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In my opinion Henry is the best brand of rifle ever made. considering price accuracy made in USA and best customer service wat yall think winchester is up there tho

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Best rifle ever made is the Masuer 98. Just about every single bolt action rifle made today is a direct decendant from the Mauser 98 in one way or more. It is by far the most copied receiver ever devised and considered by nearly every one to be one of the absolute strongest.

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Couldn't agree more - - the Mauser 98 is my hands-down favorite. The Model 96 Swede Mauser isn't to bad either.

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The first one that Breech loaded.............:)

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winchester m70

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Paul Mauser was one smart fella.

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ahh thank you mauser guys.....alot of guys either dont want to believe that...or admit it...but we all know its true!!

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You didn't place much of a limit on this question! No doubt the "best rifle ever made is/was a custom job, not a factory product. If you had said " 'best brand or best model' made since (date) it might be possible to give a reasonable answer. As you phrased it, it is NOT POSSIBLE to answer....... There were some beautiful rifles made in the 15th and 16th Centuries.......

(Which HENRY do you mean?? The predecessor to Winchester, or the current company??)

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Another vote for the Mauser 98.;)

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m-1 rifle ,and all of browning guns helped win the war.

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1. Winchester Model 70 (pre-1964)
It was not even an original design. The Model 70 was an improvement of Winchester’s Model 54, which in turn was based on the Mauser Model 98. But upon its birth in 1936, it kindled a love affair that has never died. Winchester advertised it as “the rifleman’s rifle,” and the slogan stuck. This was the big-game rifle by which all others were measured, and it is still, in my opinion, the best factory bolt action ever made.
The gun borrowed the best features from both the Mauser 98 and the Model 54. It retained the Mauser’s massive extractor and controlled-feed system but utilized a cone-shaped breech like the Model 54’s, which guided cartridges into the chamber even if they weren’t perfectly aligned. In place of the Mauser’s slow, jarring firing-pin fall, the Model 70’s was very fast and smooth. The trigger was the best ever designed for a hunting rifle, period—a three-piece miracle of simplicity that gave an excellent pull, would never fail, and once adjusted was adjusted forever.

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I agree totally. I also put in a half vote for the mauser, but the greatest gun decision is a never ending question and answer. If you just went with, for instance the mauser, because of its ingenuity and given many present models are based on its designs, then you could argue that in the colonial days, muzzleloaders were based on the key designs of another manufacturers design that was innovative, but that does not make it the greatest gun ever made. Guns are inventions built on top of overlapping designs, and just like any invention that has, hit mainstream production, its has been improved, de-railed, improved again, and sometimes slopped together with copies of any one single idea. My real thought on the greatest rifle ever made, could go to Ronnie Barretts creations, where that rifle was based on just firing the .50 BMG, a cartridge that is obviously older than the rifle, but is now used in a rifle that has changed rifle history since the first Persian Gulf War. Like I said, impossible question with somewhat limited capability of answering on a single item.

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Ihave to agree with you dequello!
Is this question about military rifles or hunting rifles? You can't comparethe smoothnessand trigger pull of a huntingrifle with the M98. The Pre-64M70was part M98 and M54 and smoother than the M98. If you want to call the M98, strong and rugged for battle, I'll go along with that!

The M1 Garand was the best rifle ever devised for battle!:)

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As to which particular Mauser, heck I don't even know how to tell 'em apart, but I've handled old and new and considering how long its been in the game and that you can find parts all over the WORLD not just your local American sportsman's store it gets my vote as well.


^^^Him and John Browning have their own little drawing boards in heaven:D

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Yep those 2 were the gurus. I havent been around an m98 and I have messed with one m96 swede and i thought it was extremely nice.

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There are several nice guns and it would be hard to pick the best of all time. The 98 and pre-64 model 70 are both really nice, though one of the best sellers of all time is the Marlin 336 lever action. It is still among the top sellers after all these years. I have several of them and they are as rugged as you can get and completely dependable.

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Did I miss something or did he say made in the USA? I guess I would consider the Sharps in the running. The Garand and the Springfield come to mind as well.

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They all have their +'s and -'s. For hunting bolt action rifles are generally preferable, with brands like Winchester, Remington, Weatherby, Browning (my personal favorite), and that other brand, can't think of them right now...............think it starts with an S...........I suspect mossy is sponsored by them,..................it will come to me........:)

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Sears?? Saiga??? :D:D

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Ruger M77 in 250-3000.

My first "big game" rifle and one that started me on a lifelong love of hunting and shooting.

It has now been handed down to my sons as their first rifle and I hope it instills the same in them.

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Traditional Woolrich plaid Michigan hunter here(sober). For me.....I like the Win 94 as well as the Savage 99. If you pile up all the deer taken with these rifles, you would have a very, verybig pile on these two dudes. Nothing speaks louder than results. Remember guys, IMO.

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Remington 700 Sendero/Sendero SF in any caliber.

I'll hold judgement on the new ones until I pick one up in a couple of weeks. If its half as good as the past ones, I'll be happy :)

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ruger mini14

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definitely the remington 700. hands down

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North Texan was it a Savage or a Seiko ? I like my Win Model 88 Lever in 308, I knew this topic would bring a variety of replies and rightly so.

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Hmmm, best rifle ever made, now that's gonna be subjective. With modern design, rifles, my favorite design is a bolt action. I didn't know which was best, so I just bought one of each of the 'common' bolt action rifles. That way I'd know, right?

Well, the bolt actions are different, but none really stand out above the rest, with the possible exception of Ruger - The Ruger 77 to me just does not have a weakness, like I have found in some of the other brands.

I can't vote for the Mauser, because it doesn't come in a left handed model - so that rules out the Mauser right there.

I'd tend to agree, a custom flavor, should probably be best. But then again most custom guns are built on a 'common' action.

So my favorite is going to leave the bolt category, and be a Drilling. Double rifles are really purrrrrtttttyyyyyy.

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There is a reason that more Mausers have been made than all others. When you throw in the deritives such as Swedes, Small Ring Turks, Spanish (and others), all the M48's and their family, Parker Hales, FN's, Montgomery Wards, Sakos, KEW's and on and on....there are probably more of them out there than you would believe....millions. Why???? read the above posts. Paul and his brothers are the "hall of fame" phenoms of the rifle world. Kind of like taking Elway, Starr, Unitas, Montana, Marinoand putting all their stats together. You might as well throw in the 03 Springfield as well caused the Ordnance Corps copied the 7X57 Spanish Mauser for the most part. That's my 2 centavos. Regards, Rick.

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I agree .....easily

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Older rifle, I would say Mauser 98, right now I would have to say Sig Sauer Model 202[8D]

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The only Canadian made gun I know of built turn of century,fast, sleek,light,and may have outdone sales of many other makes, cartridge was .280 Ross well over 3000 fps in 1910

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The 700 BDL is the best ever made.

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I usually think the best gun is the whichever one I just bought
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