kawasakifreak77
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Centerfire that is, since everybody needs a good .22!
Especially with the scout type rifles gaining more & more popularity, I've wondered who might actually own only one centerfire rifle.
I realized I've happened to never have more than one centerfire rifle at a time. Honestly it's the last firearm I have a real world use for. Like many kids raised around firearms, my first thing that went 'bang' was a .22 Aside from shooting it as much as possible, I also shot smallbore competition in the scouts as a boy. Then a 20 gauge single shot harvested several furry tasty critters on our annual father & son hunt back home. About the time I hit my teens I saved enough money for a beat up Smith .38 & I was hooked. That got me into reloading & bowling pin competitions. I finally got a 30-30 Winchester about the time I could drive. Never really did anything with it besides punch paper. I've had a couple 30-06s (which I took my first deer with) & another 30-30. Now I've got my Micro 7, had iron sights installed & am like a kid in a candy store! Crazy accurate, cheap to feed (cut my own brass & lead boolits) plenty of oooomph for anything I need & carries like a .22 I've dipped my toes in the NFA pool even, as I sent off a form 4 for my first can a couple months ago.
So there's my story, advertising & supporters say you could do anything (or nearly, within reason) with one rifle. So who actually does? Or is it all hype?
I'm not bashing the scout rifle concept one bit, I think they're groovy. Just a .308 or equivilant is more bang & flash than I realistically need. I've thought about making something very similar to a scout rifle, only no optics (don't like scopes) & in something like .260 Rem or 6.5 Swede.
So what do you have? What's it's main role? Do you want another rifle? If you have many what would you choose for your only rifle?
Looking forward to an interesting read. Discuss!
Especially with the scout type rifles gaining more & more popularity, I've wondered who might actually own only one centerfire rifle.
I realized I've happened to never have more than one centerfire rifle at a time. Honestly it's the last firearm I have a real world use for. Like many kids raised around firearms, my first thing that went 'bang' was a .22 Aside from shooting it as much as possible, I also shot smallbore competition in the scouts as a boy. Then a 20 gauge single shot harvested several furry tasty critters on our annual father & son hunt back home. About the time I hit my teens I saved enough money for a beat up Smith .38 & I was hooked. That got me into reloading & bowling pin competitions. I finally got a 30-30 Winchester about the time I could drive. Never really did anything with it besides punch paper. I've had a couple 30-06s (which I took my first deer with) & another 30-30. Now I've got my Micro 7, had iron sights installed & am like a kid in a candy store! Crazy accurate, cheap to feed (cut my own brass & lead boolits) plenty of oooomph for anything I need & carries like a .22 I've dipped my toes in the NFA pool even, as I sent off a form 4 for my first can a couple months ago.
So there's my story, advertising & supporters say you could do anything (or nearly, within reason) with one rifle. So who actually does? Or is it all hype?
I'm not bashing the scout rifle concept one bit, I think they're groovy. Just a .308 or equivilant is more bang & flash than I realistically need. I've thought about making something very similar to a scout rifle, only no optics (don't like scopes) & in something like .260 Rem or 6.5 Swede.
So what do you have? What's it's main role? Do you want another rifle? If you have many what would you choose for your only rifle?
Looking forward to an interesting read. Discuss!