question on a four rifle collection?

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bullfrog99

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I'm planning on downsizing my collection, and wanted to know you opinion on something. if i had a
10/22 for small game + Plinking
winchester 30-30 with a 2x scope for woods hunting
M-1a w/ 8x scope for defense and field hunting
and a ruger #1 in 375 H&H mag for bigger game,
I was wondering if you guys think this collection would cover all my rifle needs. ignoring shotguns and pistols,(i'll still have a few), am i forgetting anything?
 
bullfrog99

That is a good selection,but you forgot to mention what you plan to get rid of. It may be that what you are ridding yourself of may be the better to keep.IMHO.

The 30-30 has killed a lot of game and still dose, but depending on wheather it is a collectable or not and what ever else you may have, may or may not be the right choice.
 
Just a stray thought. .223 has better ammo availability than .30-30. Doesn't quite fit the same hunting niche, though. And even in end-of-the world scenarios, there's a lot of .30-30 around. Still, .22, .223, .308 and .375 is not a bad quartet.
 
Sounds like a logical collection. If it were me I'd forgo the .375 H&H and replace it with a bolt action stainless .223 with a sporter weight barrel and a good 3-9x40 scope. I do more varmint hunting than Polar Bear. -- Kernel
 
Keep the 10/22 and the 375 H&H. They will do anything needed. It is far easier to have too many and not know their personalities than one or two and know exactly what you can do with them.
 
good point kaboom, my problem is, i have enough guns to cover any situation i can think of, less an attack by a heard of dinosaurs, though i suspect my m-1a would hold it's own. i was thinking of the old phrase "beware the man with one rifle, he most likely knows how to use it"(or something like that) and wanted to pick calibers that i might find plenty of in a post apocaliptic type scenerio here in southeast michigan(never hurts to be prepared). i figure in the eastern woods what would be more plentyful than 30-30, 308, 12ga and 22lr. i say 375, because some jobs are too big for the 308, and i flat out like the round(especially in the new stainless ruger no.1 dang that's a pretty gun!!!). there isn't an ton of varmits to shoot around here, that's why i didn't include a 223, though i have an ar-15 right now set up for defense, i desided that in my area, heavy woods, it would make more sense to pick a caliber that will shoot through the trees, vs. the ar's waiting for them to stick their head out concept. what changed my mind, was that i spent a lot of time behind a marlin 25n 22lr, thousands upon thousands of rounds(don't you just love rimfires)I got to the point where i could shoot the thing with astounding accuracy practically from the hip, snapshooting i beleive the term is. i just got used to the turnbolt 22 and like kaboom said, i got to know it's personality, plus marlin makes outstanding 22's.

K in Ar quote "Bullfrog99,
I wish you luck, everytime I try to downsize I end up needing a larger safe........ k"

that is what got me into this in the first place, i'm going to downsize honest!(i hope) well another long winded post,sorry about that guys. i think my problem is i type as fast as i think(though i never did learn to spell). Thanks for your replies, feel free to keep em coming
 
4 rifle collection

Bullfrog, I'm envious ;) you have what I'm hoping some day to accomplish.In my battery I was thinking of a 45/70 #1 instead of the .375 H&H but either way I feel the need for a big thumper at the top end.Since I'm starting from scratch and I'm not looking for a battle rifle I would settle for 3 rifles, maybe 4 if I want a take down 22cal ,and a 22cal scoped .
 
funny thing you mention it huntsman, just today i was reading an old article on 45-70 guns, and was pondering a ruger no.1 in 45-70 instead of the 375 H&H, figuring the 45-70 will get me out past 200 yards, and realistically that's about the maximum shot i'll get in my neck of the woods, even shooting down a trail or long field. i also pondered getting the 45-70 in a guide gun flavor and eliminating both the 30-30 and the 375. light factory loads for deer, heavy loads for thumpin. though it negates the shtf scenerio, as i'm sure 45-70 ammo will be scarce around here.
Glamdring, i wouldn't mind dooing that, in spite of the difference in bore size and subsiquent loss of accuracy in the rimfire, but i still don't see a purpose to the 223, unless it was put in a light,(around 4 pound) bolt gun with perhaps a scout scope.
 
I think you should perhaps get rid of the 22 and pick up an AR :D. Cant go wrong with an AR. Just my humble opinion though.

MDL
 
I attempted this some time back, and faced the usaul dilemma.
I solved the problem in a slightly different way...
I now have several "four rifle" collections.

This simplified things a lot. :D

FWIW: Each collection has a 30-06 in it.
Don't leave home without it.
 
Glamdring,
How could a 223 shoot .22 rimfire ammo since the firing pin is located differently. I have never heard of an adapter that could allow a centerfire rifle to shoot rimfire ammunition. please...enlighten me
 
i've got an AR-15 MDlewis, a bushmaster shorty "AK". with it's accessories it weighs 12 oz less than my m-1a, i don't see it having any advantage over my 308, and will probably sell it sometime soon. It is a shame too, i baught it, liked it until i shot it, then i decided i really wasn't impressed, kept buying add ons, magazines, field repair kits, tritium night sights, and such, and it never really grew on me. it's reliable and fairly accurate, but it just doesn't feel 'real' i guess is the way to say it. i guess i'm just a m-1a guy. I probably have been ever since high school and my JROTC twirrling m-1 garands in drill teams. The bushmasters are too heavy anyways. I don't know what bushmaster was thinking putting a target barrel on a combat gun. IF i kept it, i would probably pick up one of those 16" millennial uppers from fulton armoury.
The adaptors you seek K77 are devices shaped like the 22 centerfire round, you unscrew the base(which has a converter to switch the centerfire primer strike to rim-fire) and place the shell in then you screw the base back on and chamber normally.
 
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Check it out on the ALEX Auxiliary Cartridges web site. They make another style just for .223 Contenders that loads from the rear, more like a conventional chamber insert (all Contenders have a built in feature that lets you easily shoot centerfire or rimfire). -- Kernel, NRA Life Member
 
What about your neighbors?

I justify having more rifles than I need and more ammo than I need for each with the idea that should the need arise, I can arm my entire neighborhood in one capacity or another. You should do the same.
 
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