Caliber suggestions????
04-06-2004, 04:52 PM
#11
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 10,679
RE: Caliber suggestions????
My vote goes to .338 or larger bores.You got all of the lower end covered and overlaping quite a bit too.
The 22lr and 22 mag ore pretty redundant but you can never have too many 22 rimfires.
The 7mm mag and the 30-06 will equal each other in all practical hunting situations and the 7mm-08 isn't lagging very far behind at all. IMO these three over lap quite a bit.
I'd go for something like a 338 win mag as a minimum cartridge / caliber. A compact rifle chambered in 350 rem mag would make an excelent short action woods rifle that would be great from your deer woods to the big bear woods. I would also look real hard at a big bore lever action like a .444 marlin, or 45-70. Of the two lever actions my nod goes to the .444 marlin.
You really don't need any more sub 30 caliber cartridges in your battery except maybe a .22 centerfire such as the .223 bit the 243 can take care of that end too.
If you are set on a Tikka the only thing that they offer that I would consider purchasing considering the cartridges you currently own would be a 22 centerfire or a 338 win mag. Everything else would bu just another under 30 cartridge and not offer you anything that the ones you already own wouldn't offer you.
The 22lr and 22 mag ore pretty redundant but you can never have too many 22 rimfires.
The 7mm mag and the 30-06 will equal each other in all practical hunting situations and the 7mm-08 isn't lagging very far behind at all. IMO these three over lap quite a bit.
I'd go for something like a 338 win mag as a minimum cartridge / caliber. A compact rifle chambered in 350 rem mag would make an excelent short action woods rifle that would be great from your deer woods to the big bear woods. I would also look real hard at a big bore lever action like a .444 marlin, or 45-70. Of the two lever actions my nod goes to the .444 marlin.
You really don't need any more sub 30 caliber cartridges in your battery except maybe a .22 centerfire such as the .223 bit the 243 can take care of that end too.
If you are set on a Tikka the only thing that they offer that I would consider purchasing considering the cartridges you currently own would be a 22 centerfire or a 338 win mag. Everything else would bu just another under 30 cartridge and not offer you anything that the ones you already own wouldn't offer you.
04-06-2004, 08:38 PM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: MB.
Posts: 2,984
RE: Caliber suggestions????
Just in case you’re interested in the 35 caliber, Ruger just came out with the 350 Rem Mag. in the model M77 MKII for 2004 with a 24” barrel compared to the Remington model 673 with a 22” long barrel....
