OK, You asked for it ... What is the most versatile cartridge?

The 4 worldwide proven cartridges:
1) 7mm Mauser
2) 303 British
3) 30-06 Springfield
4) 375 H&H Magnum

If I were forced to choose one it would depend on its use on dangerous game!
a) dangerous game - 375 H&H or equivalent
b) non-dangerous game - 7mm Mauser or equivalent
 
Good post!

AlexF said:
The 4 worldwide proven cartridges:
1) 7mm Mauser
2) 303 British
3) 30-06 Springfield
4) 375 H&H Magnum

If I were forced to choose one it would depend on its use on dangerous game!
a) dangerous game - 375 H&H or equivalent
b) non-dangerous game - 7mm Mauser or equivalent
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AlexF said:
The 4 worldwide proven cartridges:
1) 7mm Mauser
2) 303 British
3) 30-06 Springfield
4) 375 H&H Magnum

If I were forced to choose one it would depend on its use on dangerous game!
a) dangerous game - 375 H&H or equivalent
b) non-dangerous game - 7mm Mauser or equivalent
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:)Tried, tested and true.;) A proven battery of four that fit the bill and are hard to beat.
 
cam1936 said:
I wouldn't want a 35 Whelen on a Cape Buffalo hunt, but would use a 375 H&H.

Pretty hard to argue with 375 H&H or Ruger. You can shoot as flat as a 30-06 with a 260 grain AB (good BC on that bullet too) or you can have Cape Buffalo medicine.
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I’m always assuming we’re talking North America… I have no intention in hunting in Africa
 
9.3mauser said:
Not the best cartridges for lobbing bullets way out there for pronghorn or caribou. I know mine is too danged heavy to be humping up a mountain for sheep & goats.
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I don’t take shots past 200m so I think it would be plenty good on anything up here at that distance,and my Ruger no1 is not that heavy!
 
0faustus0 said:
Ok, ok .... I see ... we need a couple more constraints ... ;)

Here is the scenario .... in the foreseeable future ... our beloved government manages to pass a law ... that allows you to only keep one gun! One gun to do all your hunting .... shooting .... etc.

Now .... yes you could keep a drilling ... or a combination gun ....

But what is the caliber that you would keep for all your needs ....
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Well in actual practice I'd still have all my non-restricted firearms because the government wouldn't know any different and I certainly would not be turning them in so therefore I'd still have some.choice available.

For the sake of the discussion I guess I'd just keep the 375 Ruger Alaskan that I already own, though if we were allowed only 1 I might want to get a really nice custom rifle as I could theoretically spend all the money I have invested in my other guns in just one. Would still likely be in the .338 to .375 caliber range regardless.
 
I'd say 30-06. There are a huge range of bullet weights available (50 grain to 200+ grain? I'd have to check my reloading book), which means it can be used for anything from varmint to elk -- or bigger?. Ammo is also relatively inexpensive because it is so common.
 
AlexF said:
The 4 worldwide proven cartridges:
1) 7mm Mauser
2) 303 British
3) 30-06 Springfield
4) 375 H&H Magnum

If I were forced to choose one it would depend on its use on dangerous game!
a) dangerous game - 375 H&H or equivalent
b) non-dangerous game - 7mm Mauser or equivalent
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I agree with the 7 x 57; however in southern Ontario, the caliber restriction does not allow it for hunting; so the 6.5 x 55 for me is the obvious choice.
 
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