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Sheridan 07-06-2010 03:53 PM

You get to choose four; small, medium, large & dangerous
 
One caliber (Okay, and one back-up) per North American game category.

Small
.17 HMR
.204 Ruger
Medium
.243 Win
.270 Win
Large
7MM RM
.300 WM
Dangerous
.338 WM
.416 RM

podunk kennels 07-06-2010 04:16 PM

I believe on medium sized caliber can do it all with different loads. Unless were discussing claiming meat on small game of squirrel size so mine is.
Small
.270 win with 110 vmax
Medium
.270 win with 110 Accubond
Large
.270 win with 140 Accubond
Dangerous
Id love to try and take dangerous game with a .270 and 150 partition but if a minimum caliber as in Africa is imposed then .375 H&H

cty100 07-06-2010 05:40 PM

small=.22lr/410
medium=3006/308
dangerous=3006/12gauge

salukipv1 07-06-2010 05:51 PM

4 for the world...
.243 Win.
.30-06
.340 Wby
.416 Rigby

Here are my 4, the backups are one of the others...ie for deer 30-06 could use the .243 as a backup, elk using the .340 could use the 06 as the back up..

salukipv1 07-06-2010 05:54 PM

270 with 150gr partitions?

I think you'd find out why they call the cape buff "black death" haha

thick skin/dangerous game I'd want more gun.

for almost everything else a 270 would probably do the job, i read about some african hunter who's goto lion gun was a 270 course lion is consider thin skin I believe.


Originally Posted by podunk kennels (Post 3643583)
I believe on medium sized caliber can do it all with different loads. Unless were discussing claiming meat on small game of squirrel size so mine is.
Small
.270 win with 110 vmax
Medium
.270 win with 110 Accubond
Large
.270 win with 140 Accubond
Dangerous
Id love to try and take dangerous game with a .270 and 150 partition but if a minimum caliber as in Africa is imposed then .375 H&H


DeerandbearhoG 07-06-2010 05:58 PM

s- 22lr/12ga
m-7mm-08/223
l- 7mm08/12ga
d-50beowolf(why not?)/12ga

salukipv1 07-06-2010 06:02 PM

I remember reading a 5 gun battery for the world...the author chose...

.243 Win
.280 Rem.
.30-06
.375 H&H
.458 Lott

Each could be used to back up another on a given hunt, all are fairly readily available worldwide...

I think I might choose a 270/30-06 in place of the 280 and then a .300mag in place of the 06 for my 5 gun battery...

DeerandbearhoG 07-06-2010 06:04 PM


270 with 150gr partitions?

I think you'd find out why they call the cape buff "black death" haha

thick skin/dangerous game I'd want more gun.

what do you think about a 7x57 for elephants? Read this...
http://www.chuckhawks.com/7mm.htm

salukipv1 07-06-2010 06:18 PM

7mm 175gr FMJ sounds more ideal...than 150gr 270 partitions...


Originally Posted by DeerandbearhoG (Post 3643652)
what do you think about a 7x57 for elephants? Read this...
http://www.chuckhawks.com/7mm.htm

check out these section densities...
http://www.chuckhawks.com/sd.htm

I think I'd either want a very trusting and PH backing me up closely...or a gun barer nearby with something big...

I hear ya about always wanting to take something with a certain caliber, for me I really want to take a buff with a .458-500gr bullet.

I know they make 160gr bullets for the 270, maybe a 160gr solid? Of course I guess it would depend on what the dangerous game was...cape buff/elephant, vs. lion/leopard, etc...?

Game Stalker 07-06-2010 07:04 PM

O.K.,but w/one exception.
s-.22lr-It works and it's cheap.Why change?
m-.270-great range,larger bullets.
l-.300 WM-The seven is great but too close in diameter to the .270.The .300WM has a solid reputation on big game.
d-.416 RM-got to be able to stop a charge.

moosemike 07-07-2010 03:53 AM

22/250
30-06
.375 H&H

No back ups needed.

Daveboone 07-07-2010 05:45 AM

.22
..308
.300 Win Mag
.45-70

podunk kennels 07-07-2010 06:29 AM


Originally Posted by salukipv1 (Post 3643661)
7mm 175gr FMJ sounds more ideal...than 150gr 270 partitions...



check out these section densities...
http://www.chuckhawks.com/sd.htm

I think I'd either want a very trusting and PH backing me up closely...or a gun barer nearby with something big...

I hear ya about always wanting to take something with a certain caliber, for me I really want to take a buff with a .458-500gr bullet.

I know they make 160gr bullets for the 270, maybe a 160gr solid? Of course I guess it would depend on what the dangerous game was...cape buff/elephant, vs. lion/leopard, etc...?

O' Connor took grizzly, jaguar, lion, tiger, and leopard with a .270 most shooting 130s some shooting 150 partition. I assure you the 150 will kill a cape buff, just didnt say where I was gonna shoot him. Im gonna try to kill everything I can with one for sure.

Pygmy 07-07-2010 09:26 AM

The original post specified North America, right...??..

In that spirit...

Small....22 LR

medium..7mm08 OR .280 Rem with 120 or 140 grain bullets

Large... .280 Rem with 140 or 160 grain bullets

OR

9.3 x 62 with 250 or 286 grain bullets

Dangerous... 9.3 x 62 with premium 286 grain bullets

Centaur 1 07-07-2010 10:17 AM

Small
.22lr
.17hmr

Medium
30-30
.35 rem

large
30-06
.338 Marlin express

dangerous
45/70
.450 marlin

This is pretty hard to do. On the large end it's a pretty easy choice, I'm not a long range shooter so I wouldn't need anything fancy and I'm really partial to lever actions. If I were to plan an elk hunt where I would test my long range skill I'd choose the .338 marlin express but for anything else the 45/70 would work great. It's at the small end of the scale where it's tough to limit yourself.

podunk kennels 07-07-2010 10:35 AM

You could download the 45/70 for small game and go big for anything dangerous. I consider it one of those "all around" cartridges.

gonewest 07-07-2010 05:08 PM

222 Rem. Mag=small; 25/06=medium; 300 Weatherby mag=large; 416 Rigby= dangerous. I could have added alot of different calibers in the small and medium but there is only several choices for large and dangerous


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