Yep. It definitely needs a old school quad rail.:)

That thing could make even baby Jesus cry...

for all around versatility, a 12 ga.
Slugs, high brass 00 buck, bird shot...
Great for hunting, home defense, clays

I'll let you folks fight over which one is best.

My only rifle (other than my childhood single shot 22) is a FAL. 21” barrel, fixed stock. Other than home defense, seems like it would be a not-awful ONE rifle?

wait a second. My Aimpoint red dot is not magnified. It's a tactical sight that lets you keep both eyes open, similar to a Trijicon. I have a 9-20 scope for long range. You're talking about a few hundred yards, at minimum.

Solid bolt action .308 with a 3x9 scope.

No magnification, both eyes open. I target at 100 and will take a few shots at 150 but I don't go much beyond that.

^ That's some good shootin' my friend. I can hit the red dot at 100 yards to zero in the scope. The range we use maxes out at 200 yards, but I can hit two red circles at 200 yards. As Higgie says, the .308 round will spin and cause drift to the right due to being ballistically not very efficient. That's with a Swarovski 20x scope with ballistic reticle.

Next gen US Army ammunition - 6.8x51mm. Note the stainless steel end cap > "Composite Case".

This is the "war ammunition" rated at: 80,000 PSI! It's been designed to defeat body armor.

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Depends upon circumstances.

A minute past midnight...an assault weapon.. Ar 10, M1a, Ar 15, Ak 47..the winner would be a SR25. in 308.

For shytes and giggles,,,and here is where I cheat..CPA Stevens 44.5, 3 or more barrel set..barrels are interchangeable.. one in 22 LR for sure, and 30/06 or 308.

SAKO TRG22.. would be the BA rifle comes in 308, 300 Wm and 338 Lapua.

All-weather (stainless/synthetic) Mini-14.

But our beloved Turd banned those...

Here is where you cheat? Ted, it is one rifle, not one rifle in ever caliber.

Excellent, I have it in farmer flavor. People say an AR is more accurate, but it shoots better than I can see.

SS it will be looking good long after your ashes have scattered to the seven seas.

DP-12. Slugs and buckshot. Can switch to target loads for birds.
A bit heavier than my o/u but I’m sure I’d adapt.

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Completely agree with you. My other “rifle” is a Springfield M1A.

Either an AR15 and a few uppers or an AR10 with a few uppers.

Hard to use the AR15 for regular hunting, even with some of the exotic ammo choices. The AR10 using 7.62 NATO or 0.308 would be good for hunting larger animals, 2 or 4 legged...

We know that "If you had one choice for a record LP and stranded on a Island", what band?
The age old question. No solid answer but here is mine...
Mini 14 stainless. And of course you can't just stop with that so a 10/22 on the side.

yipes the sticker will do that.



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Did you miss it? A CPA Shuttleworth Stevens is ONE RIFLE with 3 interchangeable barrels in 3 diff calibers..

My choice depends upon circumstances...if past midnight an SR25, normal times CPA..

You could also fill that roll of one rifle for all seasons with A SAKO TRG 22...308, 300 WM and 338 Lapua..


As an aside I know a guy that has an example of EVERY Colt DA in every model, every caliber, every Barrel length and finish made from 1910 to 1945.. His collection is over 1000 pieces.. Guy made nuts and bolts for the auto mfg's in Detroit.

If only one, I would go with the Remington 870, If it had to be a rifle the Lee Enfield .303. All kinds of ammo for that in Canada.

I say its cheating, 3 barrels here would mean 3 different permits and registrations.

so not allowed as 1 rifle/gun :D

Ah ha. Not if you buy a Sako Quad. You can unscrew a bolt and change the barrel to one of four types. It was intended to meet (beat) the Euro regulations.

Yikes!

From what I'm seeing, though, even the more traditional new Marlins being produced by Ruger are bouncing off of that. They have gotten kind of expensive. The 39A is the worst of the lot, going over two grand, available only from the "custom shop". I never paid more than $500 for a new Marlin of any kind. Seems they have achieved some kind of a cult status, for whatever reason. I do think they are great rifles, and actually do prefer them over Winchester lever guns, but I think folks need to come back down to reality just a bit. These had always been just "workin' guns", never all that expensive.

Yeah no kidding. Marlin I bought was 500ish and rusted by itself just sitting in the safe. :eek:

Interesting. I had my Model 1895 .45-70 with me on a two week hunt in coastal southeast Alaska, living in a wall tent. It rained every single day. We were less than a mile from the ocean, is heavy "salt air". Standard Model 1895, blued, wood stock. Not a spec of rust on it the whole time. Or in the 30 years since.

I think I got mine within the last 7 years....

Not a chance. each chambered barrel is by law registred firearm
with a seperate permit paper.

Therein lies the problem. The infamous "Remlin". The ones I've seen look like they are rattle-canned with flat black Krylon. I actually saw some in dealer's racks with some rust forming. No kidding.

Other than nostalgia, I have never seen the appeal of a lever action.

Some great stories of guy getting those guns, and realizing that it was literally stitched together from B stock parts bins. Obvious signs of people filing malformed parts down to get them to fit.

To me (outside of an admitted penchant for firearms nostalgia), they are very application specific. In the afore mentioned coastal Alaskan hunt, we were after some rather large critters, in some very thick coastal cover. I alluded to this earlier in this thread - where a "long" shot is 30 yards. And, oh - these particular critters, as some guides like to say "hunt back". Especially when shot...

In other locales, I hunted these guys with my pet .375 H&H bolt gun, leaving my beloved single shots out of this particular equation - I want repeat shots on critters that "hunt back". With its 1.5-4X scope, 300 grain boat tailed spitzers, I had the ability to take one at some distance if the opportunity presented itself. And, hopefully, time to cycle the bolt if he didn't get the message the first time. That was much further inland, and they were a good deal smaller to boot.

Back to the coast - heavy cover, constant rain. Fogged up scopes, with no real need for one at 30 yards anyway. My "ghost ring" peep was ideal. And time to cycle the action, in the event that he didn't go down on the first shot - things happen a lot faster at 30 yards than at 200 yards. And finally, true big bore "stopping power". Having killed with heavy .45-70 loads and the .375 H&H, I can tell you which one I prefer up close. The .375 certainly has power, and range when needed, but right off the muzzle, give me 400 grain .45 caliber bullets every time.

I had a guide tell me one time of a close encounter of the grumpy kind with one of these critters. It stood up in front of him from behind a pile of driftwood at what he described as "conversational" distance. It was clearly displeased to see him. He claimed he had the third round in its chest before the first piece of brass even hit the ground. Try that with any other action type capable of being chambered in a round suitable for this duty. Nothing nostalgic at all about that, except for maybe the warm spot in his heart that rifle just earned...

I reckon old, slow sports cars aren't nostalgic either :D.

Lever actions are iconically American.

Of course. Like I said, I get it from a nostalgia perspective. I did own a Henry .44 at one point. I just prefer a bolt or pump action.

Indeed. Not many others have even been exposed to them. They are often seen as a somewhat quaint expression of "Americana".

Reminds me of a story I read many years ago in a shooting magazine. The writer, an Idaho cowboy, was heading to Africa to hunt some of their larger "dangerous" game. He brought the same model Marlin 1895 I have. He used it on both buffalo and lion. His guide, however, prior to seeing him use it, objected rather strenuously. Nobody on his watch was going to use some "cowboy gun" on such animals. He eventually rescinded, and reluctantly agreed.

Long story short - our Idaho cowboy wound up leaving that Marlin, and a supply of ammunition, with that guide. He called it "the best damn lion gun I've ever seen". Big, mean, aggressive, fast-moving animals in close cover. He had found the answer to all of those problems.

Do you like the Marlin lever or the Winchester lever better? Pros/cons?

Its just q fun action to rack a good lever
Makes ya feel like clint eastwood

Other than that. I agree.. never bought one myself.
The pistol or 22 calibers are meh

And for bigger boolits a mauser action will do better thankyouverymuch

We have several lever action rifles. One is a Marlin 45-40 made by Ruger, and another is a .358 with a wood stock. I think it's made by Browning, but memory fades a bit on that one. You can HAVE quaint. It loses it's quaintness pretty quick for me. On the other hand, I am only shooting red paper dots at 200 yards purely for fun, and I like my baby sized .308 rounds just fine thank you. If I want to see a bear attack up close, I'll play The Revenant on Amazon Prime. I'm not that crazy or studly like you guys are.

I handled a Miroku lever action rifle at a gun auction once. What a beautiful action. As smooth as silk. Plus the gun was very nicely blued and finished.