Rifle: One Size Fits All?

c-fbmi said:
Dogleg.............it took me a second to relate to "that blonde chick and those bears" funny..............
The 300 WM is without a doubt the "crescent wrench" of all around NA calibers.....for sure. It does nothing wrong and one size fits all.......
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Word is the whiney little ##### got shot on her next B & E. Thats the story, anyway.
 
I personally go with my Sako .338 WinMag for deer, bear, elk, (a lot of) moose, and bison if I am ever so lucky. but considering the odds of ever getting a bison tag I would suggest a 30-06 or for young, small, or (new) female hunters a .308 is perfect.
 
APF1985 said:
Hi All,

Im looking at getting my first hunting rifle soon and had a few questions for the seasoned pro's out there.

1. Do you guys have a "one size fits all" rifle that you use for everything from deer, elk & moose, all the way up to a grizzly or a bison, if you had the chance? Or do you have one rifle for deer size, one rifle for moose/elk, and possibly another rifle for anything larger?

2. What calibre would you suggest for the above scenarios? Either your "one size fits all" calibre, or what calibre would you use on each size of above animal?

I plan on starting out this year with just deer, and have read that a .243 will do the trick quite nicely. I suppose I am torn as to whether to be cost effective with a single rifle for all, or get 2 or 3 rifles depending on what im going after on that trip.

Your wisdom is greatly appreciated!
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1. Yes, it is the 8x57 with 200 great partitions.

2. If you don't reload, get a nice 30-06. I was told by a man who killed many grizzlies that 220 grain bullets are best, we have better bullets now that would make it even better. If you are actually going for bison, find a bigger rifle.

For deer, just about anything will work within its limitations. IMO, versatile rifles start at the 6.5x55.
 
amosfella said:
I have a little story for this topic. Not fully relevant, but close enough.
The butcher in town uses a 45-70 to put down the animals that he butchers. At least the big ones. One day, he came over to shoot one of our steers. He loaded to rounds in to the gun, and I hearded the steer over to where he could get a clean shot with minimal background interference. Steer looks at him... BANG!!!! Head shot!!! down the steer goes, and within a few seconds, up the steer gets... He's clearly dead, as his eyes are bulging out of their sockets, he's bleeding like crazy from his nose and mouth, and his head is hanging at a funny angle from the neck. The steer starts waking backwards in a big circle. BANG!!! Another head shot, and down the steer goes again... And the steer gets back up, and starts walking, or stumbling in a large clockwise circle backwards again. Out comes the .22mag, and 2 more shots into the side of the neck, and the steer went down to stay.
Both shots from the big gun were between the eyes and 1.5 inches higher than the eye line. The first shot had broken the steers neck, and severed the spinal cord. the second shot went in slightly different path. From the meat, the steer had to have been dead from the first shot. It was extremely tender.

On a different note, I remember as a kid being shown how to hunt deer. Grandpa dropped 2 of them that were destroying the trees in the yard with a 22lr...
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I watched this happen.45/70 with 300g hollow points.Animals sometimes are tougher than we think!
 
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