Ultimate do everything but not over do anything cartridge for all big game hunting

[Jordan Smith]

strathcona county, edmonton bowzone, canmore bowzone. all in alberta. and yes, you can hunt with guns in strathcona county (shotguns and muzzleloaders) but not a 375. i'll politely suggest you read your hunting regs before calling me uninformed.

LOL. Anywhere you can hunt with a rifle in AB, you can use a .375.

 

[pharaoh2]

strathcona county, edmonton bowzone, canmore bowzone. all in alberta. and yes, you can hunt with guns in strathcona county (shotguns and muzzleloaders) but not a 375. i'll politely suggest you read your hunting regs before calling me uninformed.

Hahahahahahahahahaha!

 

[Gatehouse]

can you hunt everywhere in BC that it is legal to hunt with a 375? no. anywhere you can hunt with a centerfire rifle. yes.

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If you cannot use a rifle, and must use archery and/or shotgun, then discussing rifle cartridges is quite pointless, anyway.

 

[Dogleg]

Ultimate do everything but not over do anything cartridge for all big game hunting

Cartridge does tend to suggest breechloaders.

 

[The Shaft]

what is overkill anyways? is that making it too dead? 7mm weatherby mag gets my vote. will kill anything in this country verrryyy well....

 

[Camp Cook]

You mean almost as well as the 270 Wby...

 

[archie_james_c]

Are you guys still fighting over this??? Christ I come home from moose hunting with THE "ULTIMATE Do-all but not over-do anything" rifle (21" Barreled Sako 85 LSS .338 FUDDERAL) and you guys are still yappin' back and forth.

 

[Dogleg]

what is overkill anyways? is that making it too dead?

Maybe, but I tend to think that for many "over-kill" means anything with detectable recoil.

 

[Camp Cook]

Is that overkill to their shoulders or minds?

 

[Dogleg]

Is that overkill to their shoulders or minds?

Sometimes their wallets too.

 

[senior]

Ever see the hole a 300gn HP in a .458 caliber rifle traveling along at 2400fps does to a med size deer shot in the lungs!
Yes I have seen overkill!

 

[Camp Cook]

Using my 17HMR loaded with 17gr bullets, 204 Ruger with 32gr bullets, 223 with 40gr bullets, 22-250 with 55gr bullets, 300RUM with 180gr bullets, 375H&H with 300gr bullets, 45-70 with 405gr hard cast etc etc I've blown gophers up or cut them in 1/2 was that overkill as well?

 

[Dogleg]

Ever see the hole a 300gn HP in a .458 caliber rifle traveling along at 2400fps does to a med size deer shot in the lungs!
Yes I have seen overkill!

Around here, we call things like that a muzzleloader. Its a shame to waste all that tastey lung meat though.

 

[Silas]

Wow that read took awhile. So the 30-06 is good but the .300WSM is better at being an all around cartridge When I bought a 300WSM this year that is at least what I told my wife "hunny this gun will do it all". If my wife can't shoot it because of the recoil that is her problem and does not change the fact that the cartridge would be a grat platform for everything in NA.
My$.02

Whats wrong with the .280AI it has not even mentioned in this thread. I fail to see how a .270 can trump it...

 

[SuperCub]

Whats wrong with the .280AI it has not even mentioned in this thread. I fail to see how a .270 can trump it...

Maybe the fact that the 280AI is a wildcat and not available at Canadian Tire has something to do with the fact that the 270 is a better choice for more people.

While the 280AI is a very good cartridge, in reality the practical advantage is minimal over a lot of factory offerings.

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[Pathfinder]

I fail to see how a .270 can trump it...

Because my grandkids will be able to buy factory rifles chambered in it. Not sure about any AI chambering. (unfortunately). No real practical difference really....Ill give the coolness factor to the 280 .

 

[8ball]

Here in Quebec .243+ calibers are all permitted on big game.

 

[hmr-hound]

A .270 win or a 7mm mag

 

[a j cave]

for me

1 of 3, but anything over 27 & a good bullet. My 3 are 280, 300 win, & 375. These are all game cal. and not varmits or gophers. (although a few 375 w/ cast is fun in the gopher patch)

 

[Charlie38]

300 Weatherby & 200 gr. Nosler Partition @ 3000fps. nuff said