best do-all calibre

Anything between 6.5x55 and 375 H&H depending on where you live, and what floats your boat. The reason I am not pinned on some magnum is that there is a difference between what you would like to hunt and what you actually will hunt. Besides If I have got the money to hunt a polar bear, chances are I can afford a new gun too.

And besides you can't call yourself a gunnut if you own just one gun.
 
Calibre -- is a bore diameter. As in .308 calibre, .284 calibre etc.

What you really wanted to ask was about a do it all cartridge. There are many cartidges designed around the 30 calibre. The most useful is likely the boring old 30-06. And any of the 300 magnums are sufficient for anything on this sideof the globe, be they short mag, regular mag or ultra mag. Just more powder, more muzzle flash, more noise and more recoil and more flinch to get basically the same results. :D
 
m1978 said:
just wanting to get opinions on what people think is the best do it all calibre, as in, if you could only have one rifle to hunt deer size game and up, what would you choose? personally, I don't think one can do much better than a .350 rem mag or similar.
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well, my picks for myself are 8x57 and 303 british. realistically, in my opinion a non magnum from say 6.5mm to 338 caliber would do the job well. leaning more towards 338 or 35 or even a 9.3x62 (the 350 rem is really a non magnum even though it has a belt) if it was mostly elk or moose that a person hunted and on the lower end if it was mostly deer.

another poster pointed out that he uses his rifle every year for deer, but only every 4 for moose. this is probably bang on for most people.

buy a gun for what you do hunt, not for what you might hunt (i think someone else already said this as well).
 
m1978 said:
my dictionaries say otherwise. i've never heard of anyone being rediculed.

urban dictionary online: Rediculous- the alarmingly common misspelling of ridiculous.

hey, you .30 cal guys, anybody shoot a 300 h&h? looks like a nice cart.
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This went from semi-witty and kind of fun to really funny in a ok ok I lose kind of way and then topped off with a pile of #### just to make everything back where it was before, ahhh levity!

I think a better question that may have been covered between yours and my statements is,
Why was the .300 H&H developed when any advantage created by lowering pressures would already be covered by the famous, 30.06. Ballistic equivalent aren’t they? Bartell should have an answer

.300 mag for me
 
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375 H&H
Cast roundballs for small game like rabbits and grouse
Cast 265gr lead bullets at 2000fps for deer at modest range
235gr X for sheep/goat/antelope (North American)
270 or 300gr Soft Points for larger game
300gr Solids for Cape Buffalo or Elephant
 
open-sights said:
Why was the .300 H&H developed when any advantage created by lowering pressures would already be covered by the famous, 30.06. Ballistic equivalent aren’t they? Bartell should have an answer
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Because the lower pressure facillitates more reliable extraction in the extreme heat of Africa.
 
1899 said:
Because the lower pressure facillitates more reliable extraction in the extreme heat of Africa.
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Agreed, and in a modern action (ie, not a pre-war soft mauser action), the .300 H&H can be loaded nearly equivalent to .300 W Mag but at lower pressure, with better feeding and extraction in most guns.

And also it's got a way cooler appeal than the vanilla Win-mag.

And lastly, if you're going to build a custom gun, you might as well chamber it in a round that's not commonly available in factory offerings (like the .300 H&H), otherwise what's the point? Just go buy a Remington 700BDL, right? ;)
 
6.5x55 SE, .260 Remington, .270 Winchester, .270 WSM, 7mm-08 Remington, .280 Remington, 7mm WSM, 7mm Remington Magnum, .308 Winchester, .30-06 Springfield, .300 WSM, .300 Rem. SAUM, .300 Winchester Magnum, .325 WSM, .338 Federal, .338 Winchster Magnum and .35 Whelen.

Pick one of the above, then think about how your rifle should be configured.
The all around hunting rifle should be configured in such a way and manufactured of materials conducive to all around hunting, don't you think?
Bolt action is a given, semis are never 100% reliable, and single shots, pumps and levers are too much of a compromise in many hunting situations.
Laminate stocks are tough and weather resistant, but I am partial to good synthetics. Fiberglass is good but polymer/fiberglass blends are just as strong and much lighter!
Barrel well I suppose a coated or matte finish would suffice but again this is supposed to be an all around rifle so I would say stainless is the ticket.
I dunno but I think an all around rifle is more than just a caliber or cartridge.:confused:
 
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