Just sold all of my mixture of deer rifles last year and settled on a Remington 7600 Pump in 30-06. I am back to being a one rifle man.

If I had to standardize on one type action it would be a lever. Marlin 39A or M in .22, then a stainless/wood 336 in .30-30, but I would still have to have at least one Browning A5 LW in 20, 16 or 12, preferably all three!

Bolts by Browning And Savage

Specifically A-bolts ... these have the same safety position. Which as you know in a stressful situation matters.

But in a .22 Rifle you cannot beat the Rugers 1022 line.

I think you are overthinking it. There is a definate difference between a "collection" and a golf bag of hunting guns. I have both. I also have 3 sons who I have bought every gun they could ever need to hunt. Deer rifle, predator rifle, magnum rifle, AR15, 12 ga, 20 ga, 410. They all have at least one 1022 as well as at least one other 22 rifle. They all have a 22 pistol and the oldest owns 3 other handguns.


I have never cared about standardizing actions or sight systems and as a result I have sons that can shoot and safely operate any gun made with confidence. They also can reload shotgun, rifle or handgun rounds by themselves. My youngest is 12.

As far as collecting, I am a Ruger guy. Tang safety 77s, Blackhawks, number 1s, flat gate single sixes etc. I love stuff from the 80s and 70s.

standardized comes into play when you chase Dangerous Game