Dream Rifle

[tkhuntsman]

Stainless Marlin 444 w/ a 22" barrel

 

[kodiakisland]

Kodiak, I love that photo and rifle - I've seen it before. I actually took a screen shot of it and sent it to a friend when I saw it! Mine isn't any special grade, it just happened to be a good stick on the regular Select Grade, same as yours. I bought mine used, so it has some handling marks, which is fine by me. I do intend to use it.

It looks good with the dark lines. Hope it shoots as good as mine. The Bob is a great cartridge too.

 

[kodiakisland]

My first dream rifle in .250 that I saved for a couple years to get as a teenager and still have today. Try to get it out every couple of years and shoot some deer with it, but it's a coyote magnet.
As a kid I was reading about Bell's exploits with his M-S, dreaming of Africa and this was my modern equivalent.

 

[Brad]

Kodiak, we have the same taste in rifles. Here’s my 250 Savage, circa 1990:

 

[Brad]

I also had a 7x57 M77 RSI (limited run from around 1986) and a 308 RSI.

 

[kodiakisland]

I also had a 7x57 M77 RSI (limited run from around 1986) and a 308 RSI.

My RSI is a tang safety mid 80s production. Had one in .308 on Kodiak that I full length epoxy bedded and sealed the stock for hunting in the rain. A buddy has it and kills a few deer with it every year.
My go to deer rifle now is a Cooper M54 in .250.

 

[Don Fischer]

Strange thing about the dream rifle. When Ruger brought out the #1 I though I'd die before I'd ever afford one. Then after a divorce I found one in a shop in Loveland, Colorado. Bad enough it was a #1 but also a 25-06, cartridge I dreamed about. $265 brand new. Looked at it and handled it quite a while then put it back. Never gave it another though. Still to this day I think the #1 is a beautiful rifle but these days my 25-06 is a 700 Remington! I have a feeling what really impressed me was I could almost but not quite afford it. Never lusted for a #1 again.

 

[Jnasa]

Strange thing about the dream rifle. When Ruger brought out the #1 I though I'd die before I'd ever afford one. Then after a divorce I found one in a shop in Loveland, Colorado. Bad enough it was a #1 but also a 25-06, cartridge I dreamed about. $265 brand new. Looked at it and handled it quite a while then put it back. Never gave it another though. Still to this day I think the #1 is a beautiful rifle but these days my 25-06 is a 700 Remington! I have a feeling what really impressed me was I could almost but not quite afford it. Never lusted for a #1 again.

What decade was that? I wish I could buy a new #1 for $265. I really would like a #1 but I have a hard time passing on a good bolt gun to spend what it would take.

 

[Jnasa]

Practical would be a lightweight 280 AI possibly Weatherby Mark V.

With soul would be a solid bolt action with a nice Walnut stock. Probably in 257 Roberts or 7x57.