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Offline H666

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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #60 on: October 12, 2009, 05:54:32 AM »
I'd really like a Ruger in a big game caliber.  A 45-70 or something like that.  But a caliber of that size would be an overkill for mostly everything in Iceland so I'd go with a 308.
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #61 on: October 12, 2009, 12:38:10 PM »
Brithunter,

Yes, that's a Martini and Hagn (my drool, fantasy rifle).  Right up there with the serious bling of VO Vapen.
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #62 on: October 12, 2009, 12:41:59 PM »
Hmmm thought I reconised the action. Weiss I believe also make rifles on this action. Dragging up the ole memory banks now  ::).
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #63 on: October 12, 2009, 02:29:07 PM »
Quote from: Brithunter on October 12, 2009, 12:41:59 PM
Hmmm thought I reconised the action. Weiss I believe also make rifles on this action. Dragging up the ole memory banks now  ::).

I was not familiar with Weiss until I googled him a couple minutes ago.  Yes, he and Hartmann did indeed build on the Hagn action.  Learned sumthin new.

http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=4489823

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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #64 on: October 12, 2009, 03:30:06 PM »
My Ruger #1 in 45/70.
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #65 on: October 13, 2009, 01:59:12 PM »
Practicaly speaking would be a Ruger 1B in 30 06. However my favorite is My #3 45-70 ;)
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #66 on: October 21, 2009, 10:24:50 AM »
I don't recall the exact year, but several years ago Ruger did a limited production of their Light Sporter in .257 Roberts. I found one on guntrader a long time ago but it was out of my price league.

I love the Light Sporter and have one in .243 and it's been great on whitetails here in Georgia. But, I've always had a thing for the .257 Roberts as a deer cartridge and would like to add that to my collection if I could find AND afford it!
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #67 on: October 27, 2009, 05:16:46 AM »
I have only one single shot rifle, a Ruger No.1 - 9.3x74R.
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #68 on: October 27, 2009, 04:01:12 PM »
To me like asking me which of my 2 sons I like the most. Just can't do it.
Tie between my Encore .50 and my Ruger #1 .270.
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #69 on: November 04, 2009, 11:11:05 AM »
I'd be HARD pressed to choose between the Ruger #1 and the Blaser K95...  either way, it would end up with a custom barrel, because they don't make either in .303 British.  So it would a Ruger #1A with a 23" barrel in .303 British.  I'd be able to have all of the custom work done to make it an absolute shooting machine, slap a high dollar scope on it, get a lifetime of custom loaded ammo, and STILL be cheaper than the Blaser.   ;D
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #70 on: November 04, 2009, 12:14:38 PM »
Yes kyelkhunter3006 I like your thinking  ;) there was a Scottish Gunmaker who designed his own improved Henry Falling block action and started making them. I actually phoned him and spoke with him about making one in 303 British but he obviously had some 7mm barrels and wanted me to order one in 7x65R but I wanted one if 303 so it never went any further  :(.
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #71 on: November 04, 2009, 01:45:49 PM »
I've been waiting for a special run from Ruger....  I mean, they did the 7.62x39, .35 Whelen, 9.3x74, and the .405 Winchester for crying out loud....  I know for a FACT that more .303 Brit ammo is sold every year than what is sold for the last three calibers in a year COMBINED. 

This year has been a bummer, no extra funds for projects.  I will have a #1 in .303 if it has to the LAST RIFLE I EVER BUY (don't tell my wife I said that!).  Maybe not this year, but it will happen.

I decided that I could be perfectly happy with just a few more rifles (well, almost   ;)).  The Ruger above, a new Marlin 336 in 30/30 (what I'd give for one with a 22" barrel), an AR-15, a really nice rimfire rifle, and the odd ball gun, either a CZ 527 or Mini Mauser in 7.62x39 with a .310 barrel that's 22" long with a medium contour of around .675-.700 at the muzzle.  IMO, this would be the ultimate multi-purpose gun, capable of cheap plinking, predator hunting (nowadays, things bigger than coyotes answer the calls) and deer hunting.
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #72 on: November 04, 2009, 02:58:13 PM »
Hmmmm tough to decide. :-\ 1st choice, My TCR with the '06 barrel. 2nd choice would have to be my early Blaser 12 gauge over 22WMR.
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #73 on: November 08, 2009, 02:31:34 AM »
Geez......tough decision. :-\
I've just bought a Ruger No1H in 450/400 NE 3".
If that turns out to be half as fun as it could be it might figure as my one single shot.
But if not a switch bbl large frame Martini Enfield in 303 Brit, 40/60 Maynard, 12 bore with 2 bbls - a smooth shotty bbl and a rifled bbl.
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #74 on: November 08, 2009, 03:54:35 AM »
That would be a very cool package to show up with at camp.  I like it!
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #75 on: November 09, 2009, 02:07:41 AM »
Quote from: kyelkhunter3006 on November 08, 2009, 03:54:35 AM
That would be a very cool package to show up with at camp.  I like it!
Yeah, it would be and if I can sort it I may well try it.
I already have a large frame Martini Enfield action and the extractor is already correct for 303 Brit.
40-60 Maynard can be formed from 303 brass and so it would be just a case of getting a bbl chambered to it and spin it straight on.
The only drawback is that 40-60 Maynard uses a 300gr .417" pill and so I'd either be forced to use a .416" cal bbl which would be pricey to buy bullets for and which the rifle would fire too slowly for them to expand properly or to cast them myself.
Another option is to size the neck down to .410" cal so I could use 210gr pistol bullets.
Or I could get a .411" cal bbl and shoot 315gr 405 Win pills in it.
In the end it's about practicality.
The ultimate I suppose would be a bbl in 577/450 instead of 40-60.
I could shoot 45 cal pills and since it's a nitro proofed action you'd have a rifle with more oomph than a Marlin loaded 45-70.
Mind you the cases would be pricey, tougher to re-size and I'd have to change extractor every time I changed the bbl.
That means pretty much stripping the rifle.
Not so fun!
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #76 on: November 20, 2009, 01:21:28 PM »
Quote from: Ron T. on September 19, 2009, 12:28:15 AM
It would be... and "is"... my Ruger #1 International (aka "RSI") in 7x57 with the Kepplinger single set trigger.  It looks sooooooooooo good in it's full Mannlicher-style stock, 20-inch barrel and an overall length of just 36 inches.    :)


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Next up would be a Ruger #1 in 257 Bob.
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #77 on: November 20, 2009, 01:39:52 PM »
I've decided....if I could only have ONE.....(who would stnd for that?)  I'd choose a 22 WMR.   I have the skill set and the patience to enable it to humanely kill anything I choose to point it at.
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #78 on: November 30, 2009, 12:47:46 PM »
I have a bunch of single shots but if I were to pick just one It would be my shiloh No1 sporting rifle in 40-65 winchester.  Second would be my Shiloh Long Range Express in 45-70, Third would be My C Sharps Model 74 50-70 and forth would be my C Sharps 1885 high wall in 38-55 and so on.
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #79 on: December 09, 2009, 02:46:18 PM »
Ruger 1S in 270.

Good thing its just a hypothetical question because I like my 1-V in 22-250 and 1-RSI in 30-06 and my handi with 4 barrels and access to the Graybeard NEF WTT forum.
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #80 on: December 10, 2009, 01:34:33 AM »
I think if I could only have one... it would be a Chapuis Oural Luxe in 6.5x57 Rimmed.

There was one here in our gun club but there was no way I could afford it at the time.  I think that if I retire from the AF and get a good civilian job I will order one.  The wife won't be happy but then again she does complain that my guns look too "plain".  A bit of high-grade wood and a bunch of engraving will probably make us both happy!


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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #81 on: December 10, 2009, 03:23:03 AM »
  Chapuis builds some nice guns, including double rifles.  AND DR's are nothing more than two single shots side by side.   :D





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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #82 on: December 10, 2009, 04:13:58 AM »
OMG!!!  DM... you are my hero now!!!  Yours?  My current dreams to pick up while here in Germany are...
Just gotta get the retirement/job sorted out...


Blaser R93
Blaser Drilling
Chapuis Oural
BRNO Effect
an older (but nice) Bavarian full length stocked bolt gun in 6.5x55 or so.

As soon as I can sell my Steyr I'll be ordering an Effect most likely...

NGH
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #83 on: December 10, 2009, 04:28:57 AM »
When Elmer Keith was asked that question, he answered "a Sharps". I would second that, in 45-70 or 50-90.
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #84 on: December 10, 2009, 12:15:17 PM »
I am thinking about a Ruger #1 RSI.  I might settle for a 1A though.  

I like the looks of the Blaser 95, but I can't see putting that kind of money in a rifle (unless I start making or receiving a lot more money than I do now).

I'm still hankering for a H&R/NEF in 25-06; I wish they would make one a little better finished that what they make now.  Maybe they will if the LIBS cut us back to only single shots.

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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #85 on: December 10, 2009, 01:39:02 PM »
Quote from: no guns here on December 10, 2009, 04:13:58 AM
OMG!!!  DM... you are my hero now!!!  Yours?  My current dreams to pick up while here in Germany are...
Just gotta get the retirement/job sorted out...

Blaser R93
Blaser Drilling
Chapuis Oural
BRNO Effect
an older (but nice) Bavarian full length stocked bolt gun in 6.5x55 or so.

As soon as I can sell my Steyr I'll be ordering an Effect most likely...

NGH

  Yes, it's mine.  It's something i've always wanted, and i saved for years to get it.

  I like the Blaser 93, but when it comes to a drilling or DR, Blaser would NOT be the brand i would pick!

  DM
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #86 on: December 11, 2009, 03:56:51 AM »
It would have to be my Martini with an Ackley barrel, crotch cut walnut wood, chambered for the 30/40AI.  A 180gr. RN Hornady ahead of 49gr 4831 gives me dime size groups @100.  I do have Handies in 7x57 and .223 and like them fine, but "Thumper" is my favorite.  Goatwhiskers the Elder
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #87 on: December 17, 2009, 02:12:06 PM »
Quote from: Drilling Man on December 10, 2009, 03:23:03 AM
  Chapuis builds some nice guns, including double rifles.  AND DR's are nothing more than two single shots side by side.   :D





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Very nice!!
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #88 on: December 17, 2009, 02:43:30 PM »
I'd go with my encore with a 30-06 barrel.

Drilling Man-That gun is beautiful and I don't usually use words like beautiful
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Re: If you could only have one single shot rifle what would it be?
« Reply #89 on: December 17, 2009, 05:13:35 PM »
Drilling Man,

If you ever find yourself in Ga, could I just fondle that beauty for a few minutes?  I wouldn't have to shoot it or anything, just hold it a while.............. ;D
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