6cm and only have one rifle. I'd probably go gt because a guy lives about 5 miles from me chambers 6gt for his comp guns. I could even have 3 spun up and make things simple. A tiny one for walking around a mid weight for almost everything and a heavier one for longer range playing. I tried to do something similar years ago with 6.5-284. I ordered a sporter barrel and varmint barrel from Lilja and had the same smith chamber both barrels back to back. I used the same load in both. I hunted the sporter and played with the bigger. I used the same load in both. The wind blew and I just had to do something different. lol

 

[Loper]

As someone who was living in an RV full time for a year, space is a premium and I had choices to make. Thankfully I stored a bunch of my guns elsewhere, but I only had an AR and a pistol, and that was it. I didn’t consider anything else and if forced to do it again, it would be the same choice.

This is a great use case for a single general purpose rifle.

 

[UnckleBob]

Tikka T3x Lite 243 with 1-8 twist barrel
Factory Stock
Seekins Rings
Leupold VX-5HD 3-15X44 CDS

 

[Stinky Coyote]

Yup, sako 90 peak 308, quality lpvo with reticle solutions, shoots steel to 640 great, prolly hardly every go past Mpbr to fill tags but ready if needed. Add tube mount picatinny for a o-light/laser for camp/home defence duty, sheep to everything in between. Love it. Currently wearing a atacr 1-8 yet to be zeroed but has already tried and killed with Trijicon 1-6 German(whitetail), Leupold fx 2.5(antelope), bushnell 4-14(moose), nx8 1-8(coyote)’, prolly find a 1-6x Trijicon mil-dot to try one year, the 10 mil nf dmx would take me further than my applied ballistic lite will take me 875 but dmx takes it to 1000 exactly from 205 zero with its 10 mil grid if really wanted to play but not much I can’t do with this gp setup. 308 eldm Runs out of steam around 600 for big game but so do I and pretty much everyone else. I am definitely in the realistic gp do it all with one rig phase.

 

[Stinky Coyote]

I'm very streamlined on that front.... ugly stik all the way! Lol

Yup and just the dock runner! As a paddleboard boat guy you can do a lot with one of them 3’ masterpieces lol. Except sturgeon, need a bit more rod and reel for them buggers.