Bucket Rifle

[Vince]

So as to not derail a thread with a similar title what is your bucket list rifle?

For me it would be a PL Holehan African Hunter in .416 Rigby, left handed action, in a beautiful Bastogne walnut. I would want some scroll work engraving throughout the rifle with inlaid silver.

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That’s my dream and I’m sticking to it.

Vince

 

[PJGunner]

I kind of lucked intp my dream rifle. An Oberndorf Mauser, classic stock chambered to the .35 Whelen. The 24" barrel has a 1 in 14" twist and has been MOA or better with every load I've tried. It gives very tight groups with the 225 gr. TSX and not made the day on the elk that have been taken with that rifle. Got lucky when I found it at a gun show. It fits me like it was made for me.
Paul B.

 

[filmjunkie4ever]

Vince, this is a much better thread idea than mine! You should’ve just hikacked my thread!

As no doubt many of you, I tend to have a bucket “list” of guns, with several entries. As its kinda long, I will post just a few.

Here are some of the front runners:

Mauser Sporter 7x57mm Mauser

Winchester 1895 in .30 US Army

Husqvarna Mauser 9.3x62mm

Winchester Model 70 Pre64 in .220 Swift

.22 Hornet

 

[gbflyer]

Some sort of fine double in 9.3x74r stocked for a lefty. Also appropriate funds to retain divorce attorney when the fun police sees the bill

 

[RL338]

This guy
After a little make over

 

[rjm158]

In the early 2000's Tikka made a sub-series of their T-3 rifles called a Big Boar. It had a full length stock with a 19 inch barrel. 308 Win, 30-06, and 300 WSM were the only chamberings. I have been able to find a 300 WSM and a 30-06 but would like to find a 308 to complete the set. I have checked gun shops as well as Gunbroker and other sites regularly but have never seen one.

Ron

 

[Slimfinn]

I have a list of them, and some I dont even know about yet.
But one that always pops into my head first when I think of Bucket Rifle is a maple stock Winchester m70

 

[BK]

.470 double. I don't have much in the way of preference in maker. Just so it fits gigantor me and looks suitably British.

 

[Polaris]

6mm Lee Navy in original unaltered condition. I'd settle for a Ross though.

 

[gerry]

It was going to be a Weatherby Mk V 270 Weatherby mag and just about the time I was going to pull the trigger the 6.8 Western came out. If they made a 270 Bee with a fast twist I would be very interested in it, they probably won't though. Now that they are offering the 6 lug action in left hand I have kind of lost interest in the heavier 9 lug guns.
Cartridges of interest? Maybe the 6.5 RPM or 280 AI. If they make a 277 RPM or 308 RPM one of those would be at the top. I do like the short barreled 338 RPM models but would prefer a smaller round in the same configuration. Honestly if they made a 30-06 like that I would be all over one of those too.

 

[SJB358]

I think my true bucket list rifle would be a P64 Super Grade in 300 H&H, 30-06 or 270. I'd really prefer a Super Grade Featherweight in 270.

 

[AFG270]

I think my true bucket list rifle would be a P64 Super Grade in 300 H&H, 30-06 or 270. I'd really prefer a Super Grade Featherweight in 270.

This.

 

[1100 Remington Man]

That’s a tough one either a Model 70 Custom Grade or Remington 700 Custom C Grade In .280 Rem with Control Mounts and Rings and Leupold Scope 2.5x8 36mm with a Montana Sling.

 

[BK]

I think my true bucket list rifle would be a P64 Super Grade in 300 H&H, 30-06 or 270. I'd really prefer a Super Grade Featherweight in 270.

I haven't be afflicted with pre'64-itis, but a Supergrade .300 H&H is definitely on the list.

 

[filmjunkie4ever]

I haven't be afflicted with pre'64-itis, but a Supergrade .300 H&H is definitely on the list.

It’s incurable.

But there are worse afflictions. I suppose.

 

[Vince]

Besides rifles I’m starting to drool over the engraved Colt Pythons and Anacondas.

Vince

 

[ShadeTree]

Man I'd have quite a list really. It would all depend on what strikes me at the moment. Some guns you run across and it's like they were sitting there waiting on you.

I suppose if a person is gonna dream it would be a Griffin Howe in 250 Savage or 35 Remington. Seen them both. Don't recall the exact prices for either, but it was steep.

 

[Guy Miner]

I don't really have a gun "bucket list" but I do have some hunts I'd like...

 

[AFG270]

I think my true bucket list rifle would be a P64 Super Grade in 300 H&H, 30-06 or 270. I'd really prefer a Super Grade Featherweight in 270.

I was thinking I don't need any more guns as matter of fact It's time to start thinning the herd. Then Scotty had to go and post this.

 

[Vince]

I was thinking I don't need any more guns as matter of fact It's time to start thinning the herd. Then Scotty had to go and post this.

Anytime you feel like thinning things my way all donations are welcome.