Big game calibers
07-05-2007, 02:41 PM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 4,264
RE: Big game calibers
ORIGINAL: Beartooth375
You might also consider the.375 H&H, it has taken every big game animal on the planet, and is a popular choice for a one rifle safari.
You might also consider the.375 H&H, it has taken every big game animal on the planet, and is a popular choice for a one rifle safari.
Great idea, 375, he can end up shooting like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okzKO8x6XGY
Josiah
07-05-2007, 02:53 PM
#23
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: central PA
Posts: 525
RE: Big game calibers
nothing better than a .280 with a good premium 160 grain bullet such as the A-frames. And you would be good out to at least 350 yards with them as long as you put it in the right place.
07-05-2007, 06:07 PM
#24
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 50
RE: Big game calibers
I want to thank everyone for their opinions. I have heard great things about the .325 wsm. I think I am going to stick with that. They say it has plenty of power to deal with anything that i plan on hunting and close to same ballistics as the .338.They say it's extremely accurate out to around 300 yards, but who knows. Do you think that it willbe a good choice?
07-05-2007, 06:57 PM
#25
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Denver, Colorado
Posts: 599
RE: Big game calibers
"....Do you think that it willbe a good choice?"
Don't know what you've handled or can handle....
By itself, the 325 WSM should be fine. It gets close to light 338WinMag performance and it's sexy and new so that will help with the bragging rights.
If you are new to the "high power" game, then I'd encourage you to blow a few bucks with an NRA instructor who is a larger rifle expert and make sure you get off on the right foot.
BTW, I'd recommend the same thing for 270 on up. I got bit by my 270 more times than any rifle I've ever owned.... it was a long time before I learned the stock was too short and didn't fit me right, fixed that and itbecame a piece of cake to shoot.
07-05-2007, 07:02 PM
#26
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 104
RE: Big game calibers
ORIGINAL: Dcnoble_07
I want to thank everyone for their opinions. I have heard great things about the .325 wsm. I think I am going to stick with that. They say it has plenty of power to deal with anything that i plan on hunting and close to same ballistics as the .338.They say it's extremely accurate out to around 300 yards, but who knows. Do you think that it willbe a good choice?
I want to thank everyone for their opinions. I have heard great things about the .325 wsm. I think I am going to stick with that. They say it has plenty of power to deal with anything that i plan on hunting and close to same ballistics as the .338.They say it's extremely accurate out to around 300 yards, but who knows. Do you think that it willbe a good choice?
07-05-2007, 08:59 PM
#28
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Posts: 16
RE: Big game calibers
Its kinda funny we all talk about what caliber is best but think about it. All these north american critters have been taken with a bow and are hunted this way every year. Besides when in doubt think about Mr. Jack Oconner. Doesn't mean I am hunting with a .270 but you don't need anything more really. But then I am a chicken and want somthing bigger than my 7mm 08 for black bears here on the east coast lol. <at least thats what my wife thinks... My gun cabinet isn't quite full yet 
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