I most often have used my Win. model 70 in .264 win. mag. for everything. I have used a .35 whelen, a 7X57 mauser, a .243, a couple of muzzleloaders (.58 cal., 54 cal., 50 cal.) and a 12 ga shotgun with a rifled slug barrel.

I am surprized to see .257 Roberts, 260 rem. and 6.5 X 55 mentioned above so often. I have thought about getting each of those from time to time. The April 2004 issue of "HANDLOADER" magazine has a piece on the 6.5s (Petite Power! Loads for the 6.5) that is very interesting.

The first rifle I ever hunted with was a borrowed Savage 99 in .300 savage. With it I killed my first B.G. animal a moose. I have a yen to get one now for my daughter and son to use and I'm sure I would pack it when hunting Mule deer and white-tails in the woods .

Robin

Forgot the why. Years ago I had a .308 in a rem 600 carbine. I didn't like the noise and recoil of it so was looking for something else. Ended up looking at two used rifles a 7mm and the .264. I always like to be diffrent so I went for the .264. There is nothing I have killed with it that would not have been killed just as easily with a .270 or 30/06 or the 7mm. I just liked the idea of a flat shooting high velocity cannon of a diffrent color.