View Poll Results: If you had to choose 1 big game rifle, what would it be ?
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If you could have 1 big game rifle, what would it be ?
05-31-2013, 10:03 PM
#12
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: SW Montana
Posts: 550
All of the cartridges that are listed can and have killed all of the animals listed in the OP. At 100- yds or less, I doubt that any animal listed would know the difference if he was shot with any of the cartridges listed.
I have or have had rifles chambered in most of the cartridges listed, or very similar cartridges, and I have also shot all of the animals listed with .300 Win or less rifles.
My current favorite rifle is my .300 Weatherby and my backup wet weather rifle is a stainless/synthetic stocked 7mm Rem mag. I wouldn't hesitate use either of these rifles to hunt any of the animals originally listed.
I have or have had rifles chambered in most of the cartridges listed, or very similar cartridges, and I have also shot all of the animals listed with .300 Win or less rifles.
My current favorite rifle is my .300 Weatherby and my backup wet weather rifle is a stainless/synthetic stocked 7mm Rem mag. I wouldn't hesitate use either of these rifles to hunt any of the animals originally listed.
06-02-2013, 07:53 AM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Kerrville, Tx. USA
Posts: 2,722
Out of the choices presented, the 30-06 gets my vote hands down. But can't believe the 7 mm mag was left off the list. The last time I went moose hunting in Alaska, I took my 7mm mag. In case of a stray grizzy I wanted the little extra punch. But on a moose hunt or black bear hunt in the states without griz, the 30-06 would be plenty.
However, polls like this are pretty bogus, since anyone who can afford to hunt anything can afford more than one gun eventually. Maybe it should be worded: What would your FIRST gun be. As for what I currently have/use:
Doe meat hunts: 243
Any buck deer walking (whitetail/mule deer) and hogs: 270
Elk/black bear: 30-06/50 cal muzzy
Bigger game: 338 win mag
The gun is a tool the same as shoes. You don't have just one pair of those do you?
However, polls like this are pretty bogus, since anyone who can afford to hunt anything can afford more than one gun eventually. Maybe it should be worded: What would your FIRST gun be. As for what I currently have/use:
Doe meat hunts: 243
Any buck deer walking (whitetail/mule deer) and hogs: 270
Elk/black bear: 30-06/50 cal muzzy
Bigger game: 338 win mag
The gun is a tool the same as shoes. You don't have just one pair of those do you?
Last edited by txhunter58; 06-02-2013 at 08:04 AM.
06-02-2013, 08:06 PM
#19
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: West TN
Posts: 847
