Favorite Large Caliber Rifle

[Cedar Creek]

Marlin 336 in .35 Remington or Ruger 77/44 carbine in .44 mag - the only rifles over .30 cal that I own. I do have a belted magnum - Ruger 77 in 6.5 Rem Mag. It's a pretty bad boy for deer & coyotes.

Cedar Creek

 

[Okie4570]

Marlin 336 in .35 Remington or Ruger 77/44 carbine in .44 mag - the only rifles over .30 cal that I own. I do have a belted magnum - Ruger 77 in 6.5 Rem Mag. It's a pretty bad boy for deer & coyotes.

Cedar Creek

Keep me in mind when you get ready to sell it

 

[underpar]

oops...rem mag....had 300 win mag on mind i guess?

 

[Cedar Creek]

Okie 4570 - I have been thinking about selling my 6.5 Rem Mag. It is a 77RST (ring & sights) in nice condition. I'll keep you in mind.

 

[DRC458]

Marlin 336 in .35 Remington or Ruger 77/44 carbine in .44 mag - the only rifles over .30 cal that I own. I do have a belted magnum - Ruger 77 in 6.5 Rem Mag. It's a pretty bad boy for deer & coyotes.

Cedar Creek

And, keep ME in mind when you decide to sell that .35 Remington, please!!!

 

[Okie4570]

Okie 4570 - I have been thinking about selling my 6.5 Rem Mag. It is a 77RST (ring & sights) in nice condition. I'll keep you in mind.

If you do, I'm interested, it will have a nice home with other no longer made Rugers of "not common" calibers.

 

[Pulp]

Large caliber and high powered do not necessarily go together. I have two rifles in .44-40. Big bore but not quite in the "elephant stomper" category. I'd reckon my little Rossi '92 is my favorite big bore, followed closely by my H&R Buffalo Classic in .45-70. .45-70 can be loaded very close to elephant stomper, but my shoulder is smarter than that. I'm happy with BP loads.

 

[whiskeysnoot]

Classic Stainless Winchester Mod. 70 in 300 Weatherby for most things, including long range stuff. Big stuff, Classic Stainless 70 in 358 Norma or 416 Remington. I kind of have a thing for classic stainless Winchesters.

I am officially old now. When a stainless rifle is considered "Classic". Damn, it wasn't that long ago that stainless was the new thing, was it?

 

[criticalbass]

Technically, my two largest bores are "medium calibers." One is a .375 H&H Magnum, and the other is a .338-06. Both are quite accurate, and friendly in terms of recoil. The .375 is kind to the meat of whatever you shoot. The .338 varies depending on bullet choice.

I have no real need for either of these, but they are fun to shoot. The .375 makes one ragged hole at 100 yards with whatever I put in it. The .338 is nearly as accurate. .375 is an old Whitworth with a Mauser action, and the .338 is a converted Savage 110 that started life as a 30-06.

 

[FamousAJ]

I really enjoy the 45-70. There's a reason they are still building them.

Also enjoy 450 Marlin, 444 Marlin, & 500 S&W in rifles for the big thud effect.

But hey I'm weird.

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