.308, but i'm an only childIf I was going by that list, I would pick my Marlin 1895 GBL in .45-70.
Need to protect the house from robbers? Check.
Need to feed the family some deer? Check.
Need to kill a grizzly bear, rhino, or rampaging elephant? Check.
But I would also accept the .308/7.62x51, 7.62x39, and 7.62x54R for everything else smaller than a bear.
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I like my Henry .357 carbine.
Its an all-occasion gun.
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35 Whelen & now 9.3x74r for me. Hit my last Elk with a 35 Whelen firing a 250 grain Speer bullet, 5 steps and down. Next year it will be the 9.3x74r out of a B3 Merkel.
This article is incomplete ... pffft!
Started out 30-30 Marlin, then 243, then 8MM Mauser. Then down to 7MM Mauser. Down again to 6.5 X 47 Lapua and 6.5 Grendel.
.308, but i'm an only childI also have a 22 Hornet, but its in a pistol. Does it still count?
Lol! Great post and nope, not a century too late but just in time. Any earlier and democrat law would have prevented me from marrying my Latina wife.
7.5x55 is fun to shoot. For a while there, surplus Swiss was cheaper than 5.56.
.284 Win on a Savage model 99, the old rotary magazine style one.
Male
Older
More honest
More agreeable
Less likely to break rules for personal gain
Less interested in wealth and status
Five different rounds, but not one on that list. Wonder what that says about me?
...and the .171? Narrow, huge punch, accurate as hell. That’s my favorite.
Haha, spot on. Only problem is my older brother, who has become (inexplicably) a raving lib, used a 6mm.
.256 Ferret carbine
Ok, I’m split personality - half .223 (really 5.56) and half 30-06.
My Marine sniper gunsmith/FFL friend (Desert Storm) is .308.
My FFL good friend/neighbor is a .45/70 I think, tho he’s got mounted trophies of almost every African favorite hunt beast at his house and I think he got them all with a .308......
Interesting......
First rifle I ever shot was my dad’s M1 Garand .30-’06. I fell in love with it as a young teen, even with the painful Garand Thumb. Live and learn! The M1 is still my favorite rifle to shoot. Has a lot of sentimental value, and is also a fine weapon.
1974 Browning BLR in .243 (first year their Japan plant was in operation... Guess I’m just old-school.
.270 Win man checking in. I’ve got a Browning A-Bolt topped with a German Zeiss Diavari scope. I have a soft spot for my old 30-30 and enjoy others, but the Browning is my favorite.