Rifle Goals

[Jimbob2.0]

thats a great goal !!!! I really like and respect that idea great collection and something to be proud of!!

Man you guys want really really big collections

 

[ma_deuce]

To own every type of main battle rifle used by the US since the revolutionary war.

That's really not that many, if you stop and think about it.

 

[ShepAR]

A few AR's...... 5.56/.223 , 6.8SPC II , .308 , .300BLK
A decent AK
A few fun (cheap ammo) target rifles..... .17HMR , .22 , .223/5.56 Mossberg MVP
A few larger cal bolt action's for any reason that may occur.. 30-06 , .308 , .257 or .300 WBY MAG , .338
And of course I can dream of having a .50BMG or .416 Barrett

I won't even mention the class III rifles... HAHA

 

[Inigoes]

That's really not that many, if you stop and think about it.

Yup, the trap door in decent condition is the hardest to find.

 

[BerBer5985]

Tough questions! I think a lever action in all the major calibers including pistol calibers. A couple long range, 7mm mag, 30-06, 308, etc. then an ar15 in 300 blk, 6.5 Grendel, and 50 Beowulf. Then an ak47, ar10. Then some class 3 stuff like supressors for each of those calibers and some SBR. Def will need some varmint type calibers as well.

 

[lasher9999]

.280 Remington

 

[HT4]

What are your goals for owning rifles? One of mine is to own at least one in all the major calibers. (.22lr, .223/5.56, 30-30, .308/7.62, 30-06, .300WinMag, .338Lapua, .408Cheytac, .50BMG) I already have the bold and the Italic is being built

If I have missed any please let me know so I can add it in and find another rifle

I'll let the .338 Lapua slide, but since when is .408 Cheytac a "major caliber"?

 

[Jimbob2.0]

I'll let the .338 Lapua slide, but since when is .408 Cheytac a "major caliber"?

Im not sure how you would define major calibers. There really are so many and probably 100 to 200 or so that could be called majors.



Inches

[edit] smaller than .30 caliber
.17 Hornet
.17 Remington
.17 Remington Fireball
.22 Accelerator
.22 Hornet
.22-250 Remington
.204 Ruger
.218 Bee
.219 Zipper
.220 Russian
.220 Swift
.221 Remington Fireball
.222 Remington
.222 Remington Magnum
.223 Remington
.223 Winchester Super Short Magnum
.224 Weatherby Magnum
.225 Winchester
.240 Weatherby Magnum
.243 Winchester
.243 Winchester Super Short Magnum
.244 H&H Magnum
.244 Remington
.25 Winchester Super Short Magnum
.25-06 Remington
.25-20 Winchester
.25-35 Winchester
.250-3000 Savage
.257 Roberts
.257 Weatherby Magnum
.260 Remington
.264 Winchester Magnum
.270 Weatherby Magnum
.270 Winchester
.270 Winchester Short Magnum
.280 Remington
.284 Winchester

[edit] .30 caliber - .40 caliber
.30 Carbine
.30 Newton
.30 RAR
.30 Remington
.30 Remington AR
.30 TC
.30-06 Springfield
.30-30 Winchester (.30 WCF)
.30-40 Krag (.30 Army)
.30-378 Weatherby Magnum
.300 H&H Magnum
300 AAC Blackout (7.62×35mm)
.300 Remington SA Ultra Mag
.300 Remington Ultra Magnum
.300 Ruger Compact Magnum
.300 Savage
.300 Weatherby Magnum
.300 Winchester Magnum
.300 Winchester Short Magnum
.303 British
.303 Savage
.307 Winchester
.308 Marlin Express
.308 Norma Magnum
.308 Winchester
.32 Remington
.32 Winchester Self-Loading
.32 Winchester Special
.32-20 Winchester (.32 WCF, .32-20 Marlin, .32 Colt Lightning)
.32-40 Ballard
.32-40 Winchester
.325 Winchester Short Magnum
.333 Jeffery Flanged
.338 Edge
.338 Federal
.338 Lapua Magnum
.338 Marlin express
.338 Norma Magnum
.338 Remington Ultra Magnum
.338 Ruger Compact Magnum
.338 Winchester Magnum
.338-06 A-Square
.338-378 Weatherby Magnum
.340 Weatherby Magnum
.348 Winchester
.35 Remington
.35 Whelen
.35 Winchester
.35 Winchester Self-Loading
.350 Remington Magnum
.351 Winchester Self-Loading
.356 Winchester
.358 Norma Magnum
.358 Winchester
.375 H&H Magnum
.375 Remington Ultra Magnum
.375 Ruger
.375 Weatherby Magnum
.375 Whelen (.375-06)
.375 Winchester
.376 Steyr
.378 Weatherby Magnum
.38-40 Winchester
.38-55 Winchester

[edit] .40 caliber - .50 caliber
.44-40 Winchester
.45-70 Government
.400 H&H Magnum
.400 Jeffery Nitro Express
.401 Winchester Self-Loading
.404 Jeffery
.405 Winchester
.408 CheyTac
.416 Barrett
.416 Remington Magnum
.416 Rigby
.416 Ruger
.416 Weatherby Magnum
.444 Marlin
.450/400 Nitro Express
.450 Bushmaster
.450 Marlin
.450 Nitro Express
.450 Rigby
.458x2 American
.458 Express
.458 Lott
.458 Sabi
.458 SOCOM
.458 Winchester Magnum
.460 Weatherby Magnum
.460 Steyr
.465 H&H Magnum
.470 Nitro Express
.476 Nitro Express

[edit] .50 caliber and larger
.50 Alaskan
.50 Beowulf
.50 BMG
.50 Peacekeeper
.50-70 Government
.50-90 Sharps
.50-110 Winchester
.50-140 Sharps
.500 Black Powder Express
.500 Jeffery
.500 Nitro Express 3"
.500 Nitro Express for black powder 3"
.500 No. 2 Express
.500/450 Nitro Express
.500/465 Nitro Express
.505 Gibbs
.505 Jeffery
.510 DTC Europ
.510 Whisper
.577 Nitro Express
.577 Snider
.577 Tyrannosaur (.577 T-Rex)
.577/450 Martini-Henry
.577/.500 Magnum Nitro Express
.585 Nyati
.600 Nitro Express
.600 Overkill
.700 Nitro Express
.950 JDJ







From left to right: .50 BMG, .300 Win Mag, .308 Winchester, 7.62 Soviet, 5.56 NATO, .22LR
[edit] Metric

[edit] smaller than 6mm
4.6x30mm
4.85mm SAA (.191)
4.92x34mm
5.45x39mm
5.56×30mm MINSAS
5.56x45mm NATO
5.6x50mm Magnum
5.6x50mm R Magnum
5.6 x 52R (.22 Savage Hi-Power)
5.6x57mm
5.6x57mm R
5.6 x 61 SE (5.6 x 61 Vom Hofe Super Express)
5.6 x 61 R SE (5.6 x 61 R Vom Hofe Super Express)
MMJ 5.7mm
5.7x28mm
5.8x42mm DBP87

[edit] 6mm - 7mm
6 x 35 mm
6mm Lee Navy
6mmAR
6 mm BR Remington
6 mm Musgrave
6mm TCU
6 mm PPC
6mm-284
6x45mm A.K.A. (6mm-223 Remington)
6x47mm A.K.A. (6mm-222 Rem. Magnum)
6 mm Remington (.244 Remington)
6mm-250 A.K.A. (6mm International) Walker Version
6.5mm TCU
6.5 Creedmoor
6.5 mm Grendel
6.5 mm Remington Magnum
6.5-06 A-Square
6.5mm/06 A.K.A. 256/06
6.5-284 Norma
6mm/30-30 Improved
6.5x42mm Multi-Purpose Cartride (SSK Industries)
6.5x47mm Lapua
6.5x50mm Arisaka
6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano
6.5 x 52R
6.5x53mmR Mannlicher
6.5x54mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer
6.5x55mm (Also 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser, 6.5 x 55 Mauser)
6.5x57mm Mauser
6.5x68mm (also known as the 6.5 x 68 RWS, 6.5 x 68 Schüler or the 6.5 x 68 Von Hofe Express)
6.8 mm Remington SPC

[edit] 7mm - 8mm
7mm Shooting Times Easterner (7mm STE)
7mm International Rimmed
7mm TCU A.K.A. (25 Ugalde)
7 mm BR Remington
7mm IHMSA
7 mm Dakota
7 mm Gibbs
7 mm Remington Magnum
7 mm RSAUM (Remington Short-Action Ultra Mag)
7 mm Remington Ultra Magnum
7 mm STE (Shooting Times Easterner)
7 mm STW (Shooting Times Westerner)
7 mm Weatherby Magnum
7 mm WSM (Winchester Short Magnum)
7mm-06 Mashburn
7mm-06
7 mm-08 Remington
7 mm-300 Weatherby Magnum
7-30 Waters
7.2 SLEC (7.2 SPECIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CARTRIDGE)
7.21 Firebird
7.21 Tomahawk
7.44mm
7x33mm Sako
7×54mm Finnish
7×54mm Fournier
7x57mm Mauser (.275 Rigby)
7x61mm Sharpe & Hart
7x64mm Brenneke
7x65mm R Brenneke
7x66mm Super Express vom Hofe
7x72 Rimmed
7x75mm R Super Express vom Hofe
7.5x55mm Schmidt Rubin
7.5x57mm MAS mod. 1924 7.5x54mm MAS mod. 1929
7.62 mm caliber
7.62x25mm Tokarev
7.62x38mmR
7.62×35mm
7.62x39mm
7.62x40 Wilson Tactical
7.62x45mm vz. 52
7.62×51mm NATO
7.62x53mm Rimmed
7.62 x 54R (rimmed) (7.62 Russian)
7.63x25mm Mauser
7.65x22mm Parabellum
7.65x53mm Argentine (7.65x53mm Mauser)
7.65x53mmR
7.63x54mm Greek Mannlicher-Schoenauer
7.7x58mm Arisaka
7.8 SLEC (( 7.8 SPECIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CARTRIDGE))
7.82 Patriot
7.82 Warbird
7.92x33mm Kurz
7.92x36mm EPK
7.92x57mm Mauser (8 mm Mauser or 8x57 JS)

[edit] 8mm - 9mm
8 mm-06
8mm Mauser
8 mm Lebel or 8x50R Lebel
8 mm Remington Magnum
8x35mm
8x50mmR Mannlicher
8x56mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer
8x56mmR Steyr or Hungarian
8x58mm RD (rimmed danish)
8x60mm S
8x64mm S Brenneke
8x68mm S

[edit] 9mm and larger
9x39mm
9x45mm
9x53mm
9x56mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer
9x57mm Mauser
9.3x57mm
9.3x62mm
9.3x64mm Brenneke
9.3x65Rmm Brenneke
9.3x65mm Collath
9.3x66mm Sako
9.3x72mmD
9.3x74mmR
9.5x57mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer (.375 Rimless Nitro Express x 2-1/4")
10.75x57mm
10.75x68mm
10.75x73mm
11x60mm Mauser
12.7mm British No. 2
12.7x99mm NATO (Multi-Purpose)
12.7x54mm (subsonic)
12.7x108mm
13x63B
13.2x92mm
14.5x114mm
14.5 mm JDJ
15.2 mm Steyr Armor Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot (APFSDS)
20 mm caliber
23x115 mm
23X152 mm
25x137mm
30x165mm
30x173mm
40 mm Caliber
50 mm caliber
60 mm Caliber
80 mm caliber

[edit] Wildcats - Obscure - Proprietary

[edit] Inches
.14 Walker Hornet
.14/221
.14-222
.17 Ackley Bee
.17 CCM
.17 Hornet
.17 Mach IV
.17 PMC/Aguila
.17 PPC
.17-06
.17-222
.17-223
.17-225 Winchester
.17/23 SMC
.17-357 RG (.172" Wildcat based on the 357 SIG)
.191 (4.85mm SAA)
.19 Badger
.19 Calhoon Hornet
.19-223
20 BR
20 Fergusson Ace
20 Magna
20 PPC
.20 Tactical
.20 VarTarg
.20-06
.218 Mashburn Bee
.219 Donaldson Wasp
.22 BR Remington
.22 Cheetah
.22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer
.22 K Hornet
.22 Newton
.22 PPC
.22 Savage High Power
.22 Spitfire
.22 Super Jet
.22 Waldog
.22 WCF
.22-06
.22-15-60 Stevens
.22-243 Middlestead
.22-284 Winchester
.22/30 (T65 Duplex)
.22/30-30 Improved
.22/303
.220 Weatherby Rocket
.222 Rimmed
.223 AI
.224 Donaldson Ace
.240 Apex (.240 Belted Nitro Express and .240 Magnum Flanged)
.25 Ackley Krag
.25 Gibbs
.25 Krag
.25 Remington
.25-21 Stevens
.25-25 Stevens
.256 Newton
.256 Winchester Magnum
.264 LBC-AR
.264 warrior magnum (6.5x40 mm)
.25/303
.275 H&H Magnum
.280 British
.276 Enfield
.276 Pedersen
.280 Ross
.30 BR
.30 USA
.30 Walker
.30-03
.309 jdj
.30-06 JDJ
.309 Bull
.300 Dakota
.300 ICL Grizzly
.300 Lapua Magnum
.300 Remington American Magnum
.300 Whisper (.300 Fireball)
.300-221
.303-06
.330 Dakota
.333 Jeffery Flanged
.333 OKH
.338-06 A-Square
.338 Hawk/Scoville
.338 Whisper
.338 Voschol
.338 x 57 O'Connor
.35 Samba (Also .35 WSM)
.357/.44 B & D (Bain and Davis)
.375 Dakota
.375 Whisper
Modern .375 H&H (based on full length 375 Ruger)
.40-65 Winchester
.40-70 Sharps
.400 Whelen
.416 Taylor
.416 Whisper
Modern 416 (based on full length 375 Ruger)
.425 Westley Richards
.44 Henry
Template:.44 –WSP
.45-90 Sharps
.45-110 Sharps
.45-120 Sharps
.450 Watts Magnum
Modern 450 (2.598" 404 Case)
Modern 460 (2.850" 404 Case)
.458 SOCOM
.470 Capstick
.475 OKH
.475 Ackley
.50 Razor Back
.500 Phantom
.550 Magnum
.600/577 REWA
.700 AHR
.700 WTF

[edit] Metric
4.5mm mkr
5mm Craig
5mm/35 SMc
6-06
6-284
6mmAR
6mm BRX
6mm Dasher
6mm XC
6x45 mm
6 x 47 Swiss Match (6mm/222 Mag)
6.5-06
6.5 Grendel (6.5x39mm)
6.5 CSS
6.5 PPCX
6.5 BPC
6.5 BR
6.5x40mm (.264 warrior magnum)
6.5 x 47 Lapua
6.5 x 57
6.5 Jonson
6.5 Wby Mag
6.5/.243 WSSM
7mm Dakota
7mm Gradle Express
7x54mm Fournier
7.62 Jonson
7.62 Thumper
7.82 Lazzeroni Patriot
7.82 Lazzeroni Warbird
8mm-06 Ackley Improved
10,4 x 38 Vetterli (US: ".41 Swiss")
10,4 x 47 Italian Vetterli

Ill take the T-rex

 

[HT4]

Jimbob2.0, I suppose you and I have very different definitions of "major." In my view, the word “major,” as an adjective, denotes importance and/or significance. Thus, whether something is “major” is defined by its relative importance or significance vis-à-vis things that are “minor” (or, at least, less major).

In light of the foregoing, a cartridge that showed up about 10 years ago, is not produced in commercailly significant quantities (compared to every other cartirdge on the OP's list, including .338 Lapua Mag.) and for which chamberings are only available from a handful of small specialty manufacturers is, by my definition, "minor" (and certainly is not "major"). To be honest, you really have to scrap the bottom of the barrel to think of cartridges that are less important or significant... That's not to say it its capabilities aren't positively badass... but that's a different topic.

EDITED - to remove stupidity.

 

[Jimbob2.0]

So your goal is to own 100-200 rifles? It's a worthy goal but I think you are far overstating the number of "major" cartridges there are... perhaps to the point of being ridiculous.

I suppose you and I have very different definitions of "major." In my view, the word “major,” as an adjective, denotes importance and/or significance. Thus, whether something is “major” is defined by its relative importance or significance vis-à-vis things that are “minor” (or, at least, less major).

In light of the foregoing, a cartridge that showed up about 10 years ago, is not produced in commercailly significant quantities (compared to every other cartirdge on your list, including .338 Lapua Mag.) and for which chamberings are only available from a handful of small specialty manufacturers is, by my definition "minor" (and certainly is not "major"). To be honest, you really have to scrap the bottom of the barrel to think of cartridges that are less important or significant... That's not to say it its capabilities aren't positively badass... but that's a different topic.

I dont have a goal, I can be perfectly happy with 4 to 8 centerfire rifle calibers. Remember, major calibers vary over time to, 80 years ago .303 savage and .300 savage made the majors now they border on obsolete. Maybe 100 to 200 is a slight exageration but 50 easily. Also commercial or military, its easy to make an argument of 10 to 15 major military rifle calibers alone (.30-06, .30-40 Krag, .30 carbine, 7.62*51, 5.56*54, 7.62*39, 7.62*54r, 7.5 french, 6.5 Jap, 303 british, 8mm mauser, .45-70...........onward).

 

[HT4]

I dont have a goal, I can be perfectly happy with 4 to 8 centerfire rifle calibers. Remember, major calibers vary over time to, 80 years ago .303 savage and .300 savage made the majors now they border on obsolete. Maybe 100 to 200 is a slight exageration but 50 easily. Also commercial or military, its easy to make an argument of 10 to 15 major military rifle calibers alone (.30-06, .30-40 Krag, .30 carbine, 7.62*51, 5.56*54, 7.62*39, 7.62*54r, 7.5 french, 6.5 Jap, 303 british, 8mm mauser, .45-70...........onward).

Oh, sh!t. My bad -- for some reason I was thinking you were the OP. Going back to edit... And I will go with 50 (parhaps). But .408 still doesn't make my list.

 

[jkray]

Oh, sh!t. My bad -- for some reason I was thinking you were the OP. Going back to edit... And I will go with 50 (parhaps). But .408 still doesn't make my list.

I used .408 because to my knowlegde it and .416 are the most widely used calibers between .338 and .50, and because it (albeit rarely) has been used in sniper operations. Just like the .338 has been in sniper operations.

However I agree that it is not a "major caliber" in many definitions. but i still like it and want one.

in response to the other suggestions (too many to quote) looks like i have to figure out what to get for a bunch more calibers. thanks for the suggestions

 

[byf43]

Rifle goals:

Sharps "Quigley Rifle" in both .45-70 and .45-110.

Another AR 'Flat-top', this time in carbine length, but, I want 1:7 twist heavy barrel.

Remington 700 SA in .223 w/1:9 twist or 1:7 twist barrel. (I might just take my 799 and re-barrel that.)


ETA: Convert one of my K98k Mauser(s) to .338 WinMag.
I'd like to get a Remington 700 in .338 Federal. (I don't know why. I just like the caliber.)

 

[Dogabutila]

Goals:
An AK in each chambering, 762, 545, 556. (have 7.62)
Have an SBR'd 762 ak. (have the host, gonna send the paperwork soon)
Have an AR in these barrel lengths. 10'' 16'' 20''
Have a battle rifle in .308. (scar 17 probably...)
Have a precision rifle. (have a remington 700 in .308)
Scout Rifle (probably a savage scout in 7mm/08)