Thoughts on one rifle?

[eric1115]

A guy could, but it would be a short list of cartridges (6ARC, 22ARC, 6GT, 6.5CM, .308 would be my short list of the top of my head) to allow low cost, long barrel life, high volume practice and desired terminal performance at my desired ranges.

Much better would be a .223 trainer/backup and a 6CM/.243/22CM/.22-250 hunting rifle for better danger space, wind, and extended range without the barrel life concerns that come with a "one rifle" setup.

 

[Mtns2hunt]

I can't think of a single reason to have only one gun. Bottom line is I love guns and shooting.

I love to hunt and do so more than most. Big game or small I hunt it all. I shoot all year and real barrel regularly. Jmo

 

[Ringbill27]

I wish they still made those.

 

[Speaks]

I like the concept of have one rifle and shoot it a ton and know it super well. While I own a number of rifles my 270 had really been my go to for years. I recently bought a 6.5cm to fill that role, though I also am picking up an identical 223 that I will configure as an exact match (same rings, optics, everything). Though the more I read the 223 thread the more I think it might just be able to be THE rifle.

In the end I think 2 guns for redundancy makes sense and a 2nd caliber with different but overlapping use case also makes sense. I really could imagine just having 2.

 

[sndmn11]

But then I'd have two rifles again if I added one of those!

...I'll probably still get one

 

[KenLee]

My old ass has finally accepted the "one woman" concept and you wanna talk about having only one rifle? I think not!

 

[Catter]

Im all for it, but I cheat. I've decided to end my hunting days after 70 years bouncing all over everything from action to caliber, and scopes in every flavor, to deciding with what years I have left, just one! One rifle, and one scope, but I just have to have 2 cartridges.

I'm building the LA stainless 700 Remington with a Peak44 Blackrock stock, but it will have 2 #4 contour barrels. One for a 22" 338-06 AI, and one for a 24" 257 Roberts AI. If I am going to hunt anything from Coyote to Dangerous game, and this setup won't do it, I spent 70 years learning nothing!

Now that's just for big game right? I mean, I need my truck gun, my walk around gun, my long range gun, and the others for Varmint plinking and target, right?

Don't think I could have just one for everything, I just aint giving up all my habits, just the bad ones,,,,,

 

[Weldor]

Ran one for a few years, was nice to just swap it out .

 

[Weldor]

I'm pretty much in the Elk, deer , antelope and of course pigs. Maybe black bear. I figure one and done will work for those critters. No Grizzly's here LOL. And of course I'm talking one rifle for hunting, not shooting or plinking.

 

[77TMK]

What about having a bunch of rifles but I only use one of them.

 

[6mm Remington]

280AI - 30-06 - 300 WSM
It would be hard to beat any of these three for the one cartridge question but rifle would be a little harder. I like the Winchester Model 70's but sure wish they were made here in the USA again. I really like the Ruger Model 77 Hawkeye and Hunter rifles. Good solid rifles. Weatherby is a good all American rifle maker that builds a nice rifle. It's hard to beat a Sako or a Tikka either.

I love my Ruger 1B's with one being in 6mm Remington and the other one in 30-06. Love shooting, carrying, and hunting with these rifles. Both are exceptionally accurate also. I've never felt compromised carrying one. I also love the 280AI I had made from a Winchester Model 70 Classic Sporter rifle. It was a 270 until my gunsmith worked his magic on it. It's just a fantastic rifle and cartridge combination. Oh so many choices.

 

[WCB]

Have at least a back up incase your gun goes down. But, also, why? I am not a gun guy by any means but I like have guns to put volume through like my AR, target .223, 17 Hornet, etc.

 

[Choupique]

I know it's not the sexy option these days, but a .30-06 with a 26" barrel scoots pretty good. I never understood why that's not more popular, when 26" .300WM's are so prevalent.

 

[Weldor]

I can get behind having a back up. I can also say in 50 years of rifle hunting I have never had a rifle fail. All weather from below freezing to over 100 degrees. I have had optics fail. I always have a spare scope with me .

 

[6mm Remington]

I know it's not the sexy option these days, but a .30-06 with a 26" barrel scoots pretty good. I never understood why that's not more popular, when 26" .300WM's are so prevalent.

I agree completely. My Ruger 1B's both have 26" barrels.

 

[NVUplandHunter]

Yes. Thought about it a lot and still do because I don’t shoot enough to justify an entire safe full like I have now. I think two is more realistic for me as I’ll always have a .223. Probably keep that and a 6.5 creedmoor if and when I do it.

Thats what im rocking right now... well come saturday ill have the .223. Cal ranch royally dicked the dog transferring a tikka 223 from one store to another. how they did what they did is beyond me so i get to wait longer.
anyway, I think having those 2 cover just about anything you could need. and if i needed something more than the 6.5cm ill use my wifes 270.

 

[dieselchessy]

I can get behind having a back up. I can also say in 50 years of rifle hunting I have never had a rifle fail. All weather from below freezing to over 100 degrees. I have had optics fail. I always have a spare scope with me .

For that same situation I use a backup rifle. Prevents needing to mount a scope and zero in the middle of a hunt. Just grab the other outfit and get back to it.

 

[Choupique]

My Ruger 1B's both have 26" barrels.

It gets you pretty close to 300wm speeds without all the noise and fire and recoil. .30-06 loves 26" barrels.

Since small bores and supressors are en vogue now I know most people's 1 rifle choice will be something like that. I just never understood why people are appaled at the idea of a 26" -06 but will gleefully pick up a 26" belted mag because you need all that barrel for a magnum.

 

[wyosam]

I can get behind having a back up. I can also say in 50 years of rifle hunting I have never had a rifle fail. All weather from below freezing to over 100 degrees. I have had optics fail. I always have a spare scope with me .

Not having to worry about zeroing/confirming zero after a scope swap is nice, theoretically. My only failure in the field was a was a broken base bolt on an older 3 hole Model 7. It of course broke flush and was loctited in. Luckily I was hunting from the house, and wasn’t too far back when I caught it. That one is now a 4 x 8-40 hole model 7.


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[wyosam]

Absolutely. I like the One Gun Theory. So much so, that I’ve built my “one gun” solution quite a few times. Any one of them could do anything I need it to at a moments notice. Between time restraints keeping me from shooting f-class, and the distance I have to drive to shoot longer range I’m even “getting rid of” specialized rifles and turning them into even more “One Rifle” rifles.


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