Favorite do-all rifle

Gunwerks Nexus in 300 PRC shooting 208 gr LRX. If I ever get to go buffalo hunting in Africa, I'd have to borrow a rifle, but for everything else it should be plenty.

Course it's a switch barrel and I also have a 6.5 PRC barrel for it as well :). No matter, definitely my current favorite and the last rifle I'd give up.
 
My mother bought my father a Savage model 99E in .308 Winchester in 1960 on his 30th birthday. I tried more than a few times to get him to shoot other rifles/cartridges unsuccessfully over the years. His last hunting season was 2015 at the age of 85. He gave it to my son. As for me, my .280AI built around a Defiance action with a minor hesitation while glancing at my X-Bolt in 7mm-08.
Wow! My dad bought his 300 Savage 99 about 1970 when we came home from visiting grandparents one evening to find a bear after our turkeys in the backyard pen. His deer rifle till then was a 44-40 Winchester (sadly, traded for the 99). When Dad quit hunting 10 or 12 years ago, he gave the 99 to my son. 20 years ago I got a 99f in 308, put a 2-7x Nikon on it. It fits me wonderfully! Feels like I could almost shoot birds on the wing. With about 15 other rifles that would be fine for deer, the 99 is "my deer rifle ". Often, elk too.
 
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