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Old 12-28-2007, 04:09 PM
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Best gun ever!!!

This thread will turn best friends to bitter enemies, which gun is the best gun ever produced. Happy arguing!
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Old 12-28-2007, 06:04 PM
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That is like asking who is the best looking woman of all time. Heck, none of us even know all the 3 billion women out there, much less the women than have come and gone, and even then, it is highly subjective.

By the way, same argument goes for the ladies out there that have to pick the best looking man of all time.

Good luck with this thread. I am staying out of it other than to say that I have several Ruger rifles and they work just fine for me, but there are plenty of others on my "wanted" list.
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Old 12-28-2007, 06:32 PM
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Easy for me. A Winchester Model 61. Shot shorts, longs, and long rifle, was accurate and it was what I learned to shoot with. I started shooting it in 1946 and it passed to my Dad from my Grandfather. And now it's MINE, all MINE.

My Grandfather bought the M-61 and a Model 72 to celebrate the end of WW2.

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Old 12-28-2007, 06:54 PM
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Let's get it started right. Paul Mauser designed a rifle system that has not been improved upon in 110 years. Next question.

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Old 12-28-2007, 07:04 PM
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the best gun ever produced is the one in yer hands right when you need it...
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Old 12-29-2007, 06:35 AM
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It depends

My best rifle is an F.N. Commercial Mauser. All the best...
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Old 12-29-2007, 08:47 AM
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LOL, I'm kinda partial to pre 64 Winchester Mod 70's.....course,
they derived from the Mauser....
Question, are we referring to sporting or military rifles?
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Old 12-29-2007, 11:48 AM
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How about the marlin golden 39a. Annie oakley's rifle.

Or the 870 wingmaster remmington. 3 billion strong

or the wincheseter model 94.
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Old 12-29-2007, 02:29 PM
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I kinda like Brother Rockeye's answer there, but . . .

If you're talking rifles, the Mauser would be tough to beat, and for shotguns, hard to beat the 870. Though this would vary a bit worldwide, I mean, how many AK-47s are out there. In Europe, you won't find many 870's, mostly double o/u land here, with strong favorites Rottweil, the Belgian Brownings, and the Italian marks.

How about the Luger . . . or you might say the best gun quality wise comes from Holland and Holland? Mass produced maybe Blaser? Sauer? I'm wringing out a new Sauer 202 I just got, so far so good!! Too many variables, there's a lot of mighty fine makers in the world, Waidmannsheil, Dom.
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Old 12-29-2007, 04:28 PM
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Minihuntur,

Do you have a question or do you just want to take up some of your free time?

Your "Best Gun Ever" question is really too broad to make sense. If you will define your terms, we can have a discussion. Happy New Year.

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Old 12-29-2007, 04:45 PM
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Minihuntur

Let's get it started right. Paul Mauser designed a rifle system that has not been improved upon in 110 years. Next question.

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I tend to agree with you. The 98 mauser was designed as a weapon of war, one which was supposed to be as goof-proof a bolt action in the hands of a raw recuit as possible. I believe Peter Paul Mauser succeeded with his 1898 design. Now bolt action rifles have been replaced by various select fire firearms, but for total reliability in the hunting field, the Mauser is IMHO, number one. All other bolt actions are merely copies with pretended improvements.
My pet rifle today is an Oberndorf Mauser custom in .35 Whelen. With one exception, it would be the last to go. The exception is my great-grandaddy's Winchester M94 carbine in 30-30 that I used to take my first deer. It's in serious semi-retirement.
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Old 12-29-2007, 05:14 PM
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Easy, so easy. All the guns in my safe. It's like Fabs said "who's the best looking woman of all time". Hey Fabs what ever happen to the best looking male on HC? As I remember I have a few points on ya
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Old 12-30-2007, 10:46 PM
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best rifle?

my '93-95 mauser, rem 700 in 22-250 an' savage 12fv in .308 win...(somewhere in between there is a 1894c marlin, too)
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Old 12-30-2007, 11:07 PM
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Winchester M-70

in the pre 64 version, of course. Next is the Remington 700. Yeah I know the Mauser is a great rifle but they have a tendency to have a lot of slop! And if it happens to be a shotgun it would have to be the 870 which has been made in the US since the late 40's to the tune of almost 10 million guns...even more of them than the Mauser 98
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I can't believe you would expound such heresy ( Mauser has a tendency to have a lot of slop). Hard to believe someone as knowledgeable as you could be misled by a Mauser copy ( pre 64 Model 70.)
Have a great New Year

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