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From what i have....i could make do with this Remington 700 in .243.
If you could only have one hunting rifle what would it be ???
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After spending many years of my life in Alaska and spending much of it in the bush, I can tell you, I didn't see many natives with 22's... Most carried mini 14's chambered in .223... (these days many carry AR's)
As for "poaching", they are NATIVES, they don't poach, they can and do kill anything they want to kill it, any time they want to kill it!
Goose and moose just ignores this practice and looks the other way!
And I'm here to tell ya, many of them pretty much kill everything they see when ever they see it! I've seen them do it myself, many many times over...
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If only allowed one hunting rifle:
Depending on where I was living/hunting at the time, I think one good choice would be a good bolt action 243 or 6mm Rem. I could hunt deer, black bear, antelope and varmints. If I was living where the game was a little bigger, or I had a few trips in mind, a bolt action 30/06 or .270 would do a great job and I could still pop a few varmints with it from time to time. My Savage 99 in 308 wouldn't be too bad a choice either.
Now, on the other hand, if you let me cheat a little on the 1 rifle only thing and allow me a second rifle, I'd choose a varmint rifle or a varmint/deer rifle in 243, and make my other rifle a .375 H&H and I could do just fine hunting anything anywhere in the world.
Depending on where I was living/hunting at the time, I think one good choice would be a good bolt action 243 or 6mm Rem. I could hunt deer, black bear, antelope and varmints. If I was living where the game was a little bigger, or I had a few trips in mind, a bolt action 30/06 or .270 would do a great job and I could still pop a few varmints with it from time to time. My Savage 99 in 308 wouldn't be too bad a choice either.
Now, on the other hand, if you let me cheat a little on the 1 rifle only thing and allow me a second rifle, I'd choose a varmint rifle or a varmint/deer rifle in 243, and make my other rifle a .375 H&H and I could do just fine hunting anything anywhere in the world.
Ever what you like.Does it have to be a "rifle" ??
I mean I have a stainless, 12 gauge, single shot shotgun from H&R...3½" chamber, screw-in chokes. With slugs or shot I can hunt about anything, though a little close to a bear of the Brown Bear family at 50 yards with a Brenneke SlugWith chamber adapters I can shoot 16 gauge, 20 gauge, 28 gauge and .410 shells, so ammo availability would be easy.
They even make some chamber adaptors that would allow me to shoot .45 Colt with a rifled adapter in the 12 gauge barrel. NO idea if this is at all accurate or wise.
IF it HAS to be a rifle I'd probably get something that shoots a .224 bullet. I have a Mossberg Predator in .223 Remington, which uses AR magazines, and it really likes 75 grain HPBT from Hornady. That way I could get adaptors and shoot .22 LR and .22 Magnum through it as well, instead of fiddling with downloading reloads for small game. Although I'm told that one can get a chamber adaptor for .308 or .30-06 and shoot .32 Auto through those rifles on small game.
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Does it have to be a "rifle" ??
I mean I have a stainless, 12 gauge, single shot shotgun from H&R...3½" chamber, screw-in chokes. With slugs or shot I can hunt about anything, though a little close to a bear of the Brown Bear family at 50 yards with a Brenneke Slug
IF it HAS to be a rifle I'd probably get something that shoots a .224 bullet. I have a Mossberg Predator in .223 Remington, which uses AR magazines, and it really likes 75 grain HPBT from Hornady. That way I could get adaptors and shoot .22 LR and .22 Magnum through it as well, instead of fiddling with downloading reloads for small game. Although I'm told that one can get a chamber adaptor for .308 or .30-06 and shoot .32 Auto through those rifles on small game.
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Obviously a Drillings rifle is the right choice. However, if you can afford a Drillings rifle, you can probably afford more than one. So I am going to play with the idea that some legislation limits you to one. If that has to include all guns, then a pump action 12g, it can be used for nearly all forms of hunting; but it isn't the best at most of them.
If the shotgun is covered elsewhere, then I will say some form of .308 (7.62) or 30-06 bolt action rifle. It isn't ideal for small game, but sabots will help there.
If the shotgun is covered elsewhere, then I will say some form of .308 (7.62) or 30-06 bolt action rifle. It isn't ideal for small game, but sabots will help there.
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First time I've seen this question posed here. I'll have to think about this one for a while before I can answer......
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Depends on where I hunt. From central Texas east through Georgia, I'd stay with my Sako .243 carbine. Were I hunting in mule deer/elk country, I'd stay with my .30-'06.
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.30-06 for me.
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How much time have you spent in the Alaskan bush, around natives??
You obviously don't understand how it works for natives in the bush of Alaska!
They are allowed to do what they want, they will tell you they are not subject to "white mans" game laws... And as they are ignored by goose and moose, they must be right!
I tell you this from my own personal experience!
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How much do you think a GOOD usable drilling cost these days???
Like anything else, you have to look for deals...
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Mmm, well, since it's one RIFLE, I guess my squirrel hunting would have to be done either with one of my pistols (I don't mind) or a shotgun.
While I'd never want to get rid of my Grandpa's old .257 Roberts, I reckon I have this thing for my stainless M7 .308. Truth be told, though, the Roberts would do me just fine now days. I'll never go after anything it can't kill, don't reckon. I'm too old to climb around in mountains anymore.
While I'd never want to get rid of my Grandpa's old .257 Roberts, I reckon I have this thing for my stainless M7 .308. Truth be told, though, the Roberts would do me just fine now days. I'll never go after anything it can't kill, don't reckon. I'm too old to climb around in mountains anymore.
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I bought my Big Horn Ammory 460s&w to “try the one gun for all hunting”.In thery with 45/454 and 460 it should work for all hunting big and small.
I’m not going to be selling my 30/30 or 30/06 but I will try just to use the 460.That old W.30/30 keeps jumping in my hand when I head out for the woods.
I’m not going to be selling my 30/30 or 30/06 but I will try just to use the 460.That old W.30/30 keeps jumping in my hand when I head out for the woods.
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You haven't hunted mule deer or elk at elevation and distance then, nor armor-plated pigs...and obviously never a bear of any kind...........
One rifle for small to medium game is a mental exercise in idiocy as what works for squirrels and prairie dogs does not do well for elk and bison.
For ME, my 7-08 model 7 will do the job from coyote to elk; too much for smaller, not enough ( for MY confidence) for anything bigger......YMMV
My 375 H&H.
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