Hunting Forum

If I could only have three rifles for all of my medium and big game hunting, I would have a .223, a .30-06 and a .375 H&H. All scoped bolt actions. There is nothing on the planet I could not hunt for with one of those rifles.

Another advantage of these three rounds, the trajectory of the bullets is virtually the same, so accuracy becomes instinctive, no matter what rifle is used.

I would also buy all three from Kimber sporting stainless steel metal and kevlar stocks.

Not a bad recommendation , buddy!

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Posted By maad on 11 Feb 2012 11:44 AM
Glad to see so many comments I don't have much experience with rifles other than .22s had a .222 for about two years. Sold it because was starting a family, now the kids are out of the house and have a little more time and money so I was hopping do more hunting. I was looking to buy one rifle that would work almost everything, but from the comments I think I will need to buy at least two. One for prairie-dogs to mule-deer probably mostly coyotes, and the other for large elk and moose and possibly larger game if I get the opportunity. Would like both rifles to be deadly out past 300 yards thanks for your help.

A two rifle combo makes more sense, and is better suited to taking a variety of game I think.

I've hunted with various calibers and have selected the 25/06 as my "go to" rifle for deer/antelope, coyotes, and varmints. Larger game, elk, black bear, moose, bison, and other large game get the .300 Win Mag with a 200 grain Accubond. Both calibers are more than enough out to 300+ yards if you can shoot that far.

The 30/06 would be able to do it all but is a little too much on the smaller animal end and not quite enough, IMHO, on the larger animal end. The same can be said about the .270 I think. Yes, a .270 will work, quite well, with a premium bullet but if you're going to a 2 Rifle Battery then the .270 doesn't make sense to me.

If I could have only one rifle it would be a .300 but I like the 2 Rifle Battery idea better. Truth be told the 25/06 is a pleasure to shoot. The .300 Win Mag, not so much.

A .308 would probably do the trick, but I would definitely step it up to a .338

I normally do a two gun barrage on my trips to Africa....depends on what I am hunting....taken a Ruger 12 ga O/U and a .22-250, a 7Mag and a .416Rigby, a 7Mag and a .375RUM, a 7Mag only and a .416 Rigby only...taylored to the hunt....I have never carried more than one gun out West in US----7Mag including AK with sheep and Griz on quota......oh, that was wrong....carried a O/U for upland birds and a BPS for geese a cuppla times in SK.

The .308 MIGHT do the job, but it isn't legal for bison in the state of Alaska. I do feel that the .300 win.mag is plenty adequate for what you want.

I shoot a Savage 300 mag. Bought it new in 2011. Tried 5 Different kinds of amo and the one I settled on for accuracy and hitting power is, Winchester Accubond, 180 grain. S300WMCT is the number on the box. This gun will do the job on any of the animals your looking to harvest.