Looking to fill the gaps

Get something you like to look at and like the feel of having it in your hands. You can have the best cartridge for the job but if you don’t like the rifle everything is lost. The post above, last sentence I always agreed with , 30-06 just plain boring. Then I bought a Garand. Love the rifle , love the cartridge
 
SuperCub said:
Assuming the 7-08 is a lightweight rifle, I'd ditch the 270 and buy a bolt action 24" 30-06, a sporter bolt action 223 and a 20ga for upland. Maybe a 10/22 to boot.

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I do have a 10/22 and I’d like to get a 20ga but I’ve never bird hunted before and I don’t know anyone that does to go with. Also I have no interest in getting rid of my 270, I will never part with it.
 
Milt Dale said:
I am going the other way and eliminating some overlap, so your dilemma in reverse, as others have mentioned a 300 mag, 338 mag, 9.3x62, or one of the 375s could work for you. I could not decide on whether I would eliminate my 300 win mag or my 338 so I listed both and will keep the one that doesn't sell. I am keeping my 375 Ruger[stainless] as I have components and I am keeping my 9.3x62[wood and blued deluxe Husky]. It might be a better idea to make a short list of cartridges that would suit you, then look for a rifle that you like, chambered in something from your list. Your list could be a lot longer than what I have listed here. I don't shoot anything a .223 is good for, so I don't own one, I have a 9mm pistol carbine and a couple of .22s for my Wife and I to have fun with. I also have a .270 I like and a 7 08 that I occasionally borrow from my Wife. As others have said you could replace everything with a 30 06 for North America, but for me that is boring.
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Yeah I’m thinking a 338 federal and 9.3x62 on the high side and then a 243, 6.5 grendel on the low side. I agree with the fact that a 30-06 could do it all but there’s not as much fun in that at least in my opinion.
 
6.5 x 55 does it all for me; but I do have a 9.3 x 62 which is more than I will ever need, but lots of fun.

I would like another .22-250; had one once, miss it.
 
I'll echo the .223 and one of the .30 cal magnums as safe choices on either end of the spectrum. However, a couple unconventional recommendations for you. 6.5 Grendel is an intermediate (necked down 7.62x39) that's wonderfully efficient. Some of the longer COAL 123 grn loads are pushing 1000ft/lbs still at 400 yards! Can also do 100grn varmint loads for coyotes and under. Low recoil, light platform. On the other end as you mentioned you like levers, you could consider a .45-70. Would fit the bill for dense timber elk or moose hunting. Due to it's age and black powder provenance, a very wide spectrum of load options exist for it. Ranging from low power options suitable for light work, to hot n' heavy hammers for the meaner megafauna on our continent. Something to think about.
 
47-70 seems ideal if you're looking to drop a bigger near. Ammo is affordable (S&B is in the mid $50 range) and it'll have more than enough kick for bear and moose. Predators would be best deal with with a .223, but a shotgun could do everything if you've got different types of ammo to load, BB or so for coyotes and slugs for the others.
 
bnk2 said:
I'll echo the .223 and one of the .30 cal magnums as safe choices on either end of the spectrum. However, a couple unconventional recommendations for you. 6.5 Grendel is an intermediate (necked down 7.62x39) that's wonderfully efficient. Some of the longer COAL 123 grn loads are pushing 1000ft/lbs still at 400 yards! Can also do 100grn varmint loads for coyotes and under. Low recoil, light platform. On the other end as you mentioned you like levers, you could consider a .45-70. Would fit the bill for dense timber elk or moose hunting. Due to its age and black powder provenance, a very wide spectrum of load options exist for it. Ranging from low power options suitable for light work, to hot n' heavy hammers for the meaner megafauna on our continent. Something to think about.
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I do love the the look and feel of a lever action. I’ve only fired one at the range once but I was immediately hooked, a lever in 45-70 govt would fit the bill.

Im going to need a second job to fund all these.
 
Great choice! You'll like the 9.3x62. It has served me well on Canadian elk and African eland, and several smaller critters. Very capable, shootable, and generally available.
 
Longwalker said:
Great choice! You'll like the 9.3x62. It has served me well on Canadian elk and African eland, and several smaller critters. Very capable, shootable, and generally available.
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One of the reasons for it is for the chance of taking it to Africa one day and it would be fun to reload for. Low side would probs be a 223 and a 243. Something that I can let my kids use when they are old enough.
 
At some point, your "gaps" will get very small to fill - apparently I will be receiving a 257 Roberts tomorrow - it will perhaps slide in between the 243 Win and the 6.5x55 - not sure any one of the three could do what any other one of them would do. But I guess I will find out. Mostly about the type of rifle, what it looks like, and maybe what scope is on it, at that point, I think.
 
Adam77 said:
The 9.3x62 is going to happen for sure
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Not sure if you hand load at all or are totally dependant on store bought ammo - I think at one time there was 232 grain bullets for the 9.3x62. My current loading uses Nosler 250 grain Accubond - in the past I had decent enough loadings with 285/6 PPU Round Nose and Nosler Partitions - there are a couple boxes of 320 grain Woodleigh PPSN here that I have not done anything with. I have never killed anything with the 9.3x62 - but it has pretty much replaced my 338 Win Mag to go out with - and I have taken two elk with the .338.

That is sort of "faint praise" - I took my first elk with a 308 Win, at far greater distance than the ones with the 338 Win. Our son used the same 308 Win rifle to take his first elk.
 
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Potashminer said:
Not sure if you hand load at all or are totally dependant on store bought ammo - I think at one time there was 232 grain bullets for the 9.3x62. My current loading uses Nosler 250 grain Accubond - in the past I had decent enough loadings with 285/6 PPU Round Nose and Nosler Partitions - there are a couple boxes of 320 grain Woodleigh PPSN here that I have not done anything with. I have never killed anything with the 9.3x62 - but it has pretty much replaced my 338 Win Mag to go out with - and I have taken two elk with the .338.

That is sort of "faint praise" - I took my first elk with a 308 Win, at far greater distance than the ones with the 338 Win. Our son used the same 308 Win rifle to take his first elk.
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I do reload so I wouldn’t be dependent on store bought ammo other than a box or two with different sized bullets to hold me over until I could get dies and everything else I’d need . That would go for any new rifle I get in a cartridge I don’t already own.
 
Potashminer said:
At some point, your "gaps" will get very small to fill - apparently I will be receiving a 257 Roberts tomorrow - it will perhaps slide in between the 243 Win and the 6.5x55 - not sure any one of the three could do what any other one of them would do. But I guess I will find out. Mostly about the type of rifle, what it looks like, and maybe what scope is on it, at that point, I think.
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True, but weirdly, there always seems to be yet another "gap", lol. - dan
 
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