All around rifle

[Boomer]

True, but I'm pretty sure you own more than one rifle.

I own a couple 22 centerfires, 4 deer rifles and 3 moose rifles.

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While that is true, I use two rifles far more than all the others combined. My Brnos, the .375 Ultra 602 and the ZG-47 .30/06 are my go to rifles. They certainly have over lapping uses, but if was restricted to either to the exclusion of any others I would not feel particularly disadvantaged.

The .375 has been such a constant companion that since 2005 when it was finally finished, the checkering has worn smooth and the color of the McMillan stock has worn through to the creamy colored fiberglass underneath. This rifle is carried about 200 days a year.

I no longer own a .22 centerfire, my .243 fills that niche, but that seems to be a specialty gun that only gets hard use at once a year. If it wasn't for that I'd have dumped it and might yet. While I have the urge now and then to get a heavy like a .500 Nitro, I have thus far resisted. My .308 target rifle is a precision tool, and this thing gets less use than I had intended, but intended as a ballistic laboratory it seemed like a good idea at the time. Weighing 20 pounds it is hardly a constant companion, and it cost the equivalent of several really good off the shelf rifles. I refuse to take a loss on it, and that is all that keeps me from selling it.

The others, including a beat up M-54 Winchester in .270, an M-14, several .30/06's, a 7X57 Oberndorf Mauser, and a bizarre straight pull rifle of uncertain lineage, are all safe queens. So yup, handloading keeps my primary rifles versatile and useful in a variety of roles.

 

[Claven2]

WSSM is a poor choice for "one rifle". The mag only holds 3. The ammo is expensive, often out of stock, and comparatively difficult to reload.

A far better choice is a standard 7mm or .30 caliber rifle in a NON-MAGNUM caliber, unless you do a LOT of serious distance shooting or regularly chase grizzly, anything more is just a good way to burn through too much powder.

Might I recommend the following calibers for your consideration? (in no particular order):

1) 7x57
2) .270
3) .308
4) .30-06

All are perfectly capable and ammo is readily available almost everywhere, except perhaps the 7x57 is a little more iffy for supply. All can take any game in Canada with proper shot placement, and most game with improper shot placement. They can also reach out beyond the capabilities of most hunters to shoot straight.

 

[Curt]

True, but I'm pretty sure you own more than one rifle.

I own a couple 22 centerfires, 4 deer rifles and 3 moose rifles.

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That is a great number of moose rifles considering you have only had one moose tag in the last 20 years......
Do you carry all of them at once and decide on which one to use once you see your quarry?