what would be everyones, go to rifle.

[OLDE RETIRED COASTIE]

am curious what everyone would call a go to rifle, to throw in the truck , use for predators, both 4 and 2 legged , for hunting sometimes, in your area/
Mine would be one of my two new ROSSI lever guns 38/357 stainless with 16 inch barrel, or my new 45 colt/454 stainless with 20 inch barrel.
Here in south Alabama might be used on wild hogs, gators, some deer, and for self defense.
Am curious what yall think

 

[BreechFace]

A 14.5” pinned AR15 in 5.56 with a suppressor, LPVO optic, simple WML and some 20 round mags stocked with Hornady 75gr Interlocks

Pretty good results on barrier blind for the 75gr Interlock, even with a windshield simulation.

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[sevt_chevelle]

Ar15

 

[Sarge7402]

Today my Winchester model 69. .22 pre war

 

[Rexster]

If I had to do it today, well, a Browning BLR, .308 Winchester. I have a couple of other candidates, for the job, which are a bit slimmer and lighter, but would need to put considerably more rounds through them, to verify long-term reliability, a Browning 92, .357 Magnum, and a Winchester 94AE Trapper, .45 Colt. (I and family members have had bad luck, in the past, with some tube-magazine-fed, revolver-cartridge, Miroku-chester and Rossi lever rifles, so, I am slow to trust such weapons.)

 

[jmorris]

If I am going to do something specific, I might throw and extra upper in the truck too.

If we are talking farm vehicle, I pick the savage 24.

 

[someguy2800]

Mine was always a 12 ga browning BPS upland special

If I had to choose a rifle to do all the things I think it would be a 16" ruger SFAR in 308

 

[Legionnaire]

Mossberg 500. Not sure if I'd grab the 12 or the 20.

 

[Choctaw]

BCM Recce 14.

 

[Coyote3855]

I have a couple of favorites. 1960 Winchester Model 70 .30-06. Ruger Mini 14. Ruger if it had to be one.

 

[WestKentucky]

I’m gonna be persnickety here. My go to carbine is a very basic junker build AR that actually runs surprisingly well and shoots straight. Every part was second hand and compromised in some way except for the Romeo 5 on top of it. I like the gun, but I have another I would prefer to use if it weren’t somewhat rare and more valuable than it should be. It’s a marlin 62 in 30 carbine. Handy, light, appropriately powerful for nearly everything a truck gun could be pressed into duty for, but at $800 I’m not doing it. I’ll beat the crap out of the $300 beater AR

 

[westernrover]

 

[Frulk]

I have so many rifles that fit the role of truck gun that my problem is picking one.

M1A Scout
Levers in .327FM, .357 Mag, 44 mag, 45 Colt, 410, and 12 gauge.
M77/44 mag
Deerfield in 44 mag

Probably couple I’m missing. If I was to BUY one for the specific purpose of truck gun I’d prob go for a synthetic Mini14 in 7.62x39.

 

[OLDE RETIRED COASTIE]

am not real fond of Ruger Mini 14s I had two of the 180 series and while they were a hoot to shoot, and could throw all kinds of led downrange, I have to say were two of the most inaccurate guns I ever owned.
I sold them when I found someone wanted them more than I did. At 100 yards I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with em. I tried every factory load I could find, and about three different reloads I could think of.
Nothing worked

 

[Bcwitt]

AK. They don't seem to mind staying in the truck.

 

[.308 Norma]

At 100 yards I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with em. I tried every factory load I could find, and about three different reloads I could think of.
Nothing worked

Join the club. The Mini 14 I had wasn't "broadside of a barn" lousy, but I couldn't make it put 3 bullets on a pie plate at 100 yards no matter what kind of ammo I ran in it.
On the other hand, my wife and I watched our oldest grandson take his first deer (a doe mule deer) with that rifle. He put a round through her ribs at about 80 yards. It was a few inches higher than I would have liked, but the deer didn't seem to know that - she stumbled forward a few steps and fell down dead.

 

[westernrover]

The Mini-14 is not as bad as some people claim. Here's my target from a thread on reloading for it:

This is at 50 yards, squares are 1", so those groups work out to 3 or 4 MOA. It's no benchrest rifle, wouldn't be the top choice for small varmints, and I'd even want better for hunting deer at 300 yards, but it seems like it would be adequate for a lot of other things the 223 cartridge is suited for. Honestly, I'd bet there's a lot of people who couldn't shoot a similarly-priced AR any better. I've been told that it's possible to get a ~$1K AR to shoot sub-MOA, and I believe it, but doubt there are many truck-gun situations where I could hold sub-MOA.

I've got to believe the consensus that AR's are more accurate, but I think the Mini-14's accuracy should be represented fairly. There could be worse ones out there, but it would be a shame if people only judged them on the worst examples.

 

[dfish1247]

AR10 in 45 raptor. North America is covered. Africa may be irritating, but it’s doable.

 

[DeepSouth]

I have a Savage 110 chambered in 270 that’s a beater/truck gun. It’s not worth much so if it gets beat up, a little rusty, etc, it’s no big loss.

It’s accurate, reliable, ugly, and cheap.
A good combination I suppose.

 

[NorthBorder]

Mine is a Rossi 45 Colt saddle ring carbine that rides in a roof mounted carrier.
@jmorris what type of would carrier is that in your jeep? I think I would like that better than the one I have in mine.

 

[.308 Norma]

The Mini-14 is not as bad as some people claim.

Mine was.

 

[jmorris]

@jmorris what type of would carrier is that in your jeep? I think I would like that better than the one I have in mine.

It's 1" x .120 wall box tube bolted to the rollbar at a soft top mount hole on either side and some bar stock I threaded for ATV rifle mounts. Tucks up nice, have to bend way down to see it.

 

[Armored farmer]

I am a sucker for short rifles and carbines.
My current favorite is a Ruger American Ranch in 7.62x39 with a Vortex 3-9x50. I have 5rd and 10rd mags.
I know it's not the effective long range western rifle, but it's fun to run in my world.

 

[I6turbo]

am curious what everyone would call a go to rifle, to throw in the truck , use for predators, both 4 and 2 legged , for hunting sometimes, in your area/
Mine would be one of my two new ROSSI lever guns 38/357 stainless with 16 inch barrel, or my new 45 colt/454 stainless with 20 inch barrel.
Here in south Alabama might be used on wild hogs, gators, some deer, and for self defense.
Am curious what yall think

My favorite to shoot would one of the bolt-action guns, which one depends upon the task at hand. But for what you describe, it'd be the AR-10.

 

[DM~]

MY "go to gun" is always the same,

DM