Is it time to get a single shot rifle ?

[SHOOTALL]

Well with all the attacks on simi auto anything would it be a good time to buy a good single shot rifle , maybe a revolver , and a dbl. bbl. shotgun for future hunting ?

[magooch]

I've got a feeling that this time around, they're not going to stop at single shots.  I'll be very surprised if they don't go for a total ban--even on bb guns and water pistols.

[Brett]

A double barrel?  That's a little extreme don't you think... isn't one shot at a time enough for you?   Next you will be insisting on a pump or maybe even a rifle with a magazine that holds 3 rounds.  Then you will want a six shot revolver.  Your lust for more fire power just never ends. 

[Conan The Librarian]

I guess it depends on what your're hunting. I would want a repeater of some kind for hog or bear hunting.

[SHOOTALL]

The older I get the less weight I like to carry hunting. The double bbl ? well we can shot 15 doves  or two deer per day  as for the six shooter well they just seem right.

[SHOOTALL]

I'm afraid the AWB will be on once more but expanded .

[BBF]

In my present modest number of firearms, the standard Handi is the shortest OAL I have. That alone makes it high on the list of firearms to keep.

[SHOOTALL]

I'm thinking when most guns are banned maybe a SS will still be ok ? might be a good time to beat the rush ?

[buffermop]

With all this talk about fire power. Is it really neccisary to have all this for hunting? I like the good old single shot rifle or double barrel shotgun. All it takes is one placed shot. Practice does make perfect and the gun is much lighter to carry.

[SHOOTALL]

I like a mod 94 alot along with a rem 700 I do like a O/U but also a simi auto shotgun as I have shoulder and neck problems. I have tried some of the so called assualt rifles for deer hunting and find none suitable for me. This is not a cut on any one of them and if you like them go for it. But none feel as at home in the woods as that mod 94. I guess 40 years of hunting with one has an effect.

[powderman]

With all this talk about fire power. Is it really neccisary to have all this for hunting? I like the good old single shot rifle or double barrel shotgun. All it takes is one placed shot. Practice does make perfect and the gun is much lighter to carry.

 
BUFFERMOP. Agreed, but in defending my family I prefer something that goes bang several times. Hunting critters for food is a lot different that defending your home and family and different tools are needed for the job. I want to be able to be as well or better armed than the punk attacking me. POWDERMAN. 

[Conan The Librarian]

BBF:
 
It's not just that, it's the reciever too. I like guns where I can wrap my hand around the reciever and touch by thumb tip to my middle finger tip. Guns like that include my 20ga O/U, and the Winchester 94. They practically invite themselves along.
 
As for the Rem 700, I've got a strange love/hate relationship with it. My big game rifle is a 700 in 375 H-ity-H magnum and it's a strange rifle. It doesn't look like a quality gun. The trigger mechanism seems positively rinky-dink. And it was clearly designed with cost cutting in mind. But the thing performs so well in the field, I keep it. A fine rifle despite some quirks. I've had other rifles that were much better built, but ended up not being as good in the field, so I sold them and now I have only the one big game rifle.
 
 

[kynardsj]

I hunt with a single shot rifle ( Encore ) because I choose to. I own a double barrel 20 guage shotgun because my grandfather gave it to me when I was 8 years old, some 52 years ago. My other two shotguns are single shot. I shoot revolvers because I just like wheel guns better than semi autos. I personally just don't have any use for a semi auto rifle or handgun but I will stand up for other people's rights to own them.

[Conan The Librarian]

I did use autos for a while but didn't like the games because of the ammo costs. Lots of sustained fire, which is fine if somebody else is paying the bills, but it gets expensive in a hurry. One thing I like about single shots or at least the single shot mentality is making every shot count.
 
 

[Anna]

If a single shot rifle was all I could have , it would be a Sharps or a high wall. Either in 45/70 or
45/90, both are very effective rounds.

[Conan The Librarian]

Effective, yes. But also with a massive cool factor.

[Spirithawk]

I've an Encore with a .270 barrel and a 209x50 barrel and my son has a Pro Hunter with a 7mm mag barrel. We also have an Optima Elite with a 209x50 & a .243 barrel. I have an AYA double 12 gauge too. Plus I have my JP Sauer Chief Marshall .357 mag! I'm good.

[streak]

Spirithawk,
 You stated in your post that you have a .270 in the Encore, that is one neat setup! I also have one too and among my arsenal it really is hard not to select as my go to rifle!! Accuracy is great!I also have a ProHunter barrel on an Encore frame in the 30-06 configuration which has not been shot yet so we will see if it surplants the .270!

[casca1]

just a note, remember that the LEVER ACTION was once the state of the art in assault rifles in it's time.
 
perhaps MUZZLE LOADERS is what we will end up with.
casca

[BBF]

CTL
 I've never owned a Model 94 mostly because of the empties being chucked straight up and I use scopes on my rifles. I've had 4 Marlins, none at this time. I agree with you they do feel nice and balanced even with a reasonable sized scope on them.
I like shorties, staying within Canadian laws my next longer rifle is an Axis in 308 with the barrel cut back to 18 5/8 inch. My old 742 in 30-06 has never misfired or jammed, it has an 18+5/8" shortened barrel and I put one round in the spout and  one round in the mag when hunting. If the first one doesn't put the game down or at least slows it to a trot there is no 2nd shot opportunity in this area.
Two more with a longer barrel just in case I ever get the chance of hunting again where expected distances surpass 200 yards.

[D Fischer]

I don't believe they are going to ban much of anything. Stop and think about how many firearms are in US citizens hands. Wasn't it the Japaneeze that were afraid to attack the mainland here for to many gun's in citizen hands? I doubt any big effort to squrst firearms would bring to many out of the wood work that don't really worry much about it now. a lot of those would be US Military men. Even if they did it would take so long to get it done that everyone would have plenty of advance warning. The biggest problem with these scares is the run on ammunition and handloading supplies they cause from people that think they are going to lose something. I get the idea that every one thinks if that were to happen, it would happen over night with no warning. Bull, I have no idea how many guns are in civilian homes not nor do I know how much of the military would support such and order nor how many law enforcement officers would. in the mean time we keep hearing the sky is falling. How many people would eliminating guns cost in jobs? Manufacture's and their employee's, powder makers and their employees, bullet maker's and their employees, firearm salesmen, shooting ranges ect. Long long list! You think the economy is bad now? Eliminate guns! How in the world could even our own government not only collect all the guns in private ownership ans all the guns in sporting goods department's and in the different factory's? If it were tried there would be resistance right from the start. So please don't make another run on primer's, powder and bullet's, all you do is stop someone else from getting needed supplies and if the unthinkable does happen, those that don't have because of hording by other's may well not have the ammunition to support you! You will have effectively taken a lot of guns out of our hands buy making it impossible to obtain component's!

[Spirithawk]

Spirithawk,
 You stated in your post that you have a .270 in the Encore, that is one neat setup! I also have one too and among my arsenal it really is hard not to select as my go to rifle!! Accuracy is great!I also have a ProHunter barrel on an Encore frame in the 30-06 configuration which has not been shot yet so we will see if it surplants the .270!

Thanks, here's our T/C line-up. The .270 barrel is off the rifle as it's now muzzleloader season. The .270 barrel is topped with a Bushnell Elite 3200 3 x 9 x 42. It's a real tack driver!
Pro Hunter 7mm mag
Encore 209 x 50
.270 barrel ( I've got the walnut stock and forearm for it too)
Contender 44 mag ported barrel & .243 barrel

 

[srussell]

If a single shot rifle was all I could have , it would be a Sharps or a high wall. Either in 45/70 or
45/90, both are very effective rounds.

i have one

[Ranger99]

i don't know the intent of the original
post, but i'll say here and now that our
gun rights don't have doodley spit to
do with suitability for sporting use.
a law abiding citizen should be able
to purchase, unfettered by political
correctness or handwringing any style
of firearm they wish as long as they
can afford to pay for it. we need to
get off the pot and go ahead and
admit that there are bad people that
do bad things in this world and how
much donald trump has in the bank
or if charley manson's mother was a
whore or not doesn't make somebody
do bad things.
people choose to do wrong and drive
drunk and murder their pregnant girlfriend
or not not take their medication because
they don't feel like it.


i usually hunt with a bow or sidelock
muzzleloader or h&r, but if i want to
use an ak i don't need anyone to preach
to me how evil it is.  i can't help
but think we'll see these bozos on
the news "demonstrating" how lethal
and evil an ak47 is, and how mundane
and "civilized" a rem700 is.
does anyone remember back (in the 90's
klinton era i think) these bozos from the
nra making the "assault weapon" vs.
bolt-action-sporter demonstration on
the national news then proclaiming that
"nobody has a legitimate sporting need for
these destructive weapons-we agree they
should be taken away"?


if i see that friday on the "great nra plan
revelation day" on the news i may puke.
then again, after the u.s.a. put the great
deliverer back in the white house, i shouldn't
be surprised at anything that happens.

[Victor3]

How many people would eliminating guns cost in jobs? Manufacture's and their employee's, powder makers and their employees, bullet maker's and their employees, firearm salesmen, shooting ranges ect. Long long list! You think the economy is bad now? Eliminate guns! How in the world could even our own government not only collect all the guns in private ownership ans all the guns in sporting goods department's and in the different factory's? If it were tried there would be resistance right from the start. So please don't make another run on primer's, powder and bullet's, all you do is stop someone else from getting needed supplies and if the unthinkable does happen, those that don't have because of hording by other's may well not have the ammunition to support you! You will have effectively taken a lot of guns out of our hands buy making it impossible to obtain component's!

 So you're sayin' the gun companies are "too big to fail?" 

[Victor3]

 Old Russian joke...


 "Why do Latvians oil their gardens instead of water them?"


 "To keep the guns from rusting."

[Anna]

If a single shot rifle was all I could have , it would be a Sharps or a high wall. Either in 45/70 or
45/90, both are very effective rounds.

i have one

So do two of my brothers, Shiloh Sharps the realMcCoy's. And a 45/90 is no slouch, especially loaded
with a 300 gr JHP. One of them cast his own bullets out of old wheel weights for antelope hunting.
And these rifles do have a very high cool factor about them. But even better than them is the
Winchester 1886, now that rifle is about one of the greatest rifles ever made.
Browning did a great job of building them years ago even in the carbine version. But to find one of
them in good condition will cost you a lot if $$$$$$.

[SHOOTALL]

My OP was that with the agends finding a crisis to give them legs it might be that guns will be restricted in the near future. Also we may find hunting restricted , say the president by exc. order bans all but single shot weapons on federal lands . The same could take place on the state level. Thought being if you don't need one maybe you won't buy one    Or impose a tax on gun ownership for all simi auto weapons or ammo that could be used in one . Yes we should vote to keep anything from happening but it would not be a bad thing to be ahead of the curve would it ? 
 If so a nice Win HW in 38-55 might be nice 

[magooch]

i don't know the intent of the original
post, but i'll say here and now that our
gun rights don't have doodley spit to
do with suitability for sporting use.
a law abiding citizen should be able
to purchase, unfettered by political
correctness or handwringing any style
of firearm they wish as long as they
can afford to pay for it. we need to
get off the pot and go ahead and
admit that there are bad people that
do bad things in this world and how
much donald trump has in the bank
or if charley manson's mother was a
whore or not doesn't make somebody
do bad things.
people choose to do wrong and drive
drunk and murder their pregnant girlfriend
or not not take their medication because
they don't feel like it.


i usually hunt with a bow or sidelock
muzzleloader or h&r, but if i want to
use an ak i don't need anyone to preach
to me how evil it is.  i can't help
but think we'll see these bozos on
the news "demonstrating" how lethal
and evil an ak47 is, and how mundane
and "civilized" a rem700 is.
does anyone remember back (in the 90's
klinton era i think) these bozos from the
nra making the "assault weapon" vs.
bolt-action-sporter demonstration on
the national news then proclaiming that
"nobody has a legitimate sporting need for
these destructive weapons-we agree they
should be taken away"?


if i see that friday on the "great nra plan
revelation day" on the news i may puke.
then again, after the u.s.a. put the great
deliverer back in the white house, i shouldn't
be surprised at anything that happens.

Ranger, I salute you.  You are a real American.  Probably, none of us needs a high capacity repeating weapon, but since when does an American have to settle for what is needed.  I've had semi-autos for most of my life and I don't intend to change for the likes of a sniveling piece of crap president, or anyone else.
For the OP, the answer is hell no.  It's time for Americans to grow a pair and tell the panty wetters to go hide under your bed and suck your thumb.  I'm good, but if I felt like I WANTED another firearm, I'd be looking for another freaking war weapon.

[guzzijohn]

So....do I have a single shot or would it be considered and antique sniper rifle?