View Poll Results: A few rifles, or a bunch? and which ones?
1-3 rifles you know well
17
54.84%
alot, 1 for every type of animal/hunt
14
45.16%
Voters: 31. You may not vote on this poll
What's the perfect arsenal?
#5
I have a few guns, but over the last 3 years my Dad and my Uncle have both passed on and have left me thier guns.. Now its hard to decided which one to shoot.. But I like having options.
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Michigan
Posts: 3,329
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,320
My answer requires explanation.
First of all I need four or five dedicated prairie dog rifles. One is not nearly enough unless you like standing out on the prairie twiddling your thumbs. I have 5
I shoot alot of Contender carbines and they inherently require several barrels from which to fool around with. I have 7 and 4 frames.
Need a couple shotguns for birds and even short range coyotes. I have 3
Need a dedicated coyote rifle for hiding in the tall grass something short and fast but it has to have plenty of range. I have 1-2 that fit that bill.
Need a few rimfires to shoot cheap stuff with and plink alot. I have 4
Need a long range big rifle for deer and elk. Need a couple light rifles for the same...mid range. I have couple of each.
Need some home defense guns. I have some of these too.
Need a pellet rifle for those pesky squirrels that eat our bird seed. I have 2 of these
Plus I also seem to end up with the guns that non gun families can't decide what to do with...some of these I may never shoot.
No respect here either..............
First of all I need four or five dedicated prairie dog rifles. One is not nearly enough unless you like standing out on the prairie twiddling your thumbs. I have 5
I shoot alot of Contender carbines and they inherently require several barrels from which to fool around with. I have 7 and 4 frames.
Need a couple shotguns for birds and even short range coyotes. I have 3
Need a dedicated coyote rifle for hiding in the tall grass something short and fast but it has to have plenty of range. I have 1-2 that fit that bill.
Need a few rimfires to shoot cheap stuff with and plink alot. I have 4
Need a long range big rifle for deer and elk. Need a couple light rifles for the same...mid range. I have couple of each.
Need some home defense guns. I have some of these too.
Need a pellet rifle for those pesky squirrels that eat our bird seed. I have 2 of these
Plus I also seem to end up with the guns that non gun families can't decide what to do with...some of these I may never shoot.
No respect here either..............
Last edited by skb2706; 11-03-2009 at 09:54 AM.
#9
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: NC
Posts: 113
You could play golf with one or two clubs.
You could catch fish with just one or two plugs.
You could have just have cresent wrenches in your tool box.
Just depends on how specific your hunting needs are.
My granddad always said a good 12ga and a 22lr is all you'll need, for
whatever you need. I'd say he was about 98% correct.
He didn't do any long range deer hunting, or varmit hunting.
Throw in a .30-06 loaded up max and down light, and you could get by with about anything on this continent.
You could catch fish with just one or two plugs.
You could have just have cresent wrenches in your tool box.
Just depends on how specific your hunting needs are.
My granddad always said a good 12ga and a 22lr is all you'll need, for
whatever you need. I'd say he was about 98% correct.
He didn't do any long range deer hunting, or varmit hunting.
Throw in a .30-06 loaded up max and down light, and you could get by with about anything on this continent.
#10
Just kinda rethinking my train of thought, I'm mostly talking rifles specifically, not shotguns, pistols...
Thinking having like 3 rifles would serve me better than 10...although I like the idea having a father/son covered adequately on all hunts, so that could mean 6 rifles...or perhaps 4 or 5 if some overlapped, but I think you'd be overgunning or undergunning perhaps.
Thinking having like 3 rifles would serve me better than 10...although I like the idea having a father/son covered adequately on all hunts, so that could mean 6 rifles...or perhaps 4 or 5 if some overlapped, but I think you'd be overgunning or undergunning perhaps.