29 June 2004, 16:35
Ray, AlaskaRe: Big game cartridges...
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Ok guys, just to be different I'll pick the 30-30 winchester and the 348 winchester. Should handle about all I'll ever need...
Actually, the .30-30 has been used in Alaska for a long time along the .30-06. The .30-06 was the big kid in the block back then, then in 1958 The Alaskan was introduced. The .338WM started slow, but it built a reputation to match its name, and nowadays it's very popular up here.
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This is from the NRA's January 2001 issue, American Hunter: "The Alaska Department of Fish & Game hunter safety staff in Anchorage tallied the big game rifles sighted at the Rabbit Creek rifle range for the 1999 hunting season. The top three cartridges were the .30-06 (21%), .300 Win. Magnum (19%), and the .338 Win. Magnum (18%). These were followed by the 7mm Rem. Magnum (9%), .375 H&H Magnum (6%), .270 (6%), .308 (4%), and .300 Wby. Magnum (4%), .45-70 (1%), .280 (1%), and a host of others, including many wildcats. Comparable data are not available for hunters who live in the bush."
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The .30-30 is not on that list, but mainly beacause people grab other guns to go moose hunting. However, back at home lots of people have .30-30's in their gun cabinets.
27 June 2004, 07:16
<JOHAN>Gentlemen
A 7X64 Brenneke for sheps, deer, pronghorns, etc. 4-12X50 swarovski or a kiplauf in 7X65 or 6,5X65R
A 9,3X64 Brenneke for the moose and bears etc.
8X68S would be almost an universal caliber for entire NA
404 Jeffery or 416 Rigby for Africa's beasts
Cheers
/JOHAN