my list of none muzzleloaders is not very impressive anymore... I have gave a lot of them away and sold some. I am thinking of selling the others since I never use them much.

Ruger M77 7mm magnum bolt action
Remington Woodsmaster Carbine 30-06
Norico SKS 7.62x39mm
Arisika Model 99 7.7 bolt action
Springfield semi auto .22 caliber
Springfield bolt action .22 caliber
Remington Fieldmaster pump .22 caliber
Stevens bolt action .22 caliber
5 shotguns Browning, Stevens, Winchester, Remington, High Standard
and some handguns
muzzleloaders are a different story. I collect them.

dave, same here, i have 67 guns.

i really only use and like a few so i will list them.

250-3000 sav lever action[deer]
300 sav lever action[deer]
22 hornet winchester[turkeys,coyotes,fox]
12ga beretta uricka field 28 inch [pheasants/grouse]
7mm rem mag magnaported [long range deer ]
222/20 ga savage single shot [turkey,coyote,fox]
browning buckmark plus with rosewood grips 22 cal[target]
marlin 22 cal bolt action [plinking]

Red Ryder BB gun

Carefull there Ralphie, You'll shoot your eye out......

Good one on the shoot your eye Ralphie...god did I laugh! I didn't list my shotguns, but if anyone wants to make a posting....
I have 5 shotguns mostly side by sides as I do a lot of upland bird hunting. Anyway, good postings.

How do you guys like the 7mm mag? I am thinking of getting one in a Ruger #1. How is the recoil, is it similar to a 30-06?

Thanks.

If you can handle a 06 then the 7mag will be no problem. I love mine, had it for 20 years and still use it alot. What else can i say.

I've got one centerfire rifle, a .243 M-77 Ruger that I bought in 1980...It's been updated with a Leupold
3x9x40 VX-II and the reticle has been changed to a Heavy Duplex...The trigger has been adjusted to
2 1/2 pounds, it had the action bedded, barrel free floated and replaced with a 24 inch Shilen...

In .22s...I have a Remington 541-T with a 3x9x33 Compact VX-II...A Remington 552 that I bought new in 1971 and a Ruger MK-II...

Shotguns...A .410 that I received in the 60s for Christmas, I think I was 8 at the time...A double barrel
12 gauge that I received when I was 12...A Remington 1100 deer shotgun and a Browning B-80...

I also have a Glock in .40 caliber that I use for concealed carry and a Ruger .357 Blackhawk...

In muzzleloaders I have a Knight Disc, a .40 caliber flintllock I bought in 1977 from Bob Watts and a
.54 flintlock I made in the 80s...


The funny thing is...Except for the flintlock that I made...The two that I value most are the oldest...
The Remington 552 and the 12 gauge double were used from the time I was 12 until 20 or so...I have killed a truck load of squirrels and a few deer with the .22...The 12 gauge has the blueing worn off the receiver and was used on deer, squirrels, ducks, rabbits, doves, geese and crows...

These were the guns that I'd grab after school or Saturday morning after alll the chores were done, head out the back door and just go hunting for whatever was in season...

I'm not inclined toannounce the contents of my toy box to the world, but I will mention one that is probably my favorite. I've got an M1 Garand that I really enjoy shooting. I got it a few years ago from the CMP. It's a Springfield, Feb 1942 manufacture date (rebarreled ~1952, I think). It was part of a batch that were loaned to the Danes decades ago and were returned and sold off. I love the peep sight on it and I can shoot as tight a group with it at 100yds as I can with my model 70 .270 with a scope (oops, I mentioned another one). After being packed in cosmoline for years the stock will weep a little bit here and there when I have it out on a hot day (you can never get all of that out). It oozes with history.

The Garand is truely a work of art, I would love to get one of these. If only '06 ammo wasn't so expensive or I had the room for reloading gear.

The funny thing is, everytime I buy a new gun I think "OK, now I have all the guns I want..." Then I see something like a Garand or a Ruger #1 and the eyes glaze over and the obsession starts again...