22-250
270
300 Wby
358 Norma
416

quote:

Originally posted by Juggernaut76:
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?

Big game, not including .22 LR or 20 gauge, without which life would be without much zip...

.223 AI

243 AI

7mm magnum

30-06

375 H&H

Of the five I have only the 7mm magnum, a pretty much unmodified Winchester model 70. Odd how often it's been enough...

This is my ideal:
223 Rem
6,5x55
30/06
9,3x62
416 Rem mag

There are as many answers as there are shooters!

Mine run a little smaller than some.....
22short,long,long rifle
22-250AI
.243win
.270win
.308win
and
a few more
30.06
300 Weatherby
can't think of much I can't take on this continent...... with the exception of the Great Bears.....

Here is what I currently have as my 5 gun big game battery. I figure I should be set for just about everything in NA that I will ever hunt out to about 300 yards or so. I am planning on an Idaho elk hunt in about 3 years so I may need to do some tweaking although my partner tells me I should be fine with the 350 mag. Mike

.243
.270
30.06
.350 rem mag
.41 mag (Ruger Blackhawk)

Mike27, your .270 or '06 are ideal for elk. One of my favorites, and one I have used to kill a bunch of them, is the '06 with 180 gr. bullets.

I am relatively certain I will never go to Afrika or hunt big bears anywhere on the planet. So the really big bores are out for me. I may hunt elk one day but it's not looking good due to the redtail thieves. Here is my list of guns in my 5 firearm battery.

1911A1 .45acp
Ruger 10/22 .22lr
12 ga pump gun with both rifled and bird barrels
bolt action .270 with a leupold vx3 3-9x40
bolt action .300 win mag with same scope.

Does anyone really read this stuff. I don't, just kinda scan through them. Read the first sentence and move on.

All I need is a 12 ga shotgun, a .22 rifle, a 30-06 and a .357 magnum revolver.

the rest is wants.

Hi,

6,5x54 Mannlicher
7x64
.333 Jeffery
.404 Jeffery
.500 N.E

6x45 for small deer
7-08 in a small and light rifle
30-06 for genral hunting
338 LM for long range
416 Rigby for the world

My 5 choices are

.204 Ruger
.280 Remington
300 WSM
375 H & H (or 338 WM)
.458 Lott.

I own the first 3 so very biased, just waiting for the funds for the last 2. Ive owned and shot(.338) and shot (.375) and found they were massive doses of fun. Saw a new CZ550 Safari magnum in .458 Lott in a gunshop that was very reasonably priced - my favorite big bore.

Hell I know there ain't anything down here that needs the power of the last 2 but a trip to Alaska and Africa are on my to do list. What better excuse to own such big bores I say?

Holy resurrected threads Batman!

.22 LR
.223
7mm Weatherby Magnum
.375 H&H

I may sell the Weatherby for a .308 or .30-06 mainly so I can find factory ammo in a jam.

If there was ever a thread begging for a poll, this is it!

22LR
22-250
30-06
358 Norma Mag
450/400 Jeffery
500 NE

Piffle! Who needs 5 cartridges for big game?

Why I could get by with just the following:

25-06
7x57
300WSM
375 H&H
416 Rigby

Hey, wait.....!

Mine would be:

.22LR
.204 Ruger
.308
.300WSM
.458 Lott

Easy:
22lr
223
6,5x68Shuler
416 Rigby
550 Gibbs

Rich
DRSS
Knowledge not shared is knowledge lost...

OK, I give:

22LR
223
6.5x55 or 7x64
9.3x62
375 H&H

Big game that I hunt...

.22-250 deer
.270 win anything
7.65x53 anything
.3006 anything
.338 win anything

They are all wonderful harvesters.

If I could only have 2 cals to hunt with for whatever reason it would be the.22long and the .3006 or .270win.


cal30

when i have bought the guns i need, it will hopefully look like this:

.22LR
6.5x55
.300 Wby Mag
.358 Norma Mag/9.3x62
.416 Rigby

Not an easy choice but, my list looks like this:

.223 rem
.25-06 rem
.300 win.
.338 win or 9.3x62
.416 rem or rigby

Mine would be:

22 lr
30-30
308
6.5x55
9.3x62

Wow! Only 5...

#1 22LR
#2 223 Rem (or AI)
#3 7x57R
#4 12G
#5 338 LM.

Wish list?

#1 308/7.62
#2 28G
#3 17 HMR
#4 9.3x62
#5 Boomie's new 577 wildcat...

I figure everyone has a 22 and 12gauge:

223AI
257 Bob
7-08
338 Fed
9,3x62

Should cover about everything I will hunt, have all of them except 9,3x62 and that is next years project.

My list for big game

243 Win
30-30 Win
30-06
35 Whelen
458 Lott

Craven

For things that require more than a .22, I would pick:

22-250
270 win
300 win mag
375 H&H
450 Rigby

well, down here in new zealand i think youd find most people only have 1 or 2 rifles, a 22lr/22mag and something like the 270/7-08/308/30-06 to take care of deer and goats.my 280ackly would handle anything down here.

22 LR
6 x 47 lapua CXP 1
6.5 x 55 CXP 2
308 CXP 2
9.3 x 62 CXP 3 driver game
9.3 - 338 lapua CXP 4 long range
416 rigby CXP 4
6.5 x 47 lapua Tactical
6.5 - 284 F Class

Easy...

6.5x55
8x60
8x68S
9.3x62
.416 Rigby

That should do it.

.243 Win--deer & varmints
.257 Wby Mag--long range deer, antelope etc.)
30-06--Elk, moose, caribou, many African game, etc
.35 Whelen--Bears, heavier African game
.416 Rigby--Largest and most dangerous African game

22-250 Rem
234 Win
280 Rem
325 WSM
358 STA

I dont hunt Africa just North America..

.17hmr (for the little stuff)
.264 Winnie (for the little stuff far away)
.338 Winnie (for the bigger stuff)
.458 Winnie (for the big and nasty stuff)

Either .226 AR or 7.62 SKS (for the 2 legged nasty stuff)

gabe

22lr (for cheap practice)
257 Weatherby
300 Winchester Magnum
375 H&H Magnum
458 Lott

With the exception of the Weatherby, the other choices are driven, in part, by range of bullet weights and ammunition availability in various parts of the world.

.22LR
.270 Weatherby
.333 Jeffery
.416 Rigby
10 bore double

12 ga. slug
6.5x55 or .257
.270 Win.
30-06
375 H&H

Since you said big game I would only need these four:

7X57
300 H&H
375 H&H
416 Rigby

.22 lr
22-250
.270 Win.
.338 WM
.416 Rigby
That should about do it.

.22mag.
.308
.375H&H
12 Guage scatter gun
Anythig else are just dust collecters.

mine would be
22lr
358win
338-06
405win
does a 12ga work

big game only??

.257 Bob
.270 Wby mag
.30-06
.338 win mag
.416 rigby

7X57
300 H&H
9.3X62
375 H&H
404 JEFFERY