What two cartridges/rifles would you pick to cover game ranging from coyotes to cape buffalo with the following constraints?

Low end - 25 to 7mm

High end - 338 to 416

I would say 6.5X55 and my .416 Taylor for two cartridges. But if I can have two rifles first would be my Parker-Hale 30-06 and the other would be my Savage 110 switch barrel in 220 Swift, 270 Win, and 416 Taylor. I guess that's cheating though.

If there is only two rifles I would have to say;

1 .30/06 Load 130 speer HP for varmints up to 180 gr woodleigh's for pigs etc.

2 .416 Rigby with loads from 300 grains through to the 410 gr woodleigh's for big stuff.

Ideally if I were allowed a 3rd rifle I would have a 22/250 for Varmints and just leave the 06 with the 180 gr woodleigh's. You also need a lver gun in 45/70 for fun as well and.........

The 300 Winchester magnum and the 416 Rigby will cover the earth harvesting any game animal you choose to hunt.

Nebraska,

1) 7X57 Mauser
2) 9.3X62

Of there is many other combinations of caliber but I'll be happy with these 2 caliber.

Nebraska, first of all, thank you so very much for your kind gift, I truly appreciate it. You are a man with a good heart!

Based on you parameters, I'd select a 7mm Remington Magnum, and a .416 Remington Magnum. This combination will easily cover all of the world's big game, and under all conditions. The workhorse will be the 7mm Remington, and it'll work well for everything except for a handful of big, tough, and/or potentially dangerous animals that the .416 Remington can handle quite readily.

You'd be hard pressed to come up with a better two-rifle comb based on your parameters.

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We all jumped into the "one cartridge" question before. This is another false choice. If one can afford to hunt Cape Buffalo then one can afford another rifle or can rent one so we can skip that end of the game spectrum but the suggestions above are all good ones.

Since money is very important to everyone and only those who have plenty can forget it for a moment I would select rifles that would be suitable for where I lived.

For Eastern type hunting I would select a Winchester M70 Classic Featherweight in .308 Winchester. This will handle everthing out West also but the distances can be really long there so you may select a cartridge that carries more energy down range for such a situation. Out West I would select a Winchester M70 Classic Featherweight in 7mm WSM.

Once you become an experianced handloader you will appreciate cartridges that headspace on the shoulder and avoid belted cartridges.

A second rifle is really not needed for either situation but a backup is desirable so either rifle will be a good second choice.

In some locations a SS rifle and a plastic stock would be a benefit.

The neat thing about rifles is that they are not a permanent decision and if we practice with them and take fair shots there are many combinations that will work well. You see aiming is much harder than rifle selection.

1. 300 Winchester
2. 9.3x62 mauser

Those 2 will work for me

30-06, 375H&H