Jason_W
Member
While I enjoy shooting shotguns far more than centerfire rifles, there are some hunting situations where a rifle simply works better.
With that in mind, and as part of an ongoing effort to build an efficient gun collection that covers all hunting niches with as few firearms as possible, I'm considering investing in a singe medium and big game rifle capable of taking all North American game at reasonable distances. Should the opportunities present themselves, I'd like to be covered for everything from western elk hunting and Alaska moose hunting to close range deer hunting.
Even though such rounds seem on the surface to be "overkill" for most of what I would be hunting, if I'm going to have one rifle for medium and large game, I'm increasingly eying the powerful medium bore rounds like .338 win mag, the 9.3x62mm, and some of the .375s. I'm shying away from the .30 cal rounds as handling components for them seem to get hit hard and fast by panics, while medium bore stuff sticks around a little longer.
I'm thinking that since I handload, I could load such beasts down to comfortable levels for deer hunting and load back up for tougher game. Any flaws in my logic?
With that in mind, and as part of an ongoing effort to build an efficient gun collection that covers all hunting niches with as few firearms as possible, I'm considering investing in a singe medium and big game rifle capable of taking all North American game at reasonable distances. Should the opportunities present themselves, I'd like to be covered for everything from western elk hunting and Alaska moose hunting to close range deer hunting.
Even though such rounds seem on the surface to be "overkill" for most of what I would be hunting, if I'm going to have one rifle for medium and large game, I'm increasingly eying the powerful medium bore rounds like .338 win mag, the 9.3x62mm, and some of the .375s. I'm shying away from the .30 cal rounds as handling components for them seem to get hit hard and fast by panics, while medium bore stuff sticks around a little longer.
I'm thinking that since I handload, I could load such beasts down to comfortable levels for deer hunting and load back up for tougher game. Any flaws in my logic?