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Pick your poison

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.22 lr for small game, .308 for everything that ain' t gonna eat me, and a .375 HH for anything stupud enough to try.

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Three calibers or three cartridges? I only need two cartridges. The 22 LR for smallgame and the 7mm-08 for everything else. We don' t have anything big enough down here to warrant a larger round but if we did I have a 45-70.

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220 Swift, 30-378 Wby. Mag., and 416 Wby. Mag. Good shooting!!

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12 GA, 30-06, 338WIN MAG.

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12 ga for it' s versatility, 300 wsm for everything except for griz and polar bear, and probably a 378 Weatherby mag for everything else.

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12 gauge, 270 Win. and 338 Win. Mag.

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25-06rem

8mm rem mag

35whelen

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22 magnum in a ruger single six handgun
250-3000 in a savage 99a
350 remington magnum in a 700 classic

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30.06 #1......25.06 #2.......22-250 #3 :D

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I' m assuming we' re including shotguns as well. I' d take a 22LR, 12 gauge, and a .308.

If shotguns aren' t included, I' d go with a 22LR, 22-250, and a 300 Winchester Mag.

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Only 3 -- harkens back to when I was 16, nowadays I would choose:

Including shotguns: 22LR, 338 Win Mag, 12 gauge.

Excluding shotguns: 22LR, 7mm Rem. Mag, 338 Win Mag.

Excluding shotguns & 22' s: 22-250, 7mm Rem. Mag, 338 Win Mag.


If you only have a few, keep them spread out -- no sense in clustering a group of essentially equivalent cartridges.

Never Go Undergunned
EKM

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6X.284, 7X57mm, and .338 Win. or 375 H&H.

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Only three?
Probably my 12ga, .243, and 30-06.

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12 ga

.270

.338

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For the guys that only go as high as a 338. What if you had the chance to hunt in Africa and the biggest gun you have is a 300 or 338.

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The question was three calibers.....not gauges

.223
.260
.338

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.17 hmr,270wsm,338.

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Bigbulls,

Easy, upon securing the safari (usually 6 month to a year in advance with half the money down) I would do one of the following four to remedy the problem:

**Sell one of my (imaginarily limited) three and replace it with the Big Bore needed for the trip, or
**Borrow a Big Bore from a friend, or
**Rent a Big Bore in Johannesburg upon arrival, or
**Use the PH' s Big Bore " camp rifle "

Since folks " rifle luggage" don' t always arrive/check through with the passenger -- PH' s are already way ahead of the game on that one -- if you have the money for a safari, they won' t let a little detail like the lack of a rifle stop you).

Never Go Undergunned,
EKM

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Alright,


how about

223 7mm-08 and 375 H&H Magnum

-Camp_13

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.17HNR, 7mm Rem. Mag. & 338 Win. Mag.
That would take care of everything I hunt or would hunt.Ï

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Unless we are in the Reloading Forum: Calibers - Cartridges; Cartridges - Calibers -- Tempest In A Teapot!

While I understand the difference between caliber and cartridge, common usage renders the point pretty much moot. People measure what you' ve got by " the cartridge the rifle is chambered for" (what a mouthful) rather than the diameter of the bore. This point is apparently not lost on some of the gun manufacturers out there who themselves use the " caliber" term to describle " the cartridge the gun is chambered for" (what a mouthful).

I strolled down to the gun safe and took a look:

** NONE of the Winchesters or Remingtons refer to the cartridge as being a caliber when reading the information is imprinted on the barrel; ....

** HOWEVER, other manufacturers DO identify the cartridge chambering as being the caliber. Many of the folks that are getting corrected on this forum may be merely reading (and writing) what they have seen CARVED IN STEEL:

** Sako: Cal 338 Win Mag
** Mossberg: Cal 338 Win Mag
** Ruger: 22LR Caliber
** Ruger: 44 Mag Cal
** Walther: 9mm Kurz Cal
** Navy Arms (Siamese Mauser) Cal 45-70

Regarding those who mentioned shotguns in their choice of the three " calibers" they would want to keep, they could have said .755" caliber ...... but few would have known they were talking about their 12 gauge, so whats the point? If you want to state your cartridge when what' s asked for is the the caliber, then go ahead -- I' ll know what you mean (and so will they) and apparently so do a fair portion of the gun manufacturers.

Never Go Undergunned,
EKM

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i' de have to pick a .22 hornet for varmints , as it' s still an economically priced round for plinking too and usually comes in a box of 50

a .35 whelen for any game larger than a varmint and just handload for larger than normal deer/bear size game .

and a 12 guage 3 1/2 " chambered pump shotgun , for any small game with regular shells , 3 1/2 " shells for turkey , and for waterfowl , and handload shells for smaller small game like quail or doves , and an interchangeable barrel for deer hunting with rifle sites for deer, and a scope mount on the receiver so it can be scoped for deer or turkey :D:D:D:D

hope you like my picks :D:D

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.223,30-06,12 ga

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I would keep my .17hmr, my Ruger .270, and my Ruger .454 cassull

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I' m kind of a toss up between a couple sets of three.

My first instinct would be basically a military set up, with one alteration:
.22-250 (in place of the 5.56Nato)
.308Win (or .300Winmag)
12.3x97mm(.50bmg)

However, my current set up does well I believe:
.22-250
.30-06
.416Rigby

Breaks my heart no to have a .44mag in there, or a .45-70gov., so I' d have to have my wife buy three guns for me to borrow: .44mag, .45-70 and a 7.62x39mm just for fun

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.223, some type of 7mm Mag, 340 Wby

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20ga.
30-06
.50cal. ML
And all shot with a T/C Encore!

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308, 17 HMR and 7.62x39

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22LR, 30-06, 375H&H

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12 gauge. 22-250, 280 Rem.

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12-gauge
22-long rifle
270-Win.;)

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The post says three calibers (cartridges) so I' ll assume rifle cartridges for hunting big game.

North America

.260 Rem
.270 Wby Mag
.338-06

The World

.270 Win
8x68S
.375 H&H

Both

6.5x55 Swedish
.300 Wby Mag
.375 H&H

But if held to it, I' d say two rifle/cartridge combos are all you need to hunt big game anywhere in the world:

6.5x55/.270 Win/7x57 (take your pick for all hooved game)
.375 H&H (for all dangerous game)

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I would take the 12 gauge
30-06
257

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12 gauge
223 remington
30-06

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22-250 for small game varmits

.300 WSM for big game

.50 caliber for really big game

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243- Varmits, deer,
7mm Rem Mag- deer, elk, moose, bear, basically every big game animal
12 ga. Anything left over.

Scott

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6mm. Rem
308 Win
7mm. Rem Mag