Now that we've been through the discussions of the best rifle for N. America and the best for the world, I suggest we discuss the topic: Suppose you were to pick two centerfire rifles to hunt everything in the world. What would they be?
My vote goes to a .243 or 6mm Rem. plus a .375 H&H. With those two you could hunt everything from prairie dogs to elephant. The 6mm. would work on everything up to about 400 pounds. The .375 would be for everything else.
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Yeah a touch much for varmiting, but you can get a 90 grainer to 3800 fps with good accuracy and a 150 Barnes to over 3000, which could handle an Elk/Moose hunt.
2) 416 Rigby
Yeah, I know, you can put any name after the 416 and it works well. But I have just begun to play with the Rigby and it is an accurate cartridge, producing enough power to take anything on planet earth. It is my new budding love affair. Cheap to fire too, (LAUGH), I mean logically you "can not" run enough rounds through it to quickly eat ammo due to its manageable, but heavy recoil.
I'm not much for varmit meat anyway. --Tony F
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A .257 AI built on a FN Mauser 98 Action with a Schelen barrel. For my second choice I would take a Pre '64 Model 70 Winchester in .374 H&H. That pretty much covers everything in the world with the possible exception of elephants but I don't want to hunt thoes anyway.
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quote:Originally posted by Christer: My choice would be 6.5x55 and 366IH Magnum mainly because that's what I have : )
Hmm, another "Umebo" with a .366 IH... The name rings a bell too...
You wouldn't happen to have been at one or two of the "Kv�llscupen" shoots last year, would you? I think we might have met - I'm the tall guy with glasses and an old, yellow VW pickup truck who sprays all over the paper with an old '96 or a Sako .22...
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quote:Originally posted by Christer: That's correct Mats! We have met on several shootings and we will probably met this spring as well. Best wishes Christer Aronsson
Amen visst fan! Det �r ju du! Fast jag t�nkte faktiskt p� en annan...
My vote goes to Mr. H&H. My .300 shoots bullets from 130 to 220 grains well, covering everthing on this continent, and the .375 has done all the rest for nearly 90 years.
A fast 7 mm (Remington or Dakota) and my .340 Wby. I wouldn't waste one of my choices on a buffalo rifle that I may use once or twice, bigbore fan though I am.
My .257 Wby and .358 STA mags. would do just fine. The guy doing the shooting is just as important as the chambering, I would try to measure up with lots of practice. Good Shooting.
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My head says 30-06/375 H&H My heart says 8X57 mauser and 8mm Remington I know I'm going light on the rem (some would choose it as the North American rifle)
I'm going to vote with some others here: 30-06 and 375 H&H Now someone always has to come along and mess things up, so here I go again. Along with those two, I will want a good handy autoloading rifle (Can you say 10-22) and a long-barreled autoloading pistol (as my old Hi-Standard) both chambered for the 22LR rimfire. Where and how could anyone improve on this battery? Well, now as for a shotgun....but I'll shut up for now. Shoot straight, shoot safe and shoot a lot! Regards,
