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I hate to "dumb it down" with a question like this, but: given you could only own five, what would be your ideal 5-cartridge big game battery? Here's mine: .243 Winchester .280 AI .338 Win Mag .375 Weatherby Mag .458 Lott That being said, I don't currently own any of them (after all, we can own more than five). But, if I had to put together a five gun big game battery, those would be it-you're covered from pigs to buffalo. Praise be to the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. | ||
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22lr 223 243 30-06 375 H&H  | |||
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Hmmm?...you did say big game, 3 is easier .270 win .338win .416rem If pushed, I could dump the 338 and go with two. 270 with super premiums for deer,hog,sheep etc....416 for elk,moose and everything above,it offers a definite advantage over the .375 for Africa or a pissed off Kodiak bear. with GSCustomHV330gn pills it is a true long range flat shooting calathumpian that outdoes the 375 by far but you still have the option of a nice 450grainer for brute close in work.Sometimes I do like the idea of a 300H*H in place of the 270,but a lightweight 270 is indespensible,so it keeps its position. | |||
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Your criteria are somewhat contradictory, as defining "ideals" while limiting the number of choices are at odds with one another. To me, part of "ideal" is ready availability, which leans toward popular cartridges. Another aspect has to do with similar action types for commonality of function. And since this is for big game, we can forget about varmint and small game choices. So, here's my initial take (the first three fit in a standard action/bolt face, and the last two fit in a magnum action/bolt face): .270 Win (130-150-grain bullets) .30-06 Springfield (150-220-grain bullets) 9.3x62 (235-286-grain bullets) .375 H&H (270-300-grain bullets) .458 Win Mag (350-500-grain bullets) --- Eric Ching "The pen is mightier than the sword...except in a swordfight." | |||
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22mag 220 swift 30-06 358norma 425express I tend to use more than enough gun | |||
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O.K. 22lr 257 Roberts 30-06 338 Winchester magnum 416 Rigby | |||
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.22LR .204 Ruger .30-06 .300(any of the MAG's will do) .458 Win Mag "In case of a thunderstorm stand in the middle of the fairway and hold up a 1 iron, not even God can hit a 1 iron"............Lee Trevino. | |||
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I have five centerfire rifles. 240 wby, 257wby, two 300 ultras and a mini-14. That is my 5 rifle battery. -------------------- THANOS WAS RIGHT! | |||
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If the battery were for big game hunting I'd go with: .257 Roberts AI 6.5/06 8mm Remington Magnum .405 Winchester .411/.416Remington Magnum JOE MACK aka The .41FAN HAVE MORE FUN AND GET THE JOB DONE WITH A .41 I am the punishment of God… If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you. (GENGHIS KHAN) | |||
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270Win. 308Win. (short action carbine) 338-06 358Win. (another carbine) 375H&H | |||
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Ideal, for me anyway: .260 .280 .338wm (substitute .338-06) .375h&h .404jeffery (substitute .416Rigby) It's kind of 7, but I cheated a bit.  LIFE IS NOT A SPECTATOR'S SPORT! | |||
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For big game: .300 Win Mag .375 H&H .458 Win Mag For everything: .17 HMR .257 Roberts .30-06 .300 Win Mag .375 H&H IMO you can probably just pick 2 or 3 for big game and be good. I prefer to look at as what I would need for anything I decided to hunt(shotguns excluded). Wonder if anyone will post the .577 TREX.  FiSTers... Running is useless. | |||
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300WSM and 458WM | |||
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Ok here it goes...............my rules are that a .22 lr and 12 gauge are a given they don't count as guns  , my five centerfires are;22/250 .264 win mag .300 RUM .416 Rigby 50-110 1886 lever action This is tonight....................but I don't reckon there is much that combo would not cover on this planet. The ones I don't own on my list are the 22/250 and .264 win mag. And I assume your alowd many rifles but only in your chosen chamberings  Calibers that missed out and I will cry  ;45/70 .375 H&H .458 Lott .22 Hornet .243 winchester 9.3x62 .338 winnie .404 J | |||
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22 Hornet 17Rem 243W 300WSM 35 Whelen PS-There the pic for the month  K.I.S.S. | |||
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243 WSSM 270 Win 300 Weatherby 35 Whelen 458 Win | |||
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7x64 9,3x62 .404 | |||
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I'm with Woodjack; we don't need five. Then again we don't really need three either: 30'06 375 H&H | |||
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.223 6.5x55 .30-06 9.3x62 .404 or .416 something ______________________ Guns are like parachutes. If you need one and don't have one, you'll likely never need one again Author Unknown, But obviously brilliant. If you are in trouble anywhere in the world, an airplane can fly over and drop flowers, but a helicopter can land and save your life. - Igor Sikorski, 1947 | |||
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375H&H 338-06AI 280AI 243AI 22mag Man this was hard. I just used about what I have except for the 375. I could switch that around about 4 more times. | |||
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6MM rem .280 rem .30-338 .35 whelen .375H&H | |||
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6.5X68 300 win 375 H&H 450 Ackley 460 Wby ------------------ BER007 Keep the faith in any circumstances ------------------------ BBER007@HOTMAIL.COM | |||
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22-250 .243 .270 30-30 .340 | |||
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22-250 30-06 375 H&H 45-70 458 Lott Shot them all Sunday. Semper Fi WE BAND OF BUBBAS STC Hunting Club | |||
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Big Game? Which I take to exclude rimfires and dedicated varmint rigs? 223Rem 25-06Rem 30-06Sprg 338WinMag 416RemMag Though I could just as easily substitute a 7mmRemMag for the 25-06, I'd still keep the 30-06 AllanD If I provoke you into thinking then I've done my good deed for the day! Those who manage to provoke themselves into other activities have only themselves to blame. *We Band of 45-70er's* 35 year Life Member of the NRA NRA Life Member since 1984 | |||
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22 lr 338-378 weatherby 416 rem mag With those three there is nothing from mice to elephants you can shoot. | |||
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22 Hornet 9.3x62mm 375 H&H 416 Rigby 505 Gibbs | |||
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Cant shoot I ment.The 22 lr is one one the smallest cases with the most power.If you had to survive you can pack 500 rounds pretty easily.I have seen deer shot with the 22 lr but dont recomend it.The 338-378 Weatherby is one of the finest long range rifles around.The 416 Rem mag is more powerful than the 375s and more useful than the 458s or bigger.I have not shot the 416 rem mag that much over 200 yards but with the right bullets its range is alot further than alot of other big bores. | |||
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.458 Win Mag (350s for elk and 500s for real) .338 Win Mag (210 Noslers for everything from whitetails to Eland) .270 Win (130 Sierras work from coyotes to elk, 160 Noslers shoot well also) .22-250 for jackrabbits (60 BTHPs) to whitetail (60 NP) .300 Weatherby Mag (180 Barnes x), for a backup for almost all of the above. All in Model 70s. Safeties are all the same, etc. Lots of overlap and bullet selection choices. Number 6 is a restored Model 88 with the basketweave checkerng in .308; it won't do anything the above can't do 3 or 4 dfferent ways but I just think it's a cool gun for deer. ______________________ RMEF Life Member SCI DRSS Chapuis 9,3/9,3 + 20/20 Simson 12/12/9,3 Zoli 7x57R/12 Kreighoff .470/.470 We band of 9,3ers! The Few. The Pissed. The Taxpayers. | |||
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22LR 22-250 6.5x55 7x64 375 WBY **************** NRA Life Benefactor Member | |||
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5 different rounds for big game hunting?!?!? Only one is really needed, as it has been since 1912. 375H&H, the one cartridge big game battery. "The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country." - J. Robert Oppenheimer | |||
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1) .243 (varmint, small deer, antelope) 2) .30-06 (mid to large sized deer, caribou, etc) 3) .338-06 (or .338 WM) - (elk, moose, bears) 4) .375 H&H (dangerous African game) | |||
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OK I'll play. And ignore the big game part like everyone else. 22 mag 22-250 243 280 338 win mag Arguing on the internet is like competing in the Special Olympics; even if you win, you're still retarded. | |||
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My choices for rifles are the following calibers: 1. 22lr (small game) 2. 22-250 (varmints) 3. 30-06 (non-dangerous game) 4. 375 H&H (dangerous game) For handgun hunting a 44 mag. For bird hunting a 12 gauge. | |||
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243 Win. 6.5 x 55 Swede 264 Win. Mag. 375 H & H 416 Rigby | |||
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.22 Long Rifle .222 Rem .257 Wtby .300 Win Mag .375 H&H Mag . "Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars." | |||
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22-250 270 338-06 375 H&H 416 Rigby | |||
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For featherweight rifles 25-284 300 WSM 350 rem mag for full size rifles 338 win mag 416 rem mag __________________________________________________ The AR series of rounds, ridding the world of 7mm rem mags, one gun at a time. | |||
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.275 Rigby .318 Westley Richards .375 H&H .416 Rigby .577 Nitro (or the .600 Nitro just for the hell of it..  ) | |||
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Agreed. Maybe add a .30-06 | |||
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