favorite rifle

[relic 59 50]

just wondering what your favorite rifles are. mines my model 44 magnum carbine sturm ruger co. 1963 with absoleutley no close comparisons

[skywag]

pre 64 model 70..............with no close second.

[JACK308]

my marlin 45/70 followed by my 308

[smith357]

My .22

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y266/smith357/armory/Kimber/IMG_4195.jpg

[CTS]

Model 70 Winchester in .243. Not pre '64, but very accurate and a nice clean 2.5lb trigger. Just looked it up, it's a '71 Model. I like to use it for shooting golf balls at 100 yds, when not deer hunting with it.

[Deja vu]

Marlin 1895 45/70

Marlin 1894 357 mag

[Mals9]

'44 Springfield M1
Marlin Model 70 .22

[JTJones]

My savage model 12 FCV in 223.

[armoredman]

My CZ 527M in 7.62x39mm, grand fun to shoot and reload for. :)

[bacardisteve]

Savage 10 308 pre accutrigger. It makes me look better than i really am.

[PawPaw]

My current favorite is a Remington 700 ADL, built in 1983. It's a .308 and carries a Leupold VX1 scope. Very bare-bones hunting rifle.

But, I'm a fickle sort when it comes to favorite rifles. Who knows what my favorite might be next week?

[VeryOldDog]

Savage 93R17 FV with heavy barrel, accutrigger and 4 - 14X scope. Shoots straight all the time.

[9ballbilly]

My original (1980) Wnchester model 94 Trapper .30-30.

Second, for now, is my newer Henry .22lr carbine. Great pest control device.

[Yankee Doodle]

Easy. Ruger #3 carbine in 45-70. This in spite of the fact that it kills at one end, and maims at the other.

[aarondhgraham]

But I like break-open single-shot rifles the best,,,
My H&R rifles are my favorite long guns.

http://www.aarondgraham.com/pics/HR-Both.jpg

The rifle on top is chambered in .357 Magnum,,,
I have a Leupold Rifleman mounted on it,,,
I explode armadillos out to 150 yards.

The rifle on the bottom is chambered in .22 LR,,,
It has a Bushnell Banner mounted on it,,,
Anything within 100 yards is mine.

I find shooting these rifles to be soothing to my soul,,,
They evoke my inner plainsman. :)

Aarond

[bigoneslurk]

my winchester model 70 in 25 wssm love that gun

[KenL]

Browning early model BLR in 308

Second is my Marlin model 60 22. Actually it's a toss up as to which of these 2 are my favorite.

[kd7sgm]

Ruger Hawkeye grey laminate 300wm. Timney trigger, accuracy work to the stock, and quite accurate, but also heavy as a railroad tie.:D

[BrittB]

Remington 581s. Love it even better than my 308!

[kraigwy]

Toss up between my Winchester M-70 Featherweight in 257 Roberts and my Winchester M-70 Featherweight in 270 Win.

[Picher]

Out of several rifles, it has to be my 1980s Rem 700 ADL with a new .243 Win, Pac-Nor Stainless Super-Match barrel.

The rifle was a .22-250 that won many turkey shoots and killed a lot of woodchucks, but I haven't been doing either of those things for awhile, so the .243 is a better all-around cartridge for my present needs. So far it's gotten a running coyote at 190 yards and did a great job. This fall, it also spent some time in the deer blind with my grandsons.

After all the trouble getting the rifle re-barreled, I wouldn't go through it again for other rifles, but this one has way too much history to trade it off.

[warbirdlover]

My new Remington 700 SPS Buckmasters .270 with a Nikon ProStaff 3-9 X 40. And I almost sold this thing last week! Yikes I'm getting senile. :confused:

Click on the picture to enlarge more.....

[mtnman]

m77 Hawkeye in 300 rcm.

[upstate81]

Rem 700 in 3006. She wears a nikon prostaff, simple yet smooth and extremley accurate.

[ripnbst]

I've only got one rifle so my favorite is my Mossberg 100 ATR in .270 WIN. People hate on these rifles but mine is just as good a shooter with factory ammo as any Rem 700.

[geetarman]

Remington 700P .308.
Ruger M77V 25.06

Both are a hoot to shoot and both really do well.

Geetarman:D

[krunchnik]

My old fashioned Marlin 336 in 30-30,I guess pretty simple with zero tacticool,but thats alright.
http://i763.photobucket.com/albums/xx272/krunchnik/IMG_1457.jpg
:D

[Colonel Custer]

M44 Mosin Nagant. I love bolt action rifles. By the Way Love the Combat Quote!!!!

[L_Killkenny]

Rimfire: My home brew SS 10/22 with Green Mountain 16.5" fluted sporter barrel, VQ hammer, deluxe stock and Redfiled 2-7x scope.

Centerfire: My homebrew Savage 110 with McGowan 18.5" SS .243 Sporter barrel, tuned trigger, Boyd's stock and Redfiled 3-9x scope.

LK

[lefteye]

My old Rem. 700 BDL LH. Bought it used. Adjusted trigger myself. Put a Brown Precision very light weight synthetic stock on it, glass bedded and free-floated barrel. Leupold VX-III 2.5 x 8 scope. MOA with the right handloads, i.e., Nosler 130 gr. Ballistic Tips. Got my best mule deer with it at 400+ yards north of Douglas, WY some years ago. Second choice is my Browning A-Bolt SS LH .300 Win. Mag. Same model of scope. Also glass bedded and free-floated. MOA with Nosler 180 gr. Protected Point bullets (designed for the long .300 Win. Mag. in "standard" long action rifles.) Biggest elk at less than 20 yards; 130 lb. black bear two days later at over 400 yards in Montana in the Bob Marshall west of the Divide. Wonderful hunt!

My favorite, but one I don't have, is a custom LH bolt action .280 AI, perfect for every critter legal in the lower 48.

[intruder]

My Winchester Model 70 Featherweight pre 64 action in 280 with BOSS

[BIG P]

REM 700's old mods. mags

Rem 7600 pumps 270 win
AR'S
Ruger m77's 25-06

[meatgrinder42]

My sporter 1891 Argentine Mauser, 7.65x53. It's short so it's easy to carry in the woods and it knocks down deer just as well as any other rifle for being an antique.

[hydroholic]

All three of my BAR Safari Mark II's , .270 .30-06 and .300 WM with the latter being my most favorite!

[pilpens]

.22 LR -- CZ 452/453 varmint.

[cw308]

That 22 is one fine looking rifle. What make & model or is it custom.

[warbirdlover]

My Winchester Model 70 Featherweight pre 64 action in 280 with BOSS

intruder

You put a BOSS on a pre-64 70? Did you "need" to?

[Cascade1911]

Savage Model 99 in 303 Savage.

[Cascade1911]

Interesting that so far, none of the favorite rifles are mean ol' black main battle rifles.

[jhgreasemonkey]

I'm really attached to my Savage 110 in .30-06. I set it up with a one piece mount, weaver steel rings and weaver 3x9x40 scope. Added an x-coil pad to the stock, a foldover cartridge carrier and a comfort sling. It is what comes with me into the woods. It's not my finest rifle but it is dependable, light, nice handling, very accurate and the accutrigger is great.

[snakestrikeace]

My Favorite is my smith-corona 1903A3 in 30-.06, but my loaded M1A is a close second.

[Jack O'Conner]

Winchester 94 Legasy in 30-30.
Jack

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c146/rushmoreman/DSC01167.jpg

[homesick]

Remington 700 / 25-06

[compglock17]

I have 2:
Bolt gun: my Model 70, 22-250, med. heavy barrel, sweet trigger!

"Black Gun": S&W M&P 15, my cruiser rifle, my life line!!

[bamaranger]

Win M88....308..........4 digit#, mfg 1956

[psyfly]

Winchester 62a

closely followed by:

Savage 99 in .308

[TNT]

My M1 Garand followed by my Ruger 10/22 the Garand is a story teller

[arch308]

Tough question! If I had to choose it would have to be my little Rem Mod 7 in 308 with a Leupold Var III 2.5x8. Not the most accurate or powerful but just a joy to carry thru the woods and hits plenty hard.

[Scout]

I love my Savage 110 pre accutrigger. 30.06...sub MOA on the cheap.

[Mossy500]

Definitely my Marlin 336C lever action rifle in .30-30
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/374729_1681978544878_1700020767_879579_1797993306_n.jpg

[TheNatureBoy]

I only have five rifles: 30-30 Westernfield, .243 Ruger M77, .280 Remington/Interarms, Model 700 7mm rem mag Sendero, and a Remington Model 700 .308 5R. Favorite? Wow! Do I have to chose?
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"Its such a simple word......row."

[5RWill]

Sako 85 hunter in .260rem with a zeiss conquest 4.5-14x44mm
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/36028_1337146950491_1285620147_30773995_8210827_n.jpg
700 5R bedded in a MCM A5 topped with a USO SN-3 3.2-17x44mm/BCM MK 12 Mod 1 topped with a leupold MK 4/M2 2.5-8x36mm
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/386183_2300592276022_1285620147_31909797_1962686638_n.jpg
BCM 14.5" Perma welded SM556 with a Aimpoint Micro H-1
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/377488_2335935439579_1285620147_31922345_1844136031_n.jpg

[JT-AR-MG42]

I am like Paw Paw on page one.
My favorite one is usually the last one I got.

This little AIA carbine is really fun to shoot. Zero recoil with reasonable accuracy.

http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af268/JT-AR-MG42/AussieEnfield2.jpg?t=1324176212http://

JT

[IDAHO83501]

My favorite is my Sako 75 Stainless Hunter in 7mm Rem. Magnum.....by far..

[ch47gunner]

Easy answer -

Sako AIII in 30-06 w/ Nikon 4-12x40AO. Smoothist bolt gun I've ever operated.

Bruce

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f232/ch47gunner/P8290006-1.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f232/ch47gunner/P8290005-1.jpg

[gak]

Toss up - 1894 Win Saddle Ring Carbine .30WCF ca 1917 and a 1944 Inland M1 Carbine. Both reek of history and character, are a joy to handle and shoot as good as (I imagine) they did when new. Of ones I let go but shouldn't have - Win 70 Classic Featherweight in .270.

[sc928porsche]

My favorite hunting rifle is a Ruger M77R in 300WM. In the 40 or so years that I have had it, close to that many deer have been harvested with it along with 9 elk, 2 black bear, 2 brown bear, 1 pronghorn (way to much gun!), a couple of coyotes, and for giggles a few marmots. I have a lot of rifles in quite a few different chamberings, but when I get ready to head out the door for deer, the ruger seems to find its way into my hands.

[rtpzwms]

Boy talk about a moving target. Early on my model 70, later a Henry Big Boy in 44 mag, now a 1894 in 30-30, looking for the next favorite......:rolleyes:

[HKGuns]

It doesn't get used a whole lot, but this is my favorite by a very wide margin. Simply for the stories it could tell.

http://hkguns.zenfolio.com/img/s10/v16/p876475455-5.jpg

[Big Pard]

Browning BAR 30-06, Leupold VX-III 3x9x40mm

[brmfan]

Remington PSS, HS Precision stock, & Leupold Vari X-3 3.5x10. This is my 'general purpose' rifle from 1K yard F-Class matches to taking many deer in winter. It has seen a lot of wear but still puts shots exactly where I want them every time (almost ::o).

[5.56RifleGuy]

That AIA carbine sure is neat looking.

[Herr Walther]

Any rifle I built.


http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/boeing722/Firearms/StG580004.jpg

[Achilles11B]

These.

http://i44.tinypic.com/w1mb4.jpg

Can you really choose just one? Each has a different role, suits a different purpose. I can't pick one player when the whole team is great. :D

[MOshooter65202]

Tough decision bolts or semi autos??

Being a hunter I have to go with my Remington 700 BDL 7mm rem mag with a HS Precision stock along with a Leupold VXIII 4.5-14x50 LR Illuminated....Really reaches out there :)

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii287/tinman65202/guns/3f448710.jpg

[mt1761]

Marlin 336 SS, .30-30.

[Bigfatts]

It would be a toss up between the last sporter I built:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f258/bigfatts/Centerfire/001-6.jpg

And my recently acquired Win '94 XTR Big Bore in .375 Win:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f258/bigfatts/003-7.jpg

But who know, that might change once I finish the restoration on the Browning Safari Grade I just picked up.

[Joe Chicago]

M16A2 service rifle

[Ricklin]

My 1950 JC Higgins model 50
Butter smooth Mauser action from FN.
.270 caliber holds a great 3 shot group, it wears a Japanese Bushnell 3-9.
Great rifle, a touch on the heavy side.

I am also very fond of a Savage 99 take down in 30 WCF. About 1920 vintage.

[Ignition Override]

JT-AR-MG42:

That is a very appealing gun, and despite the high price (retail), the low ammo prices would balance things out.
Back in February '09 I handled one at Gander Mountain in Saginaw MI, by Fashion Square Mall. Have not seen one before or since except online.
There seem to have been very limited import numbers.

Having seen an original Enfield Jungle Carbine, and later handling the AIA version just before seeing Mick use his sporter Enfield #4 in Croc. Dundee #2, these brief exposures lit the Enfield fire, which has never gone out.

My Enfield "Jungles" have so much power in a handy rifle, it motivated me to buy my first (Lee) reloading gear.
The power, handiness of my Spanish FR8s (Nato 7.62/.308) make them just as fun.

[Hook686]

Ruger M77 in 6mm Remington

[arch308]

Remington Model 7 in .308 topped off with a Leupold VX II 2.5x8. It's not the most accurate of my rifles but it is so light and easy to carry in the woods and will knock hell out of deer @ 200+ yrds.

[PawPaw]

Fickle sort that I am, I've found a new favorite since this thread was begun.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uSxCLIISfxs/Tv5KHMUFFhI/AAAAAAAAB5A/6R1VYtksDAE/s1600/Ruger77%2B12.jpg

Ruger 77 in .25-06. According to the serial number, it was built sometime in 1971. I'm starting to work up loads for it, and this one is a shooter.

[HALL,AUSTIN]

Henry .22, its basic, easy to clean, and great fun that my wallet agrees with.

[Hook686]

Nice one PawPaw. When Bill Ruger came out with the Tang Safety M77 in the 1960's I thought it a very fine finished classic style rifle. I ended up buying the rifle in 6mm Remington with a Redfield 3-9x scope. It was my one gun rifle in the 60's, 70's and 80's. I think you caught a good one ... congratulations.

[GM2]

I have several but I will say my Marlin 336 it has been with me for a long time and has severed me well.

[lovethosesooners]

Winchester Model 70 Sporter in .270...without a doubt (love every one of my guns, but that is just a GREAT rifle!)