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If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 01:59 PM
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Gents, lets pose the question. You have to hunt whitetails, muleys, elk, antelope, moose, pigs, and bear with the same rifle!!! Whats its gonna be. Just a fun hypothetical!
Ill lead off, Ive gotta go with the 30-06 since its all I truly have experiance with and its so versatile.
Lets hear it fellas. Dano
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 02:17 PM
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A 308 would fit the bill, with bullets ranging up to 220 grains. And all this in a short action light package. Add in that you can buy surplus ammo to shoot for practice, its really tough to beat. In addition its a good long range rifle too, can easily get to 1k yards.
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 02:22 PM
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Yes! A Weatherby does kill them deader.
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 02:31 PM
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 02:34 PM
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Coin toss between 257 Wby Mag, or 270 Wby Mag. Both could take down anything in N. America.
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 02:42 PM
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A 308 would fit the bill, with bullets ranging up to 220 grains. And all this in a short action light package. Add in that you can buy surplus ammo to shoot for practice, its really tough to beat. In addition its a good long range rifle too, can easily get to 1k yards. agreed 100%
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 02:56 PM
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.270 WSM would easily be the choice. Better ballistics that the Wby's and 7mm. Short action makes the gun lighter for those spot and stalks, plus with the ammo technology these days a 150gr will do the trick.
Best Regards and Good Hunting
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 02:58 PM
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i plan to put the 257wby to work this season - so i will see if its my new #1
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 03:20 PM
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A 308 would fit the bill, with bullets ranging up to 220 grains. And all this in a short action light package. Add in that you can buy surplus ammo to shoot for practice, its really tough to beat. In addition its a good long range rifle too, can easily get to 1k yards. agreed 100% +1
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 03:21 PM
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Better ballistics that the Wby's Not better than the 270 Weatherby but close.
Yes! A Weatherby does kill them deader.
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 03:22 PM
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257 wby and 25-06 a close second
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 03:27 PM
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Between 250 to 300 fps avantage goes to the 257.
Yes! A Weatherby does kill them deader.
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 03:28 PM
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I hunt with a .270 Weatherby Magnum, love the round. Hate the price of ammo though. LOL
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 03:32 PM
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.35 Whelen with hand loads. Because it'll shoot 160's ~ 250"s and makes a bigger hole.
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11/03/10 03:34 PM
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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If I had to only hunt those animals you listed... it would be the 300 RUM.
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 04:20 PM
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338 Federal, 45-70 or the 375 Ruger
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 04:42 PM
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Between 250 to 300 fps avantage goes to the 257. I agree but with the the ammo differnce its a toss up. Therefor I came to the conclusion life is to short not to have both.
Bottom line, never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals.-Sen Joni Ernst
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 05:11 PM
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Gents, lets pose the question. You have to hunt whitetails, muleys, elk, antelope, moose, pigs, and bear with the same rifle!!! Whats its gonna be. Just a fun hypothetical!
Ill lead off, Ive gotta go with the 30-06 since its all I truly have experiance with and its so versatile.
Lets hear it fellas. Dano Would agree with many of the post here for smaller diameter bullets except when you throw in bears, especially coastal Browns or Polar. I would want something that with a large chunck of lead. The old 30-06 has been used on them and is considered minimum by many of the guides and then with heavy bullets. Of the guns I currently have my choice sould be the 350 Remingtom Mag or 45-70. If getting another gun for such, 300 RUM
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 05:20 PM
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 05:25 PM
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 05:40 PM
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Having shot a 308 for a long while i do agree that it would work on all game in Texas but, I found that the 264 Win Mag is a good caliber to use and with a well placed shot the ballistics on the 264 will put a large elk down as well.
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 05:47 PM
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While I think other calibers do certain things better than a 308, if factoring in ammo availability, easily accessible reloading supplies, the 308 (and 30/06) are hard to beat
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 06:09 PM
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300 wby, its what i have.
I think you could kill them all with any of the calibers liested, but would want a little more bang when I got to shoot the bears. When hunting something that can and might try to eat your but after you shoot it i would always go with more gun rather than less.
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