best practical all around rifle?

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All good suggestions, and I did get a Ruger mini14 in 223 Rem! Love it
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Congrats ninjaamt - enjoy the rifle!!

kraigwy - you have a very convincing sales pitch for the M1 Garand , it really puts things in perspective :cool: "nicely done".... I just wouldn't consider 60 cents per round to be very affordable if one does a lot of shooting.
 
Mini-14 is fun.

Have one. Unfortunately, it took 2 trips back to Ruger to resolve some jamming issues [when new].

Still like it a lot.

Another thought: SAIGA .308/7.62 Nato.

Also fun. Don't know if it is banned in New Jersey though. I have 10 round mags for mine as I'm in another socialist state: California.

Just a thought.
 
5 compact bolts
Hey, I like levers, Ok, and have no axe to grind, but there really are useful, compact bolts that will rival a lever carbine.

A ways back somebody challenged for 5 compact bolts. Listed are 5 that will shoot with any lever in terms of accuracy and reach. Some will equal or exceed a lever in rate of fire/volume of fire, but such does not matter to me in a GP rife so much. All are way ahead of a pistol caliber carbine in terms of punch, and some eclipse the .30-30 and .35 . None require the the halfcock safety that so many seem to misunderstand these days, and none have a design spoiled by lawyer manual safeties. All are easily scoped. You don't have to jack all the rounds through the action to clear them either.

Here ya go:
-Rem 600-660
-Rem Model 7
-Ruger American Compact
-Zastava Mini-Mauser
-Mossberg MVP/Patrol series
-CZ bolt carbine (sorry, can't name model)
-Ruger Frontier
-Browning Micro

True, they aren't flat, and don't fit in a scabbard on a nag so well, but not many get around via hayburner these days. Again, I have nothing against levers, and if you check my first post, I actually suggested a lever .30 to the OP. For quite a while I had a M94 as a truck rifle, followed by a Marlin .357.
I like the breed, But the above bolts will run with the old carbines, for sure and shoot circles around them in some applications.
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My post was mostly directed elsewhere. Never said you didnt like levers. :p

I appreciate you actually showing some Bolt guns that are lighter than the Levers. Most on that list, save the ruger and mossberg MVP, are either discontinued or very hard to find.
 
Mosin Nagant
I am partial to the Carbines but have one 91-30 also.
Ammo is cheap plus you can reload for them
I shoot mostly cast bullets out of mine.
Bad part????
Well once you have one you most likely will have two or three or four.

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For all around balance of affordability, serviceability and just plain old fun to shoot, the Mosin's are really hard to beat. 7.62x54r is plenty to take down just about anything you are going to hunt in North America. Ammo is easy to find and the gun is built so simply that any one with fingers could service it.

I've done some reloads with 150gr cast bullets sitting on 11.5gr of unique that were mouse fart loads and they shot very well. For a beginning shooter it would be like shooting .22lr.
 
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