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Old 12-15-2019 | 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Cub Slayer
The baseplate?
When you say "baseplate," I'm thinking you have a mortar. Do you mean "floorplate"?

I have every game animal in the world covered, times at least two in most cases. As well, I own at least one of most makes, and there are things I like and dislike about all of them. But for starters:

Small Game/Plinking: Everyone should have a .22 LR. I like the BL-22, but also fond of a nice, hand-me-down heirloom Winchester M61A

Varmints: Tough between .22-250 and .223, but over the years, I've found the .223 far more versatile. Not too much, not too little. I like MSRs, but I think my favorite .223 is a CZ 527 Varmint Laminated

Deer/Antelope: .243, hands-down. I've a few to choose from, but I think my favorite is a Ruger No 1-B

Deer/Elk/Moose: This is a hard one. Where I'm just hunting elk and moose, a .30-06 is fine and not overkill for deer. Where other critters might hunt back, I'm more prone to carry a .300 Magnum or .338 Win. This might be a place where I'd have to pick two, likely the .30-06 and the .338. Most of my bolt guns are M700s. I'm not a big fan of the Brownings here, I do like something with a different extractor setup (i.e. Howa/Weatherby, Bergara,...), but If I had to pick, I'd stay with M700s. They've always done me well. I'm not a huge fan of synthetics, nor of stainless. Maybe just my sense of aesthetics?

Bigger stuff: 375 H&H. Probably another M700 or possibly a CRF M70.

Birds: When I hunted geese, I preferred the Browning BPS. Now that most of my bird hunting is upland, a Beretta O/U, 12 ga.

Defensive: Classified.
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