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Browning BLR. ______________________________________________ Life is short. It’s shorter with the wrong gun… | |||
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I just discovered the BLR take-down model, in .308. Oh, boy.  RB Cancer fighter (Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma) since 2009, now fighting Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. | |||
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I'd go with my marlin 357 lever action | |||
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I’ve got a Rossi levergun in 357...specifically got it to pair with a 357 revolver I have. "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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U.S. Rifle, Model of 1903 .30 cal. | |||
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My personal choice would be a modern Mauser-style bolt rifle in .308 or .30-06, with a shorter (16"-20") barrel, and the option of both a scope and iron sights. Something like a Ruger M77 RSI or Scout, or a CZ 550/557 Carbine. | |||
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T/C Encore with 22 lr and 6.5 swede barrels "The days are stacked against what we think we are." Jim Harrison | |||
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Savage Model 99 in 300 Savage Big enough for serious work, yet small enough for fun. | |||
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SCAR 17 in single shot gas setting?  | |||
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If only they still made them. Back when, they also had 308 and 358. | |||
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My youngest stepson's deer rifle is a 1970s Savage 99 in .308 that he inherited from his grandfather. It's a nice, handy rifle. | |||
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^^^^ I still kick myself for not grabbing that one in 358 I came across in 1982. The 99C with detachable magazine in 308 may be the answer the OP was looking for. | |||
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The rotary magazine 99s are reportedly better. | |||
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And IIRC, one could top off the rotary magazine in the 99 pretty easily. Per the internet, production of them stopped in '98. | |||
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Certainly more highly valued, but I cannot speak to better. | |||
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Still readily available at a wide range of price points and chamberings: 243, 250 Sav, 303 Sav, 22 high, etc... I love my 1953. It is a hand me down from my grandfather and then father, so it holds sentimental value to me. I still use it, but the stock has developed a small crack, so I reserve it for special moments. I want my daughter and if God so blesses me, my grandchild to have this rifle. | |||
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bolt rifle, probably 243, maby 6.5 X 55 to be different. Wrong side of 50, wont be hunting anything a 243 wont handel . | |||
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Never judge a man, till you have walked a mile in his shoes..... That way, you'll be a mile away from him; and you'll have his shoes. | |||
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Tikka T3 bolt action variant in your favorite caliber.  "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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I'd pick a good lever action in .45-70. I can download it to be less punishing, or I can buy/build ammo with which I can kill anything in North America (arguably just about anything in the world that I'd have reason to kill). If I was going the route of just one I'd send it off to that place that custom-slicks the new Marlins to well beyond any factory standard and just be happy. ---------------------------------------- Death smiles at us all. Be sure you smile back. | |||
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