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Posted: 7/15/2013 10:07:29 AM EDT

Not .50bmg or .338 lapua?

I personally would like to have a Ruger #1 Tropical in .416 Rigby or a .45-70 in a Marlin Guide Gun.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:08:16 AM EDT

[#1]

Anzio 50BMG with a 40" barrel

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:08:36 AM EDT

[#2]

Quigley Sharps.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:09:10 AM EDT

[#3]

Remington 700 Classic .375 H&H Magnum

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:09:35 AM EDT

[#4]

what is your definition of a "sporting rifle"?

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:09:36 AM EDT

[#5]

I think owning a .505 Jeffery or Gibbs would be cool.

Not practical (or cheep) but cool.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:10:58 AM EDT

[#6]

Bolt gun in .416 Rigby.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:11:09 AM EDT

[#7]

I want a something chambered in something obscene like .577 T-rex

or 700 nitro

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:11:48 AM EDT

[#8]

I had a Win M70 in .416 Rem once. Shooting off the bench to sight it in got a little rough

, but off-hand it wasn't bad.

What I really want is a .340 Wby.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:11:49 AM EDT

[#9]

.950 JDJ

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:11:52 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
Not .50bmg or .338 lapua?

I personally would like to have a Ruger #1 Tropical in .416 Rigby or a .45-70 in a Marlin Guide Gun.

i have the .338 lapua, and now want a .50 bmg. the 20" barrett.

i also have a 45/70. i do not desire anything else... other than maybe a second .338.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:12:03 AM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:

what is your definition of a "sporting rifle"?

Something of a classic design, made with the entent to harvest game.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:12:08 AM EDT

[#12]

Pre-1964 Winchester Model 70 chambered in .458 Win Mag.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:12:19 AM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
Not .50bmg or .338 lapua?

I personally would like to have a Ruger #1 Tropical in .416 Rigby or a .45-70 in a Marlin Guide Gun.

I'm with you.

I've always wanted one of the double barreled gigs they use in Africa, and I've recently acquired a longing for the exact 45-70 you mentioned.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:12:36 AM EDT

[#14]

Punt gun

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:13:07 AM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:

Remington 700 Classic .375 H&H Magnum

I would live a .375 to go with my pre64 in .300H&H

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:13:15 AM EDT

[#16]

.577 T-Rex.

I really do want one.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:14:28 AM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
Bolt gun in .416 Rigby Barrett.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:14:47 AM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:

I had a Win M70 in .416 Rem once. Shooting off the bench to sight it in got a little rough

, but off-hand it wasn't bad.

What I really want is a .340 Wby.

I shot that very same gun a month ago. Too bad the owner of it would allow me to shoot it out of the gun vice

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:15:23 AM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
Quigley Sharps.

Shiloh?

Beautiful rifle....a guy I shoot with has one....about 7k invested...

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:15:30 AM EDT

[#20]

20mm. I don't think I could carry a 30mm around

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:16:59 AM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Quigley Sharps.

Shiloh?

Beautiful rifle....a guy I shoot with has one....about 7k invested...

Yep. That's why it will remain a desire to own for now.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:17:17 AM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Remington 700 Classic .375 H&H Magnum

I would live a .375 to go with my pre64 in .300H&H

The elk I took with my M70 Classic that I rebarreled into .300 H&H. I love that cartridge.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:17:58 AM EDT

[#23]

a .700WTF
or
.950JDJ

the 17/50BMG (that is a 50 BMJ case necked down to fire a .177 bullet) looks interesting

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:18:19 AM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
Quigley Sharps.

In .45 110 of course.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:19:20 AM EDT

[#25]

I want a .470 Nitro Express double.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:19:43 AM EDT

[#26]

300 Win mag

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:20:31 AM EDT

[#27]

Hunting? 4 Bore.

Plinking? Anzio Ironworks 20mm

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:22:09 AM EDT

[#28]

Define "sporting"... is there a season for DHS drones yet?

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:22:41 AM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:

Quoted:

what is your definition of a "sporting rifle"?

Something of a classic design, made with the entent to harvest game.

I know a bunch of guys who buy some kind of "going to africa" or "shooting a polar bear" rifle and never do anything with it. If I was just going to own rifles to hunt I doubt I would bother with anything bigger than 308 unless I was making a special trip, THEN I would buy a dangerous game rifle. I just do not see the appeal, to each their own.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:23:19 AM EDT

[#30]

A 30-06 is the "12 gauge" of rifles, it's all I really want or need

a hunting weight 30-06 and a colt 6920 are the only two rifles I own now

I've shot a lot of rifles in my life and I don't really get too excited about hard-kicking rifles with a lot of muzzle blast and expensive ammo ammo anymore

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:23:49 AM EDT

[#31]

I want to eventually get around to buying a double in either .470 NE or .500 NE.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:24:58 AM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:
Define "sporting"... is there a season for DHS drones yet?

http://www.saafmuseum.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/40mmcomp.jpg

DO NOT load a clip of ammo into the feed tray, here.
DO NOT pullback this lever to the rear and return it to this position.
DO NOT press the foot triggers here, here and here.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:28:29 AM EDT

[#33]

416 Rigby.

I already have a left handed CZ 375 H&H that plan in elk hunting with.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:30:47 AM EDT

[#34]

double in 470 Nitro Express

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:31:49 AM EDT

[#35]

I'd like to get a .375H&H at some point. Beyond that? Eh.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:32:05 AM EDT

[#36]

.30-06 is big enough for me.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:34:16 AM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:
.30-06 is big enough for me.

+1

Although a M700 Remington in 8mm Mauser would be cool too.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:34:48 AM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Define "sporting"... is there a season for DHS drones yet?

http://www.saafmuseum.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/40mmcomp.jpg

DO NOT load a clip of ammo into the feed tray, here.

DO NOT pullback this lever to the rear and return it to this position.

DO NOT press the foot triggers here, here and here.

one of the classic scenes in one of the best movies made

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:35:05 AM EDT

[#39]

.375H&H or .458 Lott

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:35:17 AM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:
Quigley Sharps.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:35:38 AM EDT

[#41]

I have a .338. maybe something in a .458 or a .416

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:36:24 AM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:

Quoted:
what is your definition of a "sporting rifle"?

Something of a classic design, made with the entent to harvest game.

I know a bunch of guys who buy some kind of "going to africa" or "shooting a polar bear" rifle and never do anything with it. If I was just going to own rifles to hunt I doubt I would bother with anything bigger than 308 unless I was making a special trip, THEN I would buy a dangerous game rifle. I just do not see the appeal, to each their own.

this

there is a quantity used to measure recoil called "free recoil energy"

basically, it's just the amount of energy that the rifle would have if it was free to recoil backwards, just like the bullet going one way and the rifle going the other

the free recoil energy is the amount of energy your shoulder has to soak up to stop the rifle

the reason the 30-06 has been so popular for so long is that a hunting weight 30-06 firing a 150 grain bullet develops about 17.5 ft-lbs of free recoil energy

any gun that develops more than about 20 ft-lbs will be uncomfortable for most shooters, make them flinch

those elephant killer type 45-70 loads with 350 and 400 grain bullets will generate free recoil energy of almost 50 ft-lbs.

barrel porting and using a muzzle brake will reduce recoil by a large amount but then you have increased muzzle blast. If you ever shot a heavy 357 mag load out of a 4 inch barrel and then tried the same load in a 6' barrel you will know the difference that muzzle blast can make

I always look at this from the perspective of passing the "paper plate test" at 25 yards with a handgun and 100 yards with a rifle. If you cannot pass the paper plate test with 5 shots, you're basically just wasting your time and money.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:36:48 AM EDT

[#43]

What's not sporting about a .50?

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:36:52 AM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Define "sporting"... is there a season for DHS drones yet?

http://www.saafmuseum.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/40mmcomp.jpg

DO NOT load a clip of ammo into the feed tray, here.
DO NOT pullback this lever to the rear and return it to this position.
DO NOT press the foot triggers here, here and here.

one of the classic scenes in one of the best movies made

"He always did have a glass head."

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:37:25 AM EDT

[#45]

I have a .54 cal I bought through the black powder loophole.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:37:33 AM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Not .50bmg or .338 lapua?

I personally would like to have a Ruger #1 Tropical in .416 Rigby or a .45-70 in a Marlin Guide Gun.

I'm with you.

I've always wanted one of the double barreled gigs they use in Africa, and I've recently acquired a longing for the exact 45-70 you mentioned.

45-70 Gov

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:38:01 AM EDT

[#47]

I like guns and probably wouldn't pass up a good deal on anything I came across that interested me, like a good used Marlin 45-70.

But for practical purposes I think my .308s are big enough for anything I will encounter around here.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:38:05 AM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:
Not .50bmg or .338 lapua?

I personally would like to have a Ruger #1 Tropical in .416 Rigby or a .45-70 in a Marlin Guide Gun.

THIS ONE

Made to harvest any game, any time, anywhere.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:38:13 AM EDT

[#49]

The biggest I have now is a Rem 700 Classic in .375 H&H. I would really like to have a .470 NE double rifle.

Posted: 7/15/2013 10:38:20 AM EDT

[#50]

I've shot both the 375 H&H and the 458 Win Mag. Both were kind of cool but I have no use for either one. Friend just picked up the 375, kind of on a whim. Nice CZ bolt gun. Kicked less than an 870 with three inch slugs.

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