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My L61R .338 win mag was with me since my father gave it to me for my 16th Birthday. Once I began living in the Brooks I picked up a Rem 760 in the aught six. Used nothing but 220's and have shot everything successfully with it, bears,moose and caribou. I was fine until I got a computer and found this website and now have some 25 rifles....am 54yrs young. I wish it was just that easy to have just "one" rifle but if it was and I have been known to change my mind it would be my 9.3x62, a do all with min meat damage. | |||
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Just one rifle...that's crazy talk... But I see where you are coming from. I kind of did this...I have purchased two identical Mark X rifles, both with identical synthetic stocks. Same scopes, mounts. Identical. One in .30-06 and another in .270 Win. I plan to use the .270 130 gr @ 3,050 fps +2.5" high at 100 yards, spot on at 250 yards, -3.5" at 300 yards for long distance shots at small- to medium-szied game. The .30-06 with 180 grain bullets loaded to 2,650 fps will suffice for anything within 200 yards. I will use this rifle for 80% of my hunting. I very seldom shoot at anything beyond 200 yards, and when I do it is usually small antelope (Springbuck, Blesbuck etc.) so the .270 will be perfect for this application. I can take both on a hunt and either one can stand in for the other, should something go south with a scope or whatever. Only trick is that I will have to clearly identify each rifle, as the risk is that I take the .270 and load .30-06 ammo into it... At the moment I am thinking of large decal of cartridge name for each rifle, stuck onto the plastic stock below the loading port. It could take awhile for me to use these two. I have been waiting for more than a year for the licenses to e approved. | |||
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My problem is that I really like to hunt grass rats, and the .308 is a little overkill for a day in the pasture. I kind of like the .223 for that, or a host of others. | |||
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As a kid I shot everything with a .270 Winchester and a 4x scope. 90gr Sierra HP's make a mess out of prarie dogs. 150gr Nosler Partitions kill elk just fine. I expect they will kill Brown Bears just fine as well, they just wouldn't be my first choice. | |||
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IMHO the one "perfect" calibre in that it can handle bullets from 154 grains up to 227 grains at high velocity is probably something like the 8mm Remington Magnum. That being said for my purposes I think that 280 Remington or 8x60S will do for me! | |||
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I used a 7mm rem. mag. for a few years on everything from prairie dogs to elk, and it worked great. It was a Ruger that had been restocked and glass bedded. Very accurate rifle. For me it was as close to perfect for the one-rifle-does-all as anything I've ever used, and better than most. But... I got divorced and my wife hocked it, damn her hide! Many rifles later I'm shooting a Cooper in .270 with a Zeiss Conquest 4-14 scope. It is equally as useful as the 7mm; 7 ground hogs at ranges from 600 to 749 yards this fall, and though I didn't get an elk, I've seen enough of them shot with one that there is no question of its' effectiveness there. | |||
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Have several rifles and having only one would mean I would not get to hunt with the son in Indiana. So that takes care of the 357 mag lever. After that it would be tough choice between the 6.5x55 and the 35 Whelen. Think I would go with the 6.5. Good for small stuff, a hair light for elk but extremely accurate so placement would take care of that. Had owned only one rifle, an 06 for years but when the 6.5 came along......the 06 collects dust. But then again, the 35 picks up any of the 357 bullets so 110 to 250....might have to reconsider. | |||
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I always hunt with just one gun. The problem has lately been deciding which gun to take hunting. Going hunting more often could help. I think I'll try that.  KB ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ | |||
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Isn't that the truth! Heck, my bride has bought more handguns than me latly, hunting with just one rifle is almost sacrilige! Though I must admit, most of my hunting these days is why my 7mm Mag | |||
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For me, have the barrels look a little different. My .308 and 7mm are the same except for the SS barrel on the 7mm | |||
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Recently visited the cabin of a friend (first time there). On the wall hung 8 pictures of my friends father. Each picture showed his father and an enormous Kodiak bear. Eight photos, eight different bears, none of which were smaller than 10' sq. The bears were taken on hunts in the late 40's - early 50's with a M70 chambered in 30-06. Standing there, taking in those photos, I had to ask myself the same question: do I really need anything other than my 30-06. | |||
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I was a one gun hunter one season once. Went on a deer hunt with my Ruger 77 300 win mag and shot a deer with each of the following bullets: 165 sierra boattail, 180 failsafe, 200 partition,165 speer boattail, 180 ballistic tip. -------------------- THANOS WAS RIGHT! | |||
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I do 80% of my hunting with my tikka .308w for now i use accubond 165gr. From roe deer to moose. | |||
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I've killed all of my big game animals except one with my 30-06. I've got some rifles that have yet to be bloodied, so I have a feeling the calibers I've used to take game will expand in the near future. The idea of going hunting without my trust '06 seems a bit weird to me though, it'll be like my right arm is missing. ____________________________ If you died tomorrow, what would you have done today ... 2018 Zimbabwe - Tuskless w/ Nengasha Safaris 2011 Mozambique - Buffalo w/ Mashambanzou Safaris | |||
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