Why have multiple rifles of same caliber?

[BK]

I never understood the allure of having 3 270's or 5 30-06's. Can anyone explain? :?:

Donors, baby!

 

[nvbroncrider]

Easy one Pops! There are only 2 explanations for this.

1. I have to agree with Kurt. DONORS
2. R.A.D.D

 

[meatmachineman]

I never understood the allure of having 3 270's or 5 30-06's. Can anyone explain? :?:

Because. :wink:

I have had a few duplicates... usually it was just because of finding a deal to good to pass on. I have two 336 30-30s... exactly the same gun... both from family members. I also have several 22s... you can never have too many of those!

 

[super-7]

I have alot of overlapp, 4 - .22 rim fires 4- 12 gauge shot guns 2- 243 win , and 2 6mm Remmys. So 4-6MM cal rifles, although technically the 2 6mm one dad likes to use and the other he bought for my son ( who just turned 1).

 

[FOTIS]

Donors will work as an explanation.

 

[jmad_81]

Donors would be my answer. I have a really big weakness for good deals on good rifles. Unless I'm really strapped I usually can't turn them down. I won't even let my wife or kids have the same rifle caliber. Gotta have options!

If I had a 30-06 in my safe for over a year, I would beat myself with it! For some reason I really, really, don't like 30-06's.

 

[tddeangelo]

I have 8 rifles chambered for 30-06. :lol:

OK, in the interest of full disclosure, 5 are military collectibles, and were not bought for the chambering, but because of what rifle they are, and that happens to be what was used in those types of rifles (2 M1's, an M1903, an M1903A3, and a Model of 1917).

The remaining 3 were not really by design....

First one I got is a sporterized Model of 1917. It was my father's first deer rifle, which he passed on to me.

2nd one I got NIB in some horsetrading with my dad. M70 Classic in a Tupperware stock with a detachable mag setup.

3rd one I got this past summer, and was really a "I can't pass it up" (even though I did and went back to get it later) deal on a pre-64 in shooter but not collector condition.

Dad's rifle will forever be as it is now. No changes.

My Classic may be the donor for a 35 Whelen custom. That or the pre-64, but I'm leaning toward the Classic.

 

[FOTIS]

I have 8 rifles chambered for 30-06. :lol:

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OK there is no helping you buddy! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[tddeangelo]

That would imply I NEED and/or WANT help!

:twisted:

 

[FOTIS]

True dat!

 

[Guest]

Well....guess I stink.
I don't own a 3006. Had one, gave it to my brother. That count?
Now 2506 is another story. I seem to have 3 along with 2 257 Roys. "Need" a 250 now I guess. (I have a weak spot for 25s)
Couple 7s, a few bigger ones and a mess of 22s. They're just too fun to only have one.
Forgot, multiple 223 also.
To answer why multiples of certain calibers, 1)fun. 2)life's too short to only have one 3)donors works also but I get attached to each one and what I've done w it, 4) I have two grown daughters and you never know if a presentable son-in-law might need a little help :lol: 5) I envision great debate over who gets what when I'm gone and think its only proper of me to provide a good selection. :shock:

Sorry for the ramble.
Dewey

 

[DrMike]

To answer why multiples of certain calibers, 1)fun. 2)life's too short to only have one 3)donors works also but I get attached to each one and what I've done w it, 4) I have two grown daughters and you never know if a presentable son-in-law might need a little help :lol: 5) I envision great debate over who gets what when I'm gone and think its only proper of me to provide a good selection. :shock:

Sorry for the ramble.
Dewey

That all sounds quite reasonable to me. :grin:

 

[meatmachineman]

Someone mentioned shotguns. Although this a rifle thread, it did make me think about my shotguns and handguns. There can easily be duplicates in those arenas as they tend to be much more purpose driven. I currently have roughly a dozen shotguns... 1 10ga, 1 410, and the rest are 12s and 20s. Most of the 12s and 20s have their own purpose based on design, weight, quarry etc. Handguns are much the same way. Is it for target, plinking, hunting, or carry? Am I going open carry or concealed? If concealed, for a IWB holster or slip into a pocket? So obviously duplicate chamberings can quite easily happen those arenas.

 

[meatmachineman]

Dewey focused on caliber and I realized that was the point of the thread, not just chambering. With that, I guess I'm really up the creek. There are several guns in the safe in my least favorite caliber.... .30. The only duplicate is a set of Marlin 336s that were given to me, one left to me after my dad passed and the other given to me by my FIL. I can't do much about that. The other .30s are all different in ability except for a 300WM and a 300Roy. I actually like the 300Roy and the rifle means quite a bit to me. The 300WM is on a M77 that I just really like. Then there are 7s. I have 4. But I can excuse that as they are for different people still living at home. I have an m70 7WSM, my wife's is a Chilean Mauser sporterized in a beautiful chunk of walnut in 7x57, my son's is a LH Savage 110 in 7RemMag, and my older daughters is Weatherby Vanguard in 7-08. When my younger daughter comes around to hunting, I may just have 2 7-08s in the safe.

 

[Elkman]

I have no idea why, it just happens !

 

[DrMike]

I have no idea why, it just happens !

Kinda' like the rotten things are breeding in the dark of the safe's interior. There ought to be a way to control that. :wink:

 

[Wincheringen]

Why not?

 

[tddeangelo]

My wife informed me that "all those guns look the same, I don't know how you tell them apart."

So, being the moron I am, I attempt to instruct her on the differences. As I'm doing this, she tells me "But they really just all seem the same to me....I don't even know how many you have."

If you are a fan of Dr. Seuss, you are familiar with "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." In that story, there is the line: "Then he got an idea...." This is when the Grinch gets an evil grin on his face that lets you know he is up to SOMETHING.

As my wife is explaining to me, slowly and with small words, as she seems certain I'm a complete moron (she may be right, of course), that she has no idea how my rifles differ from one another, nor does she CARE how they differ, and that she has no idea how many I really have......it occurs to me that I have, unwittingly, reached the best tactical position possible for a rifle-buying husband. She will never notice another one's presence. Or two. Or three! She was looking at Ruger No. 1 and seeing no dissimilarity with a Winchester Model 70 (mostly because she was too busy rolling her eyes).

Of course, I still manage to ALMOST blow the whole deal with "and this is another pre64 Winc....." I was interrupted. "WAIT A MINUTE! I let you buy TWO pre-64's???? How on earth did I let THAT happen?"

I managed to get my foot off the landmine without detonation. I'm still not positive I know HOW I did so.

But the important thing is, I've done it! I've reached the point where a new rifle can be purchased and go completely unnoticed!

In my best Mr. Burns impersonation.... "Exxxxxxxxcellent."

 

[muleman]

My wife informed me that "all those guns look the same, I don't know how you tell them apart."

So, being the moron I am, I attempt to instruct her on the differences. As I'm doing this, she tells me "But they really just all seem the same to me....I don't even know how many you have."

If you are a fan of Dr. Seuss, you are familiar with "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." In that story, there is the line: "Then he got an idea...." This is when the Grinch gets an evil grin on his face that lets you know he is up to SOMETHING.

As my wife is explaining to me, slowly and with small words, as she seems certain I'm a complete moron (she may be right, of course), that she has no idea how my rifles differ from one another, nor does she CARE how they differ, and that she has no idea how many I really have......it occurs to me that I have, unwittingly, reached the best tactical position possible for a rifle-buying husband. She will never notice another one's presence. Or two. Or three! She was looking at Ruger No. 1 and seeing no dissimilarity with a Winchester Model 70 (mostly because she was too busy rolling her eyes).

Of course, I still manage to ALMOST blow the whole deal with "and this is another pre64 Winc....." I was interrupted. "WAIT A MINUTE! I let you buy TWO pre-64's???? How on earth did I let THAT happen?"

I managed to get my foot off the landmine without detonation. I'm still not positive I know HOW I did so.

But the important thing is, I've done it! I've reached the point where a new rifle can be purchased and go completely unnoticed!

In my best Mr. Burns impersonation.... "Exxxxxxxxcellent."

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Perfect! You have the tactical advantage! Just remember she has most all the strategic advantages including total nuclear response/retaliation.

Scott

 

[DrMike]

Good boy, Tom. :mrgreen: Excellent that you seized upon the solution without detonating the mine. I just let my wife continue to believe it is the lingering results of a TBI from an auto crash many years ago.