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Thread: 3 hunting rifles
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26-07-2021, 20:45 #11
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Re: 3 hunting rifles
Maybe rather group them and decide from there:
Small and light:
22LR, 222, 223 etc
Medium:
6.5mm whatsoever, 308, 8x57, 30-06, 7x57
Larger:
338 WM, 375, 458 whatsoever,
Or
Very small
.22LR, 204Ruger, 22 Hornet
Smaller medium:
243 Ackley, 6.5mm whatsoever, 7-08,
Heavier medium/large:
8x57, 338, 9.3x ..., 375
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26-07-2021, 20:49 #12
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Re: 3 hunting rifles
I have used the .375 H&H very successfully on game as small as springbok and warthog and I think that it is really well suited to eland and blue wildebeest bulls.
I do not think that the various .416's fit into the requirements listed by the OP, but... My hunting experience with the .416's are limited to cape buffalo, warthog and a dassie. It was an Eastern Cape dassie though...
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26-07-2021, 20:50 #13
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26-07-2021, 20:52 #14
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Re: 3 hunting rifles
Mine for last 30 years. 99% bushveld hunting.
22 hornet
7x57
375 H&H
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26-07-2021, 20:59 #15
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Re: 3 hunting rifles
If I was forced to only have 3 hunting guns.
12 Bore shotgun
7x64
375HH
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26-07-2021, 21:03 #16
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Re: 3 hunting rifles
No, no they dont at all, hence my disappointment at the answers, sure you can shoot everything with a large cal but we all know that does not make logical sense.
I was hoping at least this time the list would make sense, but no.
Look, I too can drive a F250 in town, to go and do shopping, is that the best choice, no.
You don't go to a hunting venue and find 950 dangerous game and 50 normal antelope, it's always the other way around for the average hunter.
Simply put the average person don't need a large caliber, at all, so it's not supposed to make the list as specified by the OP.
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26-07-2021, 21:05 #17
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Re: 3 hunting rifles
You're just sour because no-one said 338WM
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26-07-2021, 21:08 #18
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Re: 3 hunting rifles
Simply put the average person don't need a large caliber, at all, so it's not supposed to make the list as specified by the OP.
But, the OP did ask for 3 calibers.
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26-07-2021, 21:11 #19
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26-07-2021, 21:13 #20
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