Your favorite hunting rifle of all time

[Jim Golden]

Not to cheat...this was on here about page 2...but if no picture, it doesn't count My super custom .375 Roy

 

[8X68ZG47]

Some of my favorate Brno ZG47 rifles.
I have factory rifles in 270,30-06,8x57,8x60,8x64,8x68 9.3x62 and custom 6.5x55 and 338-06.

 

[Flewis]

When, where and what decide my favorite.

 

[Thinker]

My 308 win Mannlicher Schoenauer

 

[MS 9x56]

My 308 win Mannlicher Schoenauer

there is just something about those Mannlichers. For me it is the pre 1924’s that give me the feels.

 

[Tex .416]

It is very utilitarian, but this Montana Rifle Company XWR .308 Win with a Nightforce 2.5-10x42 is the one I pick up most of the time.

 

[375Ruger416]

My sentimental pick is my Lakefield Mark II in 22lr my parents bought me as an 8 yo. The Canadian factory where these are built has since been bought by Savage and is still making the Mark II as far as I know.

I have an interest in switch barrel rifles so my current favorite is a Gunwerks Nexus with a 6.5 PRC 20” and 300 PRC 24” barrel. Here in Alberta, the 6.5 PRC is for everything smaller than elk and moose and the 300 PRC for them. Thought I had my ‘last hunting rifle’ lol. However, wanting a 375 I’ve ordered a Blaser R8 professional with 223, 6.5 PRC, and the classic 375 H&H with 23” threaded barrels to take to Africa in September and hunt suppressed with. It is 3-3.5” shorter than an equivalent barrel length bolt action so it should be very handy suppressed. Should be my last rifle now, right? Although I now find myself dreaming about an R8 Kilombero or Selous - both with beautiful wood as well as case hardening on the Selous.

I owe a big thanks to this forum who suggested many great rifles for a 375 as well as affirmed my interest in hunting Africa. Boddington, Massaro, and Von Benedikt get credit too.

 

[375Ruger416]

Kilombero and Selous.