What would you recommend instead and why?

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Originally posted by Nebraska:
Adding another twist for those who might not want to recommend a 270, 280, or 30-06 for game ranging from antelope to black bear:

What would you recommend instead and why?

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The 270 works fine for me, how dead do you want to kill them?

However, since you want an alternative to those great standard cartridges, I'll recommend the .300 Win. Mag. I've used it on the animals you mentioned, plus a whole lot more. If you use well-constructed 180 gr. bullets (i.e., Nosler Partition) you'll be in good shape for just about anything you'll ever hunt, anywhere in the world.

AD

I have hunted quite extensively with my Musgrave K98 Deluxe built on a Mauser Action. This pretty rile is in 7 x 57 Mauser. The reason I would recommend this rifle , I can shoot close range with the Nosler Partition's in 175gr & get very good velocity with 140 gr AHS (they say it is a Sierra BT in a different package) This specific load clocks just a tad under 2900 fps & works very well on our smaller open plains game like springbuck etc.

Regards
Rudie

Now for the caliber. If it were me...I'd probably choose 300 WSM or 280 AI.

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I will say this, though...I kind of consider the .284 Win. to be an un-belted magnum, to begin with.

RSY

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If I had it to do over again I would add a 300 Win Mag to my collection, just for the bigger bullets. You can always drop the Win down to say an '06, 308 or even a 300 Sav but you can only jack an '06 up so far.

I have a 460ci in one of my rigs that puts out big gobs of power when I stomp on the go peddle. I don't do that too often, but it's there when I want to. Same with the Winnie. Jack it till your nuts suck up or
lean it out till it purrs.

I sold off most of my 7's except for a 7mm Rem mag and a 284 XP100. Those two and a few others I have will take care of anything on this continent and Africa doesn't hold any desires for me so I don't need anything bigger.

I sold my Mark V 300 Wby this Spring and now have a Marlin in 270, Ruger in M-77 280, and Rem 700 in 30-06 to try out. The purpose of my post is to get opinions on what you guys like. I really like hearing what criteria is involved in everyone's choice for a certain application. It's all pertinent to me whether it's "My dad had one" or "the 6.5 has a superior BC and SD". I know I could shoot everything from starlings to elephants with a 30-06 but that would be rather boring wouldn't it?

So...What do you shoot and why?