what is the best all round big game hunting rifle?

My 2 cents :7mm Rem mag. recoil is virtually the same as the 30-06, the trajectory is flatter and still shoots heavy enough bullets to stop anything you want.
 
Many years ago, when the Inuit were still called Eskimos, I watched a hunter shoot a polar bear with a .30-30. Now, if it works on them, shouldn't it work on something else?
However, my vote goes to the '06.
 
30-06 is nice, but since buying the .338 don't think that there is even a question as to whether i'd go back, best i've used for sure. as said, plenty big enough for any and all game in NA, and further if you want to go there too!
 
WhelanLad said:
It aint an i didnt claim it to be a Magnum, Magnum is a widely overused word that Companys use to Sell Calibres that wont do anything that the standard version wouldnt do.
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I think you have been standing upside down too long..down there. A magnum certainly does more than a Whelan.
 
Another 30-06 fan here.
Stainless with synthetic stock.
As far as .338WM is concerned, (I have one) it's a tad heavy for deer etc while a .30-06 will handle moose and whatever else you're likely to see.
 
No offense meant to the original poster but these threads are pointless. There is no such thing as the "best all around rifle". There are dozens of all around rifles and finding the "best" one is pretty subjective. You can take a dozen experienced hunters and ask the question and get a dozen different answers, all correct for that individual. Too much depends on terrain hunted, game, hunting methods even physical limitations of the individual. It all comes down to personal preference.
 
mlehtovaara said:
Gonna depend if Grizzlies are something you would hunt? I would want something a little bigger than the 30-06 if Im 30m from a Grizz!:eek:

I have been reading a lot about the .375 H&H, and it has got me interested in a .375 Ruger Alaskan.
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Yup... :agree: Awesome caliber... huge bullets with the same trajectory as 30-06, with recoil that is more of a push than a kick... reminds me of shooting a muzzleloader, but my favorite part is not needing spotting scope to see the holes in the targets:D
 
Comil_1983 said:
My 2 cents :7mm Rem mag. recoil is virtually the same as the 30-06, the trajectory is flatter and still shoots heavy enough bullets to stop anything you want.
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Very true (and I have a 7mm Rem Mag), but for a light handy brush gun I still vote for the .350 Rem. Mag. for any N. American game. Even while wasting bandwidth. BTW, CRTC is working on this big bupkis waste of bandwidth, however, if you've been watching the news. We'll all be paying by the Gb to waste bandwidth soon. Sigh.....
 
For all around "1 gun" North Amerrica Hunting Rifle.

- Any Quality Sporter i.e.. Rem700,Win 70, Ruger77 etc, topped with a good Quality 3.5X10 etc.. Scope, chambered in one of the two North American Magnum calibers that have stood the test of time everywhere.

7mm Remington Magnum or .300 Winchester Magnum. Any other new wonder magnum is a waste of Ammo money unless you reload, just a new and improved version of what already works and dosen't need to be changed.V:I:

Several mentioned the .30-'06 ,and unless you are a excellent marksman who can squeeze everything out of the above mentioned Magnums, then the '06 will do everything you need up to Elk ,Moose.

With the Premium factory loadings today for this venerable caliber, it has got a new lease on life. 30 to 40 years ago if you didn't reload the .30-06 , it was just a long action .308 Winchester.:(

This is very generalizing, but I will guarantee you, either one of the two will do what you need anyday of the week and twice on Sunday.:agree:
 
There is such a thing as an all around rifle, and that's the .375 H&H in a good bolt action. Mine's taken 9 head of game in the last two years roughly, ranging in weight from dogs on up to Buffalo around 2,000lbs, on two continents. It's the gun I reach for whether I'm shooting a dogs in the north, or a Cape Buffalo in Africa. In Africa one rifle for everything from jackal to elephant isn't uncommon, but people seem to think we need a rifle for each species here in North America. Loaded with a heavy, tough bullet like the TSX, you don't even need to change bullets. 300 grain .375's punch a pencil hole through a dog, and put them down with authority, take deer in the same fashion with less meat damage than a .270 and drop them hard, and will even take the largest game on Earth in Africa with equal aplomb. No such thing as overkill for game, just overkill for shooter. To be honest, the .375 H&H is well mannered and downright comfortable to shoot with the standard loads. It also shoots as flat as a 180gr .30-06, 300's easy enough of a shot with a .375. Gives you a bullet weight range from 200grs to 380grs as well, which it performs excellently with throughout the whole range, displaying little real preference for a given weight. You can load for 235gr high speed magnum zingers to play lite magnum, or 380gr Rhinos in the classic dangerous game velocity ranges for elephant and T Rex (still waiting on my tag for the later, population is too small at present as I understand it). I could literally sell all my other rifles except for a good rimfire, and keep just my .375 and be set for a life of hunting the world with no limitations. Just don't tell my wife that.

Pics some might be sick of seeing, but all done with the same .375, most within just this past year, and this is only half its tally.

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