To keep this from getting too boring... or too technical, I'll give what I MIGHT use, depending...

Light rifle: CZ 550 .458WM shooting 300-grain TSX's at 2800+ fps!

Medium rifle: CZ 550 .458WM shooting 350-grain TSX's at 2700+ fps! (Mine actually shoots that bullet at 2750 fps with the standard deviation being 2. Yes, that's TWO!

Heavy rifle: CZ 550 .458WM shooting 500-grain Barnes Banded Solids at 2200 fps. Actually it'll shoot 500's at 2300 fps but I see no need for it unless a lost elephant goes wandering through our potato patch!

Now, just in case you think I made a mistake in writing .458WM and not .458 Lott... my rifle has .458 Winchester Magnum scrolled on the barrel and the cases are all stamped with the same. But the action, magazine and leade all allow it to be loaded like a Lott, if wanted. But my REAL load for NA game (bears and moose) is actually the one listed for "medium rifle".

Now, despite that guy up in the mountains of France passing judgment on every one else, my REAL choice for three rifles would be:

a .22RF
my .300 winney
and my CZ 550 in .458WM.

Best regards,

Bob

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