Do you have one long gun that fills you with confidence?

[sigp220.45]

Not necessarily your first choice for surviving the apocalypse, or for using on a once-in-a-lifetime hunt, or defending the family home, or even just cherished as a family heirloom - though it certainly could be any or all of those.

My 1944 Springfield M1 rifle has traveled the world. It has a Beretta bolt and a Danish VAR barrel. It may have done nothing more than pull guard duty or serve on the firing range. But its stock has the dimples you see when an 8 round clip is pushed into the wood to make sure the rounds are level prior to loading, so maybe it does have a few stories to tell.

The first 60 years of its life are lost to history, but since 2004 it has been my faithful companion. It has never jammed, even with old surplus ammo.

I know it will always shoot. A 30/06 round will punch a hole through any man or beast or vehicle I would ever encounter. Its sights won't get out of kilter. Even empty it would make a formidable bludgeon.

I've never taken it hunting, carried it in my rig for defense, or loaded it up to protect the home. But holding, loading, and shooting it fills me with quiet glee. Sappy, I know.

Do you have a rifle or shotgun that just makes you feel like that?

 

[Wprovence]

I've got an old Remington ADL 7mm custom shop rifle with a Leupold 2x8 and an ugly green Kevlar stock. I've had for almost 20 years. My favorite rifle. No kick and very accurate. It's traveled with me to S Africa and all over the US.


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[Rubone]

Do you have one long gun that fills you with confidence?

All of them, or I wouldn't have them....

 

[texmex]

Winchester 1885 Trapper carbine in 45-70. It goes with me everyday.

 

[Targets Guy]

All but I am most confident in my M-1. I know that rifle inside and out. M-1 Carbine is my backup.

 

[chud333]

My Colt A2 AR15 with a good scope mounted up and you don't want to be
a Yote in my neighborhood.
No recoil. Fun all day to plink with.


Chuck

 

[blackdeuce]

Not really just one. My CZ 550 and 527 rifles are very reliable. Also, my Daniel Defense AR15.

 

[les.b]

All.
Any M1 rifle. I might be a hoarder.
Bill@Yuma

Notice, Bill:

There is no such thing as a "hoarder". This is a fictional condition made up by distraught wives/girlfriends to try to shame their husbands/boyfriends into parting with their favorite stuff. I still have the first western style cap gun (SAA style of course) that I received as a young kid, and pretty much everything I've accumulated since. I run out of room every now and then, but "hoarder", naw, not me...there is no such thing. Accumulators?, well, maybe.

But to the OP's question....I have a bunch, but this thing is really reliable. Shoots easily found .308 ammo, or the military version, 7.62x51. It's a British L1A1 from the sixties, and I received about 10 Brit inch pattern mags with it, along with about 1,500 rds of high quality, non-corrosive military ammunition.



I have a lot of other long guns as well, but this is a pretty substantial, reliable firearm.

For something a little lighter, and very well built, here is a 1941 Winchester 94, still has a virtually new bore, but carried some:



Best Regards, Les

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

I'm not much of a centerfire long gun guy... but I have tried to acquire examples that I thought well represented each action type.

Bolt - Remington 700 .308
Lever - Marin 30-30
Autoloading - AR15 5.56 (brand who cares)
Pump - Winchester 12ga

That's all I got... but I'm quite confident and satisfied with each. Have no intention of replacing them.

 

[Fishinfool]

It would have to be my 1909 Argentine Mauser I bought as a teenager, sprotsterized myself, and had re-bored / chambered to .35 Whelen. I have carried it many a mile in the woods, and it has accounted for a lot of game. Cut my teeth reloading with this rifle, and it has never let me down.

Larry

 

[RubenZ]

For rifles, my Lee Enfield Jungle Carbine.

 

[Wyo]

I have two. The first is my Grandad's 1948 Winchester Model 70 in .270 Win. I started trying to talk him out of it while I was still in high school, and he finally gave it up when I was about 40! He took many elk, deer , etc. with it and, while I haven't hunted with it much for a long time, it's the luckiest rifle I ever owned. Deer, elk, antelope, whatever. I never shot at a big game animal more than once with it, never missed with it, never needed a second shot, and never lost an animal. Doesn't get any better than that!

The other one is a GA Precision .308. It's a duplicate of the USMC's M40A1 sniper rifle, weighs about 14 pounds and will hold 1/2" 5 shot groups all day long. 'Most anything I shoot at inside 600 yds. is going down. Not much fun to carry but it surely does inspire confidence!

 

[Drm50]

I have a old 1895 Winchester in 30/06 that is my favorite fun
rifle. It is one of those rifles that fits me perfect.

 

[STCM(SW)]

Not necessarily your first choice for surviving the apocalypse, or for using on a once-in-a-lifetime hunt, or defending the family home, or even just cherished as a family heirloom - though it certainly could be any or all of those.

My 1944 Springfield M1 rifle has traveled the world. It has a Beretta bolt and a Danish VAR barrel. It may have done nothing more than pull guard duty or serve on the firing range. But its stock has the dimples you see when an 8 round clip is pushed into the wood to make sure the rounds are level prior to loading, so maybe it does have a few stories to tell.

The first 60 years of its life are lost to history, but since 2004 it has been my faithful companion. It has never jammed, even with old surplus ammo.

I know it will always shoot. A 30/06 round will punch a hole through any man or beast or vehicle I would ever encounter. Its sights won't get out of kilter. Even empty it would make a formidable bludgeon.

I've never taken it hunting, carried it in my rig for defense, or loaded it up to protect the home. But holding, loading, and shooting it fills me with quiet glee. Sappy, I know.

Do you have a rifle or shotgun that just makes you feel like that?

You just described my M1 from the same year, 1944.
Mine is a Springfield with just a new barrel.



And I must have 1K of ball ammo in clips for it, WW made in Grease.

 

[Lee Barner]

my Remington 788 in .223. scary accurate and has taken a lot of varmints over the last 30 years. lee

 

[rwsmith]

I only have two rifles..

I only have two rifles and one shotgun. The shotgun is only good as a birding gun. The other is a bolt rifle, not my favorite choice either. If I'm in a position where a rifle would be good (I don't know what that would be) I'll grab my 9mm Kel-Tec Gen 2 sub 2000. I've checked its reliability and with the right ammo it doesn't hiccup. It's a short carbine, so its very mobile in tight spaces. Besides, I have a 33 round mag, just in case there are a lot of them.

My only thing is SD/HD. If I took to the woods, as much as I like levers, for survival a semi-auto like the M1 carbine would be my choice.

 

[Frank46]

1943 Sprinfield manufactured M1 Garand., 1943 Ithaca 45 acp, Sako 75 Hunter in 30-06 very accurate with my handloads and also with M72 match ammo. Frank

 

[crazyphil]

I had a model 70 Winchester 30:06 with a Weaver K4 scope that filled
me with confidence. It never missed. I gave all my long guns away and
quit hunting in 2000. Gave them away? That's why I'm called crazyphil.

 

[digiroc]

My Sig MCX in 300BLK is the most confidence building weapon to have in hand. The Sig Romeo 4 perfectly co-witnesses with the iron sights and turns itself on when picked up.

Custom tripod mount holds it benchrest steady in the field waiting for a groundhog to show it's head:

digiroc

 

[BAM-BAM]

I shot on my High School ( WPIAL Champs and 2nd (by one point) in State my Sr Year)........ and College Rifle teams.....loved shooting rifles but kind of burnt out after shooting 5 days a week for 6/7 months for 8 years.

About 15 years ago got back into it on a different level...... .22s and shooting against myself.........................................

MY "Walking in Penn's Woods Rifle" is a CZ 452 FS/mannlicher chambered in .22 magnum w/ a 1-4x20 Leupold scope.......an almost constant companion at the cabin. Good for any ''varmint" in the Laurel Highlands of Pa.......... shoots under the heavy cross hairs (1.5-2") at 100yds..... best groups have been in the .8-.9 range

Close behind is a CZ 527FS/mannlicher in .223

There are other rifles in the safe but those two get called on most.........

that said a S&W 15-22 and Ruger 10/22 International make for some fun times at the range.