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  1. #21
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    Default Re: 3 hunting rifles

    Quote Originally Posted by Messor View Post
    Ok so it's a wish list then, not a what to use in which scenario kind of thing.

    Then it's a free for all brawl, where the rules are made up and the points don't matter :)
    Exactly. :)
    It is exceedingly dangerous to mix common sense with wish lists.
    There is nothing short of dangerous game that I would not hunt with a 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5x55, .270 win, 7x57, 7x64, .280 Rem, .308 win, .30-'06, .300 win mag, .300 wsm, .300 H&H...
    But, I can tell you, from spending many nights around camp fires and bar counters, with hunters from all over the world that there is very little logic or science when it comes to favorite calibers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TStone View Post
    Exactly. :)
    It is exceedingly dangerous to mix common sense with wish lists.
    There is nothing short of dangerous game that I would not hunt with a 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5x55, .270 win, 7x57, 7x64, .280 Rem, .308 win, .30-'06, .300 win mag, .300 wsm, .300 H&H...
    But, I can tell you, from spending many nights around camp fires and bar counters, with hunters from all over the world that there is very little logic or science when it comes to favorite calibers.
    Man a wish list for me would be something like a 224 Valkyrie, a 280 Nosler and a 338 federal.

    But nah, stuck here with reality and logic.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Messor View Post
    Man a wish list for me would be something like a 224 Valkyrie, a 280 Nosler and a 338 federal.

    But nah, stuck here with reality and logic.


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    Yes, but then you would get the classic wish list with something like a .22 Savage high Power, a .275 Rigby and a .318 Westley Richards.
    The faster is better, wish list with the .220 swift, the .264 win mag and the .300 win mag.
    The slower is betterder, wish list with the .22 Hornet, the 6.5x54 MS and the .303 British.
    The weirder, Germanic is even more betterder, wish list with the 5.6x57, the 6.5x68 and the 8x68.
    The mildcat, wish list with the 6x45, the .270 Sabi and the .338 Sabi.
    The wildcat, wish list with the 6mm Mach IV, the 6.5 STW and the .300 Kong.
    And so on, and so forth...

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    Default Re: 3 hunting rifles

    I think you guys are overthinking this. The answer is simple:

    1) .308
    2) another .308
    3) yet another .308

    In reality the 2nd and 3rd would be superfluous because a single 308 is enough to do anything for the rest of your life but the OP did insist that we list 3...........

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    Default Re: 3 hunting rifles

    .243 Win
    .308 Win
    9.3x62 Mauser

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    Default Re: 3 hunting rifles

    The three I currently have:

    22LR - fun gun and good for cheap trigger time.

    6.5CM - long range target and some hunting.

    308Win - everything else up to Eland and some long range target.


    If ammo was free:

    22LR - still a fun gun.

    7mm or 280 something.

    338 Lapua



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    Quote Originally Posted by wjwentzel View Post
    Why a .308 and .243?

    Will the .270 not be better in the .243's place?

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    243 is great for kids.
    It works well on Springbuck, Impala, Blesbuck etc
    308 for bigger animals, even at a distance
    A roaring Lion kills no game

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    Default Re: 3 hunting rifles

    Quote Originally Posted by Koebelwagen View Post
    .243 Win
    .308 Win
    9.3x62 Mauser
    I think this is close.

    To improve just a little…

    .260Rem/6.5x55 - With a semi bull barrel for those long voorsit type hunts on small game.
    7x64 - Go to for everything, anywhere launching 160gr Partitions.
    9.3x62 - Bushveld for those hunts when Eland or so are on the menu.

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    Default Re: 3 hunting rifles

    Bearing in mind I hunt most Karoo / N Cape where shots a little longer…

    - 243 for lighter game (Springbok, pigs etc) - could also just go with .222, .223 or 22-250
    - 7x64 for almost everything else - substitute 6.5 xxx, 270, 308, 30-06, 7mm RM, 300 WM etc
    - 375H&H for very big game (eland bulls, giraffe, buff hopefully one day) and occasional bush veld hunting

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    Default Re: 3 hunting rifles

    My only question is why are you limiting it to 3 rifles?
    Don’t take life too seriously, no one gets out alive.

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