Least amount of rifles?

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10/22 optional-would be next to go.
AR .223 carbine scoped
AR "pistol" 7.5" .300BLK for HD. Suppose a true pistol would suffice but the AR does add some capability and is still very compact.
.30-06 sporter for "reaching out". In truth it shoots nearly as well as my .308 varmint.
 
Where I am in life right now, just one serves my needs, a single-shot .22 I use for small game, pest control, and range toy.
Even before the SAFE act kicked in here, I really wasn't using my AR for much except gathering dust in between range trips, and am not ashamed to say I sold it for stupid money when the rush was on before the provisions kicked in. The proceeds from that kept me going for long enough to get settled again.
Shortly, I'm hoping to add either a good bolt in .308 or a lever in either .357 or .44 for hunting but that's still up for debate. I have a really bad back and other muscular-skeletal issues that preclude me humping more than the most basic gear, and I have no illusions about the utility of a long gun in an SD situation where I live. My EDC fills that role well.
Short answer: two, a rimfire and a basic, lightweight centerfire in a common caliber would meet all my current and projected needs.
 
I only have about 3 rifles that I routinely shoot. My Tikka 7mm-08 hunting rifle, a Stevens recently rebarreled to .308, and my 30-30 just for kicks. Although I could just as easily say my (very) old Winchester 57 bolt action .22. Those last two are hard to put down once you pick them up.
 
Seriously though I could get by with 22-250 and 300wm. Bluedot can make these duplicate smaller cartridges. Titewad can make them extremely accurate subsonic target guns.
 
FL-NC said:
For the SHOOTING activities that you actually do- what number is the least amount of rifles you could get by with to do them all? "Heirlooms", "vintage collections" and other safe queens don't count unless you want them to. For me, that number is 4: a 10-22 (no explanation needed), a M4 clone for training, HD, some hunting, etc., a "hot-rod" AR for 3 gun, and a bolt gun in 308 or 6.5 CM. Similar threads will be in Handguns and shotguns.
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Is this like the flip-side of what is your primary?

Primary Battle-rifle, Secondary Sidearm, Tertiary Blade, what activities do you/can you do with your primary rifle?

Last I knew, I was only toting one rifle afield. So if I need a different rifle for every activity, perhaps it's time to reassess my philosophy?

Or, perhaps it's time to ask why you can't do all your SHOOTING activities with the rifle you selected as your primary?
 
Just me and not other family members?
  • 10/22 or CZ455 for Appleseed instructing and general plinking and small game hunting
  • LMT MRP for various longer range shooting and defensive purposes
  • Montana .375 H&H for general hunting... BUT, it really needs the 260gr Accubonds to have much reach. I can't find these ANYWHERE. So absent finding a few boxes, I'd want my M70 7mag as well just to have some reach for elk.
  • Browning 1886 .45-90 for dangerous game. This will switch to my .50-110 when I finish loads for it, but right now the .45-90 is more useful.
 
M118LR said:
Is this like the flip-side of what is your primary?

Primary Battle-rifle, Secondary Sidearm, Tertiary Blade, what activities do you/can you do with your primary rifle?

Last I knew, I was only toting one rifle afield. So if I need a different rifle for every activity, perhaps it's time to reassess my philosophy?

Or, perhaps it's time to ask why you can't do all your SHOOTING activities with the rifle you selected as your primary?
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I'm not going to hunt black bear with a 22, I'm not going to hunt squirrels with 223, and I'm not going to do HD with a bolt action hunting rifle if there is a more suitable alternative. It sounds like your philosophy is strictly military-like in nature. Nothing wrong with that, but different jobs require different tools.
 
I agree that certain thing are just totally unsuitable to certain tasks but I do think that alot of people out there seam to think really narrowly in terms of what a certain rifle is good for. I'm mean there is no real reason you couldn't hunt everything from yotes to moose with a 270. If you want to have 15 hunting rifles that's fine but people got along for alot of years with one or two rifles. Just say you want it just because.

I took 7 guns to deer camp with me this year but I only needed the first one which was the only rifle I owned 10 years ago. This year I will have 10 guns coming with to deer camp and only 9 days to hunt. Its getting absurd. Good thing I bring a big fish house to sleep in. One whole bunk is just filled with guns.
 
I have always been more interested in handguns until one day I realized that I only owned one long gun...a Ruger 10/22. So I set out to build a basic four gun hunting battery. My selections are;

1. Ruger 10/22 22 L.R.
2. Marlin 336 in 35 Remington for close in work.
3. Ruger M77 Stainless Steel All-Weather .270.

For #4 I wanted to add a big bore rifle for dangerous game but I don't hunt dangerous stuff or go into grizzly bear country so I never have added a dedicated rifle. As commented with todays bullet selection and proper hunting skill there is not much North American big game I can not take with the .270.

I have since added the AR-15 5.56 as part of my essential battery.

I have added a lot more long guns with a lot of overlap in capabilities since then but the above well will serve me well.
 
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with respect but a lot of you guys response is just hunting rifles. you are missing out on a lot of fun things, cowboy action shooting, cmp or nra hipower matches, long range buffalo gong shoots, and the three gun or action rifle shoots. just saying....
 
I can't even think about not having any of the guns I now own, whether they get shot or not any given week.

They may not get shot every week, but they get fondled often. Fondling or looking at them is using, and makes them feel NEEDED. They're so needy, they almost jump out of the gun cabinet when I walk by, especially if I don't look their way. It's pitiful.
 
4

Sort to mid range big bore thumper
Long range precision rifle
Lever action in 357
Pistol caliber carbine in 10mm

That would cover my activities
 
1. and 2. A couple .22's. For me it would be two different Ruger 10/22's. One for ultra accurate plinking and a basic no frills .22.

3. A long distance rifle.

4. An AR for 1 to 400 yards.

5. A hunting rifle.
 
The least amount of rifles for what I shoot?
Hmmmm, an Anshutz 1712 for SB Silhouette, a high powered rifle for High Power Silhouette, an M1 or M1A for Service rifle competition and a SB prone rifle. So the answer is 4 rifles.
 
dieselchief said:
with respect but a lot of you guys response is just hunting rifles. you are missing out on a lot of fun things, cowboy action shooting, cmp or nra hipower matches, long range buffalo gong shoots, and the three gun or action rifle shoots. just saying....
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No options for any of that out here....heck we dont even have any "real" ranges. Not on the big island anyway, oahu or one of thr other islands probably does have matches and shoots.
 
FL-NC said:
I'm not going to hunt black bear with a 22, I'm not going to hunt squirrels with 223, and I'm not going to do HD with a bolt action hunting rifle if there is a more suitable alternative. It sounds like your philosophy is strictly military-like in nature. Nothing wrong with that, but different jobs require different tools.
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Ideally, sure, you would match the perfect gun to every target.

But if I HAD to pick just one rifle, I don't think think any target- beast, paper, or man- would survive 30 rounds from my AK. Not under 300yd, anyway, and I probably wouldn't attempt a shot much longer than that anyway.

My 11- year old has a blast with it too. I told her get her own.

Now she's eyeing my Inland carbine and .410 Enfield.......:eek:;)
 
FL-NC said:
For the SHOOTING activities that you actually do- what number is the least amount of rifles you could get by with to do them all? "Heirlooms", "vintage collections" and other safe queens don't count unless you want them to. For me, that number is 4: a 10-22 (no explanation needed), a M4 clone for training, HD, some hunting, etc., a "hot-rod" AR for 3 gun, and a bolt gun in 308 or 6.5 CM. Similar threads will be in Handguns and shotguns.
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For ---rifles---, & the kind of shooting I do mostly, ok I guess it would be a modest 3 rifles
I don't shoot steel over 300 yards so my 223 Rem Tactical 700
Hunting big game is my Winchester 70 in 7mm Mag
Plinking 22lr the one great Rem model 513-T Matchmaster
 
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