Favorite do-all rifle

[memtb]

now that's a great all arounder!

Thank You…..I'm pretty darn partial to it! memtb

 

[kgarrett]

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.

 

[Critter Picker]

If I could only have 1 rifle it would have to be my TC Encore. I have several barrels for it that would cover all my bases.

 

[Brushcutter]

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.

 

[NorthernShot]

Best do all RIFLE…? That's a hard one for me. I guess for me it would have to be my Remington 700 BDL in 30-06 Springfield. I've really been loving my Weatherby Mark V Ultra Lightweight in 6.5-300 Wby Mag as my do-all and it's really been amazing at killing everything it's pointing at for the past 2 years. But my 30-06 has done the same thing with 165 gr Accubonds cooking out the barrel at about 2950 fps for the 10 years preceding me starting hunting with the 6.5-300 using 127 gr LRX.

The reason my Remington 700 in 30-06 would get the nod is it's a 22" barrel instead of a 26" + muzzle break which makes it easier to handle in the bush and to hunt Bison in BC there's a caliber restriction and the minimum is a 175 gr bullet that retains 2000+ ft-lbs at 100 m. So switching my load to a 175 gr Barnes LRX is going to be a fun reloading challenge now!

 

[K.E.C. Darkside]

My first 2 rifles I bought, both are
Model 70 Pf. #1 is 264WM. #2 is 300WM
I have 2 hands l would cheat and grab both.

 

[casey36]

Mine would be my custom 7mm STW on a 700 Remington. Last rifle i would ever part with. Shoots under .50 groups with just about any bullet I've tried.

 

[unclecroc]

My ruger m77 25-06. It will dispatch any critter I want to kill. Me and this gun get along like peas and carrots,I am very confident with it in my hands and I think confidence is half the game.

 

[ObiJohn]

I can't see what any modern bottleneck cartridge from a .270 on up to a .338 Win Mag, including the 6.5 PRC, 7.8 Western, 7 and 300 PRC couldn't handle in North America. Where I'd pick on the spectrum depends on edge cases and personal preference. I don't know if there's a significant difference across the spectrum that would affect the outcome of an opportunity.

Out of what I have that's ready today, my M70 Classic in '06. My Mausingfield M7 SA in 6.8 will be the do-it-all tomorrow, perhaps with a spare .338 WSM barrel.

 

[memtb]

I can't see what any modern bottleneck cartridge from a .270 on up to a .338 Win Mag

Well, don't stop there. There's other pretty good cartridges/calibers that are a bit larger ……that will also work pretty good! memtb