4 gun centerfire battery, you pick them??

[barreltwister]

I think I posted this earlier in the wrong forum...

I am thinking about thinning the heard a little and going to a four gun battery. Kinda thinking I could cover the whole spectrum with the right four guns. Here are my thoughts, but was wondering what others would choose.

223 plinking
243 coyotes and such
280AI most everything from speed goats to elk
35 whelen elk, moose, and bear


lets here your thoughts on this and what changes you would make. Thanks

Couldn't believe it when I read this post. I have these four chamberings for the purposes mentioned.

I have three 223's, a heavy barreled 700 with a custom 12" twist King barrel, a Sako L461 hunter with a 12" twist Gaillard barrel and a Mini-14.

I have a Kimber Montana in 243 with a 2.5-8 Leupold in Talley LW's.

Then I have a custom 700 in 280AI with a 9" twist Shilen #2 in an Edge stock.

And a custom 35 Whelen in a Pre'64 Model 70 with a Hunters Edge stock.


These four will do everything I will ever want to do with a rifle,....but I do have a few others just in case..

 

[hawk45]

.22 = Rodent and small game
.223 = Plinking and small game
.308 = Medium game
300WM = Everything else

Can't think of anything else I would absolutely need that these can't do. Maybe a fast twist .243 or a 6.5 short action to pick up the overlap of the .223/.308

 

[Rifleman513]

If the guns listed meet all the requirements of the original poster then I would think his list would suffice.

The four that I find myself pulling out of the safe most often are:
22-250
243
270
300 RUM

If I had to narrow it down to just 4 centerfires these are what I would hold on to.

 

[Greyfox]

This is a hypothetical question for me given I have owned far more then four rifles for over 45 years. If limited to four...today(20-30 years ago would have to include my African big bores)

-Colt Ar15 with 3 uppers in (2)223/6mmAR-competition, varmint hunting, self defense.
-Cooper 52 6.5x284- medium game/coyotes 50-1000+yards
-Rem700 Milspec(semi custom)-300WM- any game and targets to 1000+yards
-pre-64 Model 70 Winchester Super Grade in 30-06-My hunting rifle from the beginning, and it will go to the grave with me. Still shoots <1MOA!

 

[CoachChris]

.223 for plinking/yotes/training
6.5 Creedmor for competition/speed goats/deer
.308 semi-auto for competition/deer
7mm Rem Mag for elk/deer

 

[bschneiderheinze]

I actually shot three of my four today

223/556
308
6.5 creed
300 wsm

I don't like the big big calibers due to recoil

 

[Anschutz]

Well, some might call this cheating but I would have:
#1 Savage Short Action: .223 1-8 Barrel (Plinking and Coyotes), .243 1-8 Barrel (Coyotes-Deer)
#2 Savage Long Action: .270 Win 1-8 Barrel (Deer-Elk), .338 WM 1-10 Barrel (Elk-Griz)
#3 Ruger #1 in 45-70 for bunnies up to African Game
#4 Ruger M77 in .270 (My dad's deer rifle)

If I were only to pick 4 calibers I would pick:
.223 AR for Competition
.243 Win for Deer and lower
.270 Win or WSM for Deer to Elk
And since a proper elk rifle starts with a 3 and leaves two holes the final one would be:
.45-70 to fill in the gaps

But I really like guns so only 4 rifles would be hard for me to do.

 

[BCinKS]

22-250
25/06
7stw
338 win

 

[Reload10]

I've thought about this a lot, and think I could get it down to 3 cartridges:

22-250
6.5-06
300 Norma Mag

It would give you the 3 most universal calibers (in my opinion), and the above chamberings are at the upper end of velocity for each caliber.

 

[Deleted member 46119]

I think about this a lot when looking into my safe.

I have every caliber (bullet diameter) from .172 to .458

I probably have more than one chambering for each caliber

.172
.204
.221 thats 22LR
.224
.243
.257
The list goes on. Yet not a single "AR" in a military chambering. If you are around any of my MSR (Modern Sporting Rifles) and someone sticks a .556 NATO in it, RUN.

If I had to pair it down to 4 rifles?

22LR Ruger American
257 Weatherby Mark V
300 Weatherby Mark V
338-378 Weatherby Mark V
45-70 Government Model 1886 Winchester Lever action. Tough choice over the 1885 High Wall Falling block

But gosh, that would be a boring world.

 

[billm67]

2 AR's in 223. One a heavy barrel with a Geiselle DMR, the other a 16 inch lightweight plinker/information competition gun
Rem 700 Varmint in 243....very accurate rifle with handloads
2 308's a rem stainless varmint and a ruger american sport weight
45/70 Ruger 1895 Cowboy....always impresses me with how well it shoots. Should handle anything on this continent.

 

[nifrand]

AR 5.56
22-250 1in8 twist up to 80 grn bullets
257 Roberts Ackley
300 Win Mag

 

[toddc]

AR-10 6.5 Creed
338 big case.
Done.
I would add a 22-284 and 7mm Imp Lapua if I got 4 choices I guess.

 

[just country]

morning
243AI
257 WBee
7mm WBee
340 WBeelightbulbgun)