LOAKY, .300 Mag ( you choose ) 180 grain Nosler Partition. T

30-06 w/180 gr. partitions at 2700 fps out of a remington 700 mountain rifle (pre clip version). Scope would be a leupold 1-4x.

DP

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Until I get a .338 WM barrel on my Parker-Hale 1200 action, I'd have to say my Win 70 in .270 because that's all I've got that'll legally take deer and elk in my state.

That would be my custom S&W 1500 in 375/284 with the 285 gr Speer Grand Slam at about 2500fps. (although after testing the 260 gr Nosler Ballistic tips, my mind may change)

9,3x62, loaded with Norma Oryx or Woodleigh 286gr softpoint, 57grains of Norma 203B powder -2400f/s, Norma case, my Husqvarna 1600 Special with Clawmounted Zeiss 1-4, Schulz and Larsen barrel. Questions?;-)

husky

Hmmm

30-06 loaded with a heavy fmj-bullet in a nice bolt action of some kind. If I should need an expanding bullet some day, I would use the file first...

/M

My Model 70 in 7mm magnum, 140-grain Partition bullets with IMR7828 and benchrest primers. If it was the only gun though, I'd get a heavier barrel, and put the Leupold 4.5-14X on it from the other gun.

Tom

My 338/404 (338 Imperial Magnum) shooting a 225 gr GS Custom HV bullet at well over 3000fps.

Steve

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Every man dies, but not every man really lives!!

M70 in .300 H&H with 200grn Noslers.

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- Edward Abbey

35 Griffin&Howe Imp. with 250 Swifts or Nosler Part.

A 35 Whelen improved. You can shoot cheap and very deadly bullets meant for handguns on up to 300gr heavys if you wanted with 225-250's likely being the most useful. I get 2830fps with 225gr nosler partitions. For elk on down, this is a hard load to beat. And it is not just a close range round, run the numbers, it will go on out to the limmits of where most shooters run out of ability.

pre-64 M70, Leupold 1.5 X 5, backup irons, tuned trigger, McMillan, and 300 grain pills at 2500.

~Holmes

Easy. My trusty Model 70 (lefty), in .270 Win., slinging 150-grain Partitions. Though, I wouldn't feel ill-armed while finishing up my supply of 140-grain InterLocks, either.

RSY

338-06 with 250 gr barnes bullet at 2450 fps. Good enough for anything on this continent.

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A Carl Gustaf 2000 9,3x62 loaded with Norma Oryx or Woodleigh Weldcore 286 grains.

LOKEY,
If you're talking about the lower 48 only, I have it in the safe right now. Rem. M-700 BDL, .30-06, 165 grain Nosler Partition in front of 59.5 grains of H-4350 and a CCI BR2. I wouldn't even look back.
If Alaska is included, make it the 180 grain Nosler Partition. The scope is a Leupold Vari-X III 1.75x-5x. With the exception of the scope I took everything in Alaska with that combination when I lived there and I don't think it would let me down
for a second time.

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Model 700 Mtn Rifle in 30-06 with 3-12 Sightron scope with Mil Dot reticle shooting 180gr Barnes XLC-BT's at 2850fps into less than an inch @ 100yards!!!

105mm cannon. 37 pound, HE shell, over about 15000 grains of cordite;-)

Actually first choice is 16 caliber, 2900 pound shell, at 2900 fps.

Not being allowed to use those, I would love to try a 4 bore, with 1/4 pound, hard cast, lead slug, perfered LBT, at about 2200 fps.

After I got out of the body cast, for the broken shoulder, I would go back to:

Colt 45: 345 grains over 29 grains of H-110
and about 1550 fps, and go looking for a cape buffalo, or a large gang car, to fire it at...;-)

gs

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Still to try this but: 375 H&H, 265 gr GS Custom HV:s

My M 70 Winchester 270 firing Nosler 140 BT topped by a Leopold 6X.

What I have is my Mausers (husky and browning) in 30-06 with 180 grain bullets, and they work well.

But I think for a more versatile overall rifle that would guarantee no wounded animals running off, I would like either a 9.3X62 or a .300 win mag. Either of these two calibers should work equally well on whitetail as on moose.

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The .338 WM does it all. A 225 grain Bearclaw or 230 Failsafe @2900 FPS keeps ya feeling well-protected.

Who was the guy that said a Ruger No 1 in .270 Win? Are you crazy? You would chase a big Alaskan Brown with that? Or a cape buffalo? You need a wheelbarrow to carry your nuts around in!

Sauer drilling, 8X57JR X 16 X 16, 3" chambers, IC & M, 23" bbls, 7 lbs. This gun comes with two loads. Sorry. The 8 X 57JR is loaded with the Norma 196 gr steel jacketed round nose. The shot bbls with high base #6's. Scope is a 4X Hensoldt on factory claw mounts.

One gun to hunt everything? Well that would seem to be a NO BRAINER on this end. Now what with all those different .338Ultra mag or .300-Ultra mag bullets to choose from, it would have to be a 338 Ultra mag or 300 Ultra mag from start to finish.

Just ONE?!?! I love my 300 Wby Mag with 180 gr. Nosler partitions or BT's, BUT since we are talking about everything, big and small, give me my Win Mod 70 Featherweight in 7mm RemMag, IMR 7828 pushing 160 gr Nosler Partitions out of the barrel and looking through my Leupold !!!! Just like GOOD Texas BBQ !! Don't get any better than that!! GREG

All kidding aside, a Barrett 50 would work for just about anything I would like to shoot, on this planet.

gs

Sorry old thread I already answered this one Deleting post now

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30-06/180 gr.

It's "been there, done that."

Brad

Accumark 300 wby with 200 gr nosler partition, topped with zeiss 1.5-6X42. I think it's quite a polyvalent setup. To shoot from roe deer to bear. from battue very close fast-moving targets to long range mountain shots.

Weatherby 300 Magnum, 180 Grain Nosler Partition

I'd stick with my M70 classic stainless 26" 300 Wby in a Brown stock with a VX-III 3.5-10X40 in Leupold QR mounts. Handloads featuring 180 failsafe or 165 XLC, I'm having a hard time deciding if the extra 15 grains really contributes anything when discussing bullets of this type. Certainly the animals I've shot with each haven't offered any documentable difference.

Me? M70 in 7mm Remington with Leupold 3-9X, 140 grain Partitions, 65 grains of IMR7828.

My Pop...Remington 721 in 30-06 with K4 shooting 180 grain something-or-others, medium load of IMR4350.

Tom

6.5x55, 156 gr Lapua Mega over 46.5 grains MRP in either Norma or Lapua cases. All lighted by a CCI 250 struck by the heavy firing pin of a CG-made Swede Mauser.

-- Mats

.300 win mag with a 200 grain TBBC Federal bullet. I have used it on everything from Impala to Eland with very good results.I have another rifle in .375H&H but i prefer the .300 win mag.

Hamdeni.

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Only one rifle, and one load..................,that would be hell.

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Shoot well, and hit hard.

Arild.
(And YES, I'm a NRA member!)

"Nevertheless, to sum it all up, the man who wants to stick to one rifle and one load can't beat a .270 with a strongly constructed 130-gr., bullet."

That's what I was going to say!

My buddy has a neat gun, a 6.5x55 12guage OU, you could shoot anything with that. Just make mine a .308 and 12guage

Ruger #1 in .280 with Nosler 160 Partition or Hornady 139 SST- topped with Leupold 3x9x40. ONE SHOT= ONE KILL

O.k. I'll play the game too. 1 gun 1 caliber. I guess I have to ask if it will be shot more than one weekend per year? I see a lot of 1 weekend guns as being a Remington 7400 jam-o-matic in 30-06 and 165 gr bullets. Don't get me wrong, that has merit. It's a working combination. Right up there with the 30-30 lever gun. But for me it would be a .280 Remington in a Mauser style action and a 3-9 scope. As far as one load........I can't live that way. Varmints 100gr bullets. Deer130 to 150gr bullets, Elk 170 gr bullets. I don't hunt big bear or in Africa so there it is.

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Thanks Chuck!

Well, these games hurt, but it would have to be my 40 year old German Weatherby Mk 5 in 300 Wby, 1.5-6X Hensoldt Wentzlar scope in claw mounts. With 200 gr Nosler Partitions at 300 fps, it will do for anything in the westen hemisphere, and most of the critters in Africa as well. FWIW - Dan