If you were only allowed to own two rifles to hunt all of North america and Canada what caliber would they be? And If you could ad a third for Africa?

.308 win
.338 win
and not that I will ever get to Africa >375 H&H

223

30-06

add 375HH for Africa

Pretty well have to go with .375 H&H as the 'extra' rifle for Africa. Now, if you're gonna let me 'cheat' and use the 'African' rifle for dangerous North American game too then I'll take a 30-06 and a .250 Savage as my other 2 rifles. If I'm not 'allowed' to use the .375 in N.A. then I'll take a .270 Win and a .338 Win as my 2 N.A. rifles.

That's a tough one but I would probably go with:

6.5x55 or 7-08
375 H&H

I can't do it!

I'll give up the "African" for another!
22-250
25-06 or 7mm08 (it would be a tough choice)
300WM

in america,
45-70
256 newton

i recently read that the 270 was winchesters response to the once popular 256 newton

in africa
45-70
500 nitro
(sorry, needed two)

I dunno, this leaves me without a gopher gun, but I could live with:
.257 Weatherby or .284 win.
9.3 X 64 or .375
and for bigger stuff in Africa,
.450X400 or .470

~Arctic~

22-250
and 30-06

...and don't plan on going to Africa.

Bud W

two rifles for north america..?
1) .333 jeffery
2) .270 Weatherby

Africa..?

.416 Rigby

As if any man could live with only 3 rifles!!

I refuse to give up any of mine...

This is really gonna hurt , but !
.257 Roberts for everything up to caribu.
.35 Whelen for Elk Moose & Smaller bears.
And I will cheat and use my african rifle
For Griz should the chance come up.

My african rifle would be a 416 Rigby.
...tj3006

8x68S and 9.3x64 Brenneke for NA

450 Rigby for Africa

Not much in the world that can't be done with a 243Win and 375H&H. Maybe change the 243Win for a 25/06?
Cheers...
Con

Well I already own every rifle caliber that I could imagine that I would ever need and I know I couldn't give any of them up as most fall into some specific nitch roles that I can't imagine being without, but if all but two had to go away I would keep my 22/250 and my 30/06. The 22/250 has obvious uses for varmints and targets but where legal I've also enjoyed incredible success with it on Deer and Antelope when using Barnes x and triple shock bullets.
As for the 30/06 it has taken all my best heads of game with 180 grain bullets, many Elk, Deer Antelope a Bighorn Sheep a Mtn Goat, Coyotes, Marmots and you name it. I would not hesitate to use this rifle on Moose and the big Bears either so that covers the continent pretty well for me.
If an Africa trip were to be had I would bring along the 30/06 for plains game and my .375 H&H for anything else I would care to hunt.
Thats it one world 3 rifles.

My choices for North America would be the king of the .224 calibers, the 22-250 and the king of the .308 calibers, the 300 Weatherby Magnum.

My Africa cartridge would be the 375 H&H Magnum.

7RM
22-250
375HH

221 Rem FireBall (rifle)
7mm Rem Mag
338 Win Mag

That should work.

A very easy response from me. I would pick an .270 WSM and a .358 STA for North America and .416 Rigby for Africa. Good shooting.

Easy...

30-06 up to elk
338-378 Weatherby for elk and up

378 Weatherby for Africa

Ken....

I don't have any interest in Africa, but if I could only have two and wanted to go there then what Dr. Lou said.

quote:

6.5x55 or 7-08
375 H&H

1) .22-250
2) .338 Win Mag (or maybe 9,3x74R)

and

3) .375 H&H

.22 LONG RIFLE
30-06

These will take care of anything in North America.

My gun cabinet:

22-250-1
270 win-2
338-06-3
416 Rigby-1

I'm thinking your specifically talking big game?
I would scratch the 22-250 and 416 for NA and Canada. I'm not much of a fur hunter or rodent shooter and a honestly a 416 isn't truly needed for anything on this continent.

I would add the 416 back for Africa.

1) 25 WSSM

2) .375 Weatherby

3) .500 Jeffery

22-LR
30-06
375 H&H

If anyone could live with 3

.577 2 inch BP for small stuff

.577 3 inch BPE for large stuff

Hey, I can't see very far anyway!

270 win., 35 whelen for N.A. and 375 H&H for africa.

If I were a young guy starting to build a collection with a primary focus on North America I'd start with a .308 or 30-06 and a .338 Win Mag. I'd hide a .223 in the back of the safe for varmits too.

Then I added heavier mediums like the 9,3x74R, 9,3x62 and the .375 H&H. You'd certainly be set for Plains Game at this point.

After that when DG in Africa was closer at hand I'd add some heavier rifles like the .416 Rigby, one of the .458s and maybe a .470 or .500 NE.

That's actually almost how I did grow the collection over time. A good stainless .375 of moderate weight could replace the .338 WM and be very useful for the largest of NA species.

Have very much enjoyed the trip to the current situation. Of all of the rifles I have I like the pre-64 M70 in .338 WM and the 9,3x62s for NA hunting. A pair of DRs in 9,3x74R and .470 NE is ideal for me. I do like the bigger bolt guns too ... can't fault the .416 Rigby cartidge or the .458 AR cartridge in any way.

1. 6MM Rem (or .243 Win) for varminting and deer/pronghorns etc

2. .338-06 for everything from elk to grizzly

3. For Africa.....I'm stepping up to the .375 Ruger!

280AI
338 win mag

Add a 22-250 for varmints

the 375 ruger spitting out these 200 grain bullets @ 3000 fps would be neet for varnmits to deer and the 300 grainers for everything else

fairly simple answer, at least this month.....

223
30-06
416 Rigby

Rich
DRSS

30-06
375 RUM

For North America 280 Rem and 340 Wby. For Africa add a 416 Rem. Unfortunately that leaves my 9.3x64 on the outside looking in.

22LR on the small end
375H&H on the big end (assuming it can be used in NA and Africa)

In the middle is where it would get interesting to choose just one...

270win

Andy

Got mine

.264 win
.338 win
and .458 win

all mausers, it would be hard to live without a good double deuce and I am kinda attached to my .17 but I think the 3 above would do damn near anything I would ever need.

gabe

7mm Mauser
35 Whelen
458 Win

If I could have only 2 centerfire rifles in NA, I would have a .243 Winchester and a .300 Win Mag. Hopefully, I could have a .22 LR too.

If I could only take 1 rifle to Africa and DG was to be hunted, I would certainly take a .375 H&H. But if I had my .300 Win Mag for NA already and could take it along, I might take a .458 Win Mag for my third for Africa.

quote:

Originally posted by CORNERSTONE:
If you were only allowed to own two rifles to hunt all of North america and Canada what caliber would they be? And If you could ad a third for Africa?

.22LR
.300 WinMag
9.3x62

Good shooting,
desmobob