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93x64mm
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Re: Caliber's choice for hunting [Re: lancaster]
      #317972 - 12/07/18 06:07 AM

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9,3x64 for all



Lancaster, you have put it succinctly!
From cats to elephants it can do it all.

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Re: Caliber's choice for hunting [Re: Ripp]
      #318006 - 13/07/18 05:05 PM

G'Day Fella's,

Now, this is a tough choice.
If I was able to reload ammo for all three in my selection, I would go with the following;

7.62x39 (M43)
338 Win Mag or .340 Weatherby Mag or .338 Lap Mag
.404 Jeffery

And also, they would all be Bolt Guns.

Avagreatweekendeh!
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Re: Caliber's choice for hunting [Re: Homer]
      #318017 - 14/07/18 03:16 AM

.275 Rigby
.350 Rigby
.416 Rigby

But I cant get by without a .22LR and a .223

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Re: Caliber's choice for hunting [Re: MagnumHunter]
      #318030 - 14/07/18 11:33 AM

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.275 Rigby
.350 Rigby
.416 Rigby

But I cant get by without a .22LR and a .223



Now that is a classy selection

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Re: Caliber's choice for hunting [Re: xausa]
      #320093 - 26/09/18 11:45 PM

Light - 7mm-08
Medium - .358 Winchester
Heavy - .375 H&H

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Re: Caliber's choice for hunting [Re: Rule303]
      #320096 - 26/09/18 11:52 PM

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Quote:

.275 Rigby
.350 Rigby
.416 Rigby

But I cant get by without a .22LR and a .223



Now that is a classy selection



Agree with above, can't get by without a .22LR or .223, have too many evil AR's not to be shooting .223/5.56..

For me..
would swap out the top three with
280AI
300RUM or 338RUM
416 Rem..

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Re: Caliber's choice for hunting [Re: Ripp]
      #320835 - 21/10/18 12:23 PM

Might have to go buy more rifles as I only have the light, although i have never really considered it a light.

Light rifle, is my “poor mans” lee speed sporter build. In .303 of course.
Medium rifle, if we are dreaming it would be the .318wr
Medium/heavy rifle, something in 375hh

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Re: Caliber's choice for hunting [Re: PapaScarface]
      #320845 - 21/10/18 02:48 PM

Posting one more thought here.

I could get by with a 22 LR and a 375H&H if ammo was unlimited, but that would not be NEAR as much fun.

As I have gotten older I have paired down most of the guns I have owned in my life, but I kept only a few of them because of caliber. One 22 LR, one 270 and one 375H&H, as well as a double barreled shotgun.
The rest that I kept, I kept because of what that particular gun was, not because of that gun's ballistics.
I have some that are none too impressive ballisticly, but they work well and I LIKE the gun, so I keep it and i hunt and shoot with them for the fun of it. As an example I just killed a buck antelope with a 1903 Mannlicher in 6.5X54. 160 grain round nose at 2200 FPS. I also just killed a buck deer with a 303 British I just made for myself in the style of a Lee Speed. 180 grain bullet at 2380 FPS. Again, it worked just fine.
And I go out and kill game from time to time with my flintlocks, one in 50 cal and one in 62 cal. That's a set of guns that are very "un-modern" but I LIKE them.

The only 300 mag that I have left is an H&H, the oldest one.
My only 8MM is an 8x57.
I own two 9.3X57s and I really like my Ruger #1 in 9.3X74R. I also like the 9.3X62

Many today will say that such old shells are passe and for them, maybe they are.
But that's not the point to me. Fun is the point. I hunt with archery tackle sometime too, and I use a bamboo longbow and wood arrows with turkey feathers. It's not "as good" as a modern compound, and that is THE REASON I like it.

I just like guns, and I like them 365 days a year, not just when I am hunting.

LOTS of 30-06s are modern and have Kevlar stocks with super-scopes, are made form stainless and are very accurate, but not a one of them is as enjoyable to me as my 1943 M1 Garand. Is the M-1 "better"? No.

But the best way to get meat is too easy and not near as fun.

So I like my old shells and the guns I still have. I do have a few that are resent inventions, and I like them a lot too,(like my ARs in 223 and in 6.8SPC) but mostly I like the older ones.

So having 1 rifle to cover every base is something of notable merit, but merit of a guns versatility is not and has never been the point to me.

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Re: Caliber's choice for hunting [Re: szihn]
      #320852 - 21/10/18 07:21 PM

Light caliber would be 7mm Mauser.
medium caliber would be 30-06.
And heavy caliber would be 375 H&H Magnum.
Frank

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Re: Caliber's choice for hunting [Re: NitroX]
      #320860 - 22/10/18 03:44 AM

I'd go with a fast Twist barrelled 22-250 for my light rifle.

A 264 Win Mag for my medium.

For last a 375 H&H for a heavy rifle.

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Re: Caliber's choice for hunting [Re: A_Pepsi_Cola_Can]
      #320863 - 22/10/18 11:29 AM

Just came into a box of 500, 80gr. sierras in .224".

Maybe I should be thinking of a fast twist barrel for my M700, 22-250?

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Re: Caliber's choice for hunting [Re: DarylS]
      #320866 - 22/10/18 02:09 PM

Daryl, you’ll need a minimum of 1:8” for those 80 grain Sierra sardines.
My .223 Remington with a 1:8” handles them just fine out to 600 yards in service rifle competition.
I do know some guys go with a 1:7.7” twist just to be sure.

Edited by Iowa_303 (22/10/18 02:13 PM)

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Re: Caliber's choice for hunting [Re: grandveneur]
      #320870 - 22/10/18 04:07 PM

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The choice of cartridges for hunting seem be a big problem! In my opinion for hunting all game on the planet Earth, from dik-dik to elefant, you need 3 rifles! If you can get only 3 rifles, and not more, what would be your choice of caliber's and cartridge's?




Light 7x65R

Medium 400-350 Rigby

Heavy 470 NE

All double rifles of course!

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