If you could only have 3 long guns, which would you choose?

[Overkill338]

A good .22 LR
Mossberg 590 12 gauge
Ruger 300 Win Mag

 

[Hal The Slayer]

Maybe I should pair down my collection. Truthfully, I have my favorites and the others could be framed and hung on a wall. Some are invaluable but for sentimental reasons. I'm not asking for those to be included in the list. But let's say, purely for whimsical gab, that you could only have 3 calibers, any calibers, which would you choose?

 

[Hal The Slayer]

Guess if I had to pick 3 it would be the already tried and tested thru the years the 30-30 Winchester or marlin 30-30,the third would be the same! Kinda like it was the gun that tamed the west and protected families and used to hunt game to feed the same families. Did I prove my point? Ut Oh! might have opened a can of worms with the younger groups!

 

[CapeEsperance]

.22LR, .556 (AR-15). and 308 (M1A)

 

[robert l]

I would say my 338 edge my 308 remmy 700 and my remmy 22 mag

 

[T3ninja]

I'd go with a fast twist .223, so I can load up subsonic heavies and essentially have a .22 LR, or load them supersonic and have a decent mid range defense/small game hunting round.

Then I'm thinking a .300WIN/.30nos/RUM/etc. .30 cal magnum with a 1/9 twist. Run 215/230 gr bullets for the biggest of N. American game. Or run lighter rounds for midsized game.

Then I'd have to have a scatter gun. 12 ga. Doesn't matter to me whether it's a pump/semi as long as I have interchangeable chokes.

Or. Go with a Thompson encore, and get whatever barrel suits your needs lol

 

[foul bore]

6mm cm, 6.5 cm, 308, would do it for my needs

 

[Toolhand]

6xc, 28 nosler, and 338 edge.

 

[TxHeartShot]

.257 Roberts
.300 H&H Magnum
.375 H&H Magnum

Killed lots of food with those; if I was paring down the current line-up, the 7mm STW, the .223 and the .35 Whelen would all get adopted by new owners.

 

[DWier]

Bergara LRP Elite in 6.5 Creedmoor
Sauer 270 Win
Browning A-bolt 300 WM
(But wouldn't give up my SBE or Kieghoff Super Scroll).

 

[Overkill338]

.257 Roberts
.300 H&H Magnum
.375 H&H Magnum

Killed lots of food with those; if I was paring down the current line-up, the 7mm STW, the .223 and the .35 Whelen would all get adopted by new owners.

I respect your choices, but tell me why the 300 Holland & Holland? Isn't it below the 308 Norma performance-wise? I'm merely curious.

 

[sconnierider]

.556 / .260 Rem / .300 WM

 

[Overkill338]

.556 / .260 Rem / .300 WM

But you can ONLY have three "long guns". He didn't say three rifles. I picked a .22 because I might need to eat squirrels and rabbits. The Mossberg 12 gauge, because you can swap from long or short barrels, for different duties. Then the .300 Win Mag, well, because it will kill anything walking the earth, save for few African animals.

 

[Web1350]

Maybe I should pair down my collection. Truthfully, I have my favorites and the others could be framed and hung on a wall. Some are invaluable but for sentimental reasons. I'm not asking for those to be included in the list. But let's say, purely for whimsical gab, that you could only have 3 calibers, any calibers, which would you choose?

22/250, 7mm Rem mag, .375 H&H. They cover anything and everything you would ever want to shoot anywhere in the world