Your retirement rifle and caliber

[gunseller]

I retired the end of January. My retirement rifle will be the last one I had built, MK10 mauser action , walnut stock and someone's barrel. Chambered in my favoret caliber, 35 Whelen. Now Iowa has OKed it for deer hunting. Then there is the other 100 firearms in the safes.
Steve

[one-eyed fat man]

one- eye: What caliber is that M-70?

,257 Roberts. That rifle has put a lot of venison in the freezer.

[versa-06]

Nice!

[pls1911]

30-30.... all 30 or 40 of 'em.
I'll still adopt and recover rough and neglected Marlins if the the price reflects conditions.

[jonp]

30/30 because all of the meat I will need can be taken with it where I plan to hunt. Handguns for the rest such as partridge, rabbits etc.

Although I'm iffy on between it and the 308. Not sure what in NA I will hunt a 308 will not do, brass is easy and powder. A bunch of different powder will run it. 30/30 lever or a bolt 308 synthetic stock meat gun.

[jonp]

i have the rifle to build, but i keep putting back due to chamberings i have or want to build.


1916 spanish mauser in 7x57


i want to make it a 257 roberts with a 2-7x leupold. i was going to go with a richards wolverine stock, but i decided to keep the "original" stock. it will need d&t, bolt handle bent, dayton trigger and kit and i think a 23" douglas barrel in 257 bob.

Nice rifle and idea but if you have only one in retirement you could do a lot worse than the 7mm Mauser. Coyotes to Elephants although it did work for K. Bell I'm not going that large. Up to Moose you have a winner

[jonp]

I am planning on retiring April 30th 2023.
My retirement rifle is going to be a .416 Taylor.
I'm looking right now for a Savage 110 action, 30/06 length. Does anyone have one they would like to sell?
Ragged Hole Barrels has a nice stainless barrel.
CH4D has the dies and my gunsmith already has the reamer.
I'll probably put either a Boyd's or Richard's Microfit laminated stock on it, along with a thick Limbsaver recoil pad.
I don't need one, I just WANT one.
Blkpwdrbuff

.416Taylor is smiling at this choice

[444ttd]

Nice rifle and idea but if you have only one in retirement you could do a lot worse than the 7mm Mauser. Coyotes to Elephants although it did work for K. Bell I'm not going that large. Up to Moose you have a winner

i have two other 7 mausers. i've owned one other but i gave it (98 mauser custom) to my oldest son.

1908 brazilian




venezuelan model 1924 30





98 mauser FN

[Ural Driver]

Rossi 92 chambered in .45 Colt. It shoots soft, hard or really hard.

[GregLaROCHE]

A lot of retired people talk about selling off a lot of their guns. Now that I am retired, I am buying as many, if not more guns per year than before I retired. I guess I haven’t found my retirement gun yet.

[jonp]

i have two other 7 mausers. i've owned one other but i gave it (98 mauser custom) to my oldest son.

1908 brazilian




venezuelan model 1924 30





98 mauser FN

Sweet rifles. With that information then that 257 Roberts sounds like a great project. Am i right that you can form the cases yourself from the 7mm Mauser?

[bangerjim]

Everything I own and load for now! Most everything costs about the same to reload for. Why wish wish for perfection when I have it?

[Prodigal Son]

my retirement to Croatia will be with the Mark X Mauser in 7x57 Mannlicher. It will do all I need from boars to red stag!

[444ttd]

Sweet rifles. With that information then that 257 Roberts sounds like a great project. Am i right that you can form the cases yourself from the 7mm Mauser?

you can buy them(257 roberts), but its the easiest way. the way the market is, i can take a a '06 to 7x57 to 257 roberts. i've done it with the 9.3x57, 8x57 and 7.65x53.

[444ttd]

my retirement to Croatia will be with the Mark X Mauser in 7x57 Mannlicher. It will do all I need from boars to red stag!

my dream rifle will be dakota arms m10 mannlicher in 7x57, but thats what it is....a dream.

https://www.dakotaarms.com/firearms/...annlicher.html

[Camba]

I added an MGM 357 Maximum barrel to my TC Encore retiring rifle. It is unbelievable accurate with a number of loads I tried.


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Those are 5-shot groups.

[444ttd]

I added an MGM 357 Maximum barrel to my TC Encore retiring rifle. It is unbelievable accurate with a number of loads I tried.


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Those are 5-shot groups.

you oughta try MGM's 444 marlin heavy barrel!!! i use a 300gr fn gc with 2400/tuft of dacron(1620ish fps) that goes 5/8 - 3/4" at 100 yards(5 shots/bench)

[Camba]

I am thinking about it.
I do have a 444 Marlin H&R handy rifle and I get some tiny groups with the Lee 310gr gas checked, using 13.3gr of Red Dot and large pistol primers.



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[Camba]

Having the TC Encore platform, I can have a few barrels to swap. Definitely the 444 Marlin MGM barrel could have a spot.


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[Camba]

BTW,
That load came from a fellow in this forum. I gave it a try and that was the result.


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