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Some have been purposely left out, just make you squirm.

Assume ammunition availability is not an issue and that the rifles are the exact same configuration...

what order would you place these in for mountain hunting,...best to least appropriate?


300WM 30 06 7mm/08 260 375H&H
 
.30-06, .300 WM, (those two are a tie) 7mm-08, .260, 375.

If your talking game from whitetail to moose to bear, I feel your two .30 caliber choices offer the greatest versitility with the most horse power yet easy to carry platforms.
 
"...300WM 30 06 7mm/08 260 375H&H..." Those are cartridges, not rifles. The cartridge by itself doesn't have much to do with the weight of a rifle. Forget a .375 H&H though. Know a guy who shoots a custom 17.5 pound .300 Win Mag. Wouldn't want to lug it anywhere, never mind up the side of a mountain.
 
For mountain hunting, only:
7mm/08 260 30 06 300WM 375H&H

For all round, anywhere in the world hunting:
375H&H 300WM 7mm/08 260 30 06
 
Really depends on the rifle the cartridges are in, but for "mountain hunting" I assume sheep, goat, mule deer...

The only one kinda out of place is the .375 H&H

If it was a super lightweight mountain rifle, I'd pick the 260 or 708
 
sunray said:
"...300WM 30 06 7mm/08 260 375H&H..." Those are cartridges, not rifles. The cartridge by itself doesn't have much to do with the weight of a rifle. Forget a .375 H&H though. Know a guy who shoots a custom 17.5 pound .300 Win Mag. Wouldn't want to lug it anywhere, never mind up the side of a mountain.
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What are calibres and cartridges? :p

As the post says, assume the same rifle for each, now put the rifles/calibres in the proper order for mountain hunting...
 
I'll rate them all as dead even provided that each rifle is designed as a practical hunting rifle and provided that each cartridge can be handloaded for a specific purpose. My order of preference though is .375, .30/06 .300 magnum, followed by everything else. When it comes to what makes a good hunting rifle, the cartridge is the least important consideration.
 
If all 4 rifles were the same, as I stated,... you'd be shooting a .375 at the same weight as a 7/08 or 260.

while calibre may be low on your list in what makes a hunting rifle great, i find it high on mine, as the calibre often dictates the rifle choices for me...

the wrong configuration with the right calibre, or the right configuration with the wrong calibre can all get the job done...but I find certain calibres more suited than others for certain tasks.

In the same configuration for each rifle, I would choose the .375 last
It would either be too heavy for a mountain rifle or too light for calibre, for me.
 
sealhunter said:
If all 4 rifles were the same, as I stated,... you'd be shooting a .375 at the same weight as a 7/08 or 260. while calibre may be low on your list in what makes a hunting rifle great, i find it high on mine, as the calibre often dictates the rifle choices for me...

the wrong configuration with the right calibre, or the right configuration with the wrong calibre can all get the job done...but I find certain calibres more suited than others for certain tasks.

In the same configuration for each rifle, I would choose the .375 last
It would either be too heavy for a mountain rifle or too light for calibre, for me.
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Wouldn't , in a real world scenario, the 375 in the same configuration still be heavier than the others. It would obviously have the longest action ( if this was constant, who the hell would want to pack a 260 with an H&H length action) It would also have a magnum contour barrel.

I own 3 rugers in the same configuration. A 243, a 280, and a 338 win mag.

While the 280 and 243 are similarly weighted (an ounce or 2 difference), the 338 is much heavier than the two. A magnum contour tube ads weight.

That being said, i would likely go 7/08, 30-06, 300 WM,260, 375.
 
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