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Your ideal gun/calibre collection?


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I think I’m done, my gun cabinet contains:

Bolt action 22LR

Semi-auto 12G

Bolt action 7mm08

These guns cover almost every situation I’m likely to find myself in. If I won the lottery and had time on my hands, I’d probably add a smaller calibre centrefire for long distance rabbits and an ultra short barrel 300 blackout rifle of some description for bush work with subsonic rounds. 

What’s your “complete” collection?

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There’s what I must have and what I want to have and use.  

Must haves

12 bore pair OUs

22 lr

243 Fox rifle

30/06 (could be many other options) deer rifle does pigs to. 

375 rifle angry things 

 

others 

308 heavier longer range rifle 

308 wet and rough rifle

7.62x39 smaller lighter good for teach kids

22cf NV rifle

12b skeet gun

20b 

410 

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PCP air rifle

22LR (NV) rabbiting and ratting gun

223 for foxing

308 deer rifle

12 bore O/U for clays, corvid and pigeon days and occasional foxing

20 bore S/S as my game gun

410 (moderated) for squirrels and rats around rearing pens

Funnily enough, that covers everything in the cabinets - apart from SWMBO's 20 bore O/U.

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10 hours ago, Houseplant said:

There is the saying ""Beware the man with one gun...". I'm not sure where it originates, but there's some sense in it (within reason of course).

I have heard this on several occations

Or beware of the man that can use any gun 

All caliber rifles have a purpose

All  guage shotguns have a purpose

You would'nt shoot a deer with a .22lr

You would'nt use your expensive game gun to go wildfowling on salty marshes

Hence i have guns to cover all aspects of shooting All have a purpose

One gun could not serve all

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Springer (.22 )  bunnies/target.

17hmr  bunnies/fox.

.22lr     bunnies/squizzrs/range plinking.

6.5x55 deer/rangework

.357/.38 lever action for range FUN (also conditioned for aolq ???)

12g O/U  pheasant/clay/pigeon

12g S/A wildfowling/pigeons

12g single  ? just because....

Would like...20g o/u

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I have:

Sub 12ftlb .177

FAC Air .22 (30ftlb)

12bore OU

20bore OU

Am tempted by a 12bore Semi-Auto for vermin around the shoot though. But also have a long desire for a second hang gd5 Browning in 12bore ! 

With somewhere to use one I would love a .22 hornet as I could enjoy reloading too then. 

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7 hours ago, sabel25 said:

I have heard this on several occations

Or beware of the man that can use any gun 

All caliber rifles have a purpose

All  guage shotguns have a purpose

You would'nt shoot a deer with a .22lr

You would'nt use your expensive game gun to go wildfowling on salty marshes

Hence i have guns to cover all aspects of shooting All have a purpose

One gun could not serve all

 

Well, I said within reason. I could have got a smaller calibre for goats. Most people here seem to use .223 and I want a dedicated subsonic centrefire, but neither would make the goats any deader. I would have bought the 7mm08 for deer stalking anyway, so would have ended up with three rifles instead of the one that I have. I'm happy with that decision, but each to their own.

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