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 Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
[Re: redchevy]
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11/03/10 06:34 PM
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Remember a lot of places have caliber restrictions around 7mm or. 30
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
[Re: dee]
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11/03/10 06:41 PM
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kind of a big deal
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Remember a lot of places have caliber restrictions around 7mm or. 30 where are all theses "lots of places"...99 percent of states are either 243 or centerfire...
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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if we include bear as being grizzly and brown bear, than i'm opting for the .338 winchester mag.
it can spit a 180 grain bullet pretty durn fast.
a .300 wby or RUM will get the job done too.
imo a 30-06 is pushing it and with a .308 your undergunned.
take grizzlies and browns outta the mix and i'm gonna go with a .300 wby or winchester
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 07:38 PM
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Remember a lot of places have caliber restrictions around 7mm or. 30 where are all theses "lots of places"...99 percent of states are either 243 or centerfire... Sorry I didn't specify if you go with a guide they sometimes restrict you on sizes, as in the brown bear and moose hunts in Alaska last time I looked most said .30 cal or bigger same goes for others I'm sure.
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 07:46 PM
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
[Re: redchevy]
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11/03/10 08:21 PM
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300 wby, its what i have.
When hunting something that can and might try to eat your but after you shoot it i would always go with more gun rather than less.
matt exactly. how many of you really wanna try a cross canyon shot at a bear with a .308?
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 09:12 PM
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That would be my choice. .308 second choice. .260 third.
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 09:18 PM
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there is a guy a who killed everything with a 270 too. Im with the 270 short mag, might be a little under gunned for those bears though.
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 09:24 PM
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Well, after reading some of these crazy posts I have changed my mind. I'll go with the 50 BMG.
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 10:21 PM
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Great posts guys!!! Thanks for the link Palehorse, that was a nice read!
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 10:41 PM
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What's the fun in having only one rifle?
But if I must choose only one I'll go with a 30-378 Wby Mag.
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/03/10 10:49 PM
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Have to go with my 30/378 Weatherby. The performance is there for the largest game or load it down for deer. Wide range of 30 caliber bullets. Expensive but it gives a wide range of options and levels of performance.
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/04/10 12:43 AM
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Have to go with my 30/378 Weatherby. The performance is there for the largest game or load it down for deer. Wide range of 30 caliber bullets. Expensive but it gives a wide range of options and levels of performance. which is the better caliber....the 30-378 or the .300 RUM?
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/04/10 12:51 AM
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Yes! A Weatherby does kill them deader.
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/04/10 01:14 AM
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Give me .264 WIN MAG, if bullet availabilty is a factor, then 308.
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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300 Ultra Mag would be my choice.
I had a 30-378Wby for awhile but the ammo was over $100 per box so I sold it. Ballisticly it is superior to the 300RUM but I promise you there aint a animal in the world going to know the difference between the two if you were to hit them with both.
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/04/10 01:46 AM
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Give me .264 WIN MAG, if bullet availabilty is a factor, then 308. 264  buy the bullets before you go 308  
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/04/10 02:16 AM
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I have to stick with my trusty 270 win. BUT! If it came to bear, I may still use it, as long as I had a partner with a small cannon! Bears just scare the bijesus outa me! lol
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/04/10 02:18 AM
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Shooting a bear wouldnt bother me, it would be going to find him that scares me! LOL
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/04/10 02:28 AM
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i am cancelling my subscription, i am tired of your issues!
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/04/10 02:42 AM
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I would hunt ANYTHING in N. America with my Marlin XL7 .270. I don't care what it is. I have it sighted in within an "1 of center. So I know where I aim, it will go in depending on wind conditions.
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/04/10 02:52 AM
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I would hunt ANYTHING in N. America with my Marlin XL7 .270. I don't care what it is. I have it sighted in within an "1 of center. So I know where I aim, it will go in depending on wind conditions.
WOW! I wish I could be that general about making any shot. Too bad I have to sight in at 100, measure MV, enter all the ballistic data, environmental conditions, develop a chart and then go actually shoot it to find out if it is accurate. I do all that and don't believe I can "know where I aim it will go depending on wind conditions." Guess I should go practice some more.
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/04/10 03:13 AM
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Shooting a bear wouldnt bother me, it would be going to find him that scares me! LOL Thats called pucker factor!
Yes! A Weatherby does kill them deader.
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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11/04/10 03:14 AM
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i have no opinion (that counts) but i sure like this topic
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Re: If you only had one caliber to do all with???
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.280 Rem - except for the bear factor... you can load it up or down and it has excellent reach at long yardage.  If you want to play with bears then I think something more substantial is call for.....
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