Originally Posted by
DROX
In my opinion, you ask too much of one caliber to go from prairre dogs to elk!
I respectfully disagree. Many of us have the resources and time to master just one rifle. We often ask a lot of it as a result.
I would suggest this is the market segment where the .30-06 reigns, with the .270, .280, and 7mm RM reasonable alternates.
I somehow managed for years with just one rifle, and the very caliber you denigrate here. A dozen or so deer, half-dozen pronghorns, countless prairie dogs, and three elk later, I added a .30-06 to the .243 that had served me well.
It's the rifleman, not the rifle.