Help me round out my battery!

[savagefan]

Big-assed revolver.

 

[Gibbs505]

Don't forget the stopping rifle!!

Just in case you might get to africa!

 

[pharaoh2]

I am pretty happy with the others or I would have sold them. I use the 99 with the peep as a coastal bush rifle for blacktails. My .308 is my packing rifle as it weighs only 5.5 pounds and is a true mountain rifle. My 7mag currently is for everything else.

That sounds familier, doesn't it?

It's not redundancy, I like cartridges that overlap. Like I said:

Originally Posted by pharaoh2
I don't know, the savage would make a nice, iron sighted deer rifle in a 99. The .308 loaded with 150 grain bullets would stretch it's range a bit farther and be good deer/speedgoat medicine out to around 300. The 7mm will make a wonderful elk or moose rifle, but I think the .300 WM would be better. Myself? I'd be happy with a .308 and 7mm.

The .Savage would be a perfect iron sighted rifle. The 99 and irons, or in your case peeps are as perfect a brush rifle as you could ask for. The .308 is capable of more than what your .300 is set up for, and it sounds perfect for you. So, perfect. And the 7mm will handle anything else. Now you want somthing heavier, but perhaps still with a bit of an overlap. And you figured you want a .35. The Whelen is a good choice. But if you want to bump up the power level a bit, and will load yourself, maybe you could think of the .358 STA. Just a little more smoke in your pipe. Good luck with your choice and have fun.