U.S. Do-It-All Caliber

[spyder1911]

I would say 12g since some areas (Like around here) will not let you use a rife for hunting. And there are so many options for 12g, from bb shot to 00 buck to slugs.

If it has to be a rifle then
.308

 

[Rifleman 173]

.308 National Match ammo is my favorite. But if you're talking modern ammo, then it has GOT to be the 6.5 Grendel.

 

[Jeff F]

The 30-06 is more like a World Do-It-All Cartridge.

This may be so, but it was and is
Made In America

 

[NCsmitty]

#1-300 Weatherby-It will handle anything on the continent

#2-300 Win Mag- Very popular-solid powerful performer

#3-30-06-available everywhere with large bullet selection

NCsmitty

 

[30 cal slob]

.50 Bmg

 

[RonE]

If I had to choose only one,


30-06 (hands down)

 

[MarcusWendt]

I'm going with .308 I'm considering the cartridge as well as the availability and diversity of platforms.

 

[cjanak]

Tough to beat .729 caliber as an all-around firearm, though it is more of a short-range proposition on large game.

 

[peck1234]

.22 Rimfire Can Take Down Anything In The World!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





























Just Kidding
















30-06 Gets My Vote

 

[rantingredneck]

Do I really have to be the 50th person to say it??


.30-06..........

 

[M'bogo]

There was that US military cartridge developed way back in 1903. It was a .30 caliber that was called the 30-03. About three years later they made a couple of improvements to the design, changing the name. After that hunters, shooters and soldiers all around the globe used it to great effect on anything unlucky enough to catch a bullet from one. The new cartridge does well with 125gr to 220gr bullets or so I hear. I can't recall the name given to that 102 year old round but I am sure if you ask nicely one of your fellow High Road members will point you in the right direction.

Good Luck!

M'bogo

 

[Colt46]

6.5X55 Swede

Deadly accurate, devestating terminal performance and easy to shoot. Other than dangerous, toothy/clawy, charging bruins there is nothing Iwouldn't feel comfortable tackling with it.

 

[MTMilitiaman]

.308
7mm Rem Mag
.30-06 Springfield
.270 Winchester
.338 Winchester

In that order.

 

[Mr_Pale_Horse]

7.62x63

 

[surjimmy]

300 Winn Mag

 

[SimpleIsGood229]

I'm going to vote for the .338 Win Mag simply for the big Alaskan moose and brown bears. The .300 Weatherby would be good, too.

If handloading was an option, I'd vote for the .358 Norma Mag.

 

[DaveInFloweryBranchGA]

30.06 Everything else is either too big or not big enough.

Regards,

Dave

 

[jjbduke2004]

What's available locally?

When choosing a caliber I try to consider what's available in the local gun shops where I'm hunting. In the town where I hunt there's a hunting/fishing "sporting goods" shop owned by a local guide. If something happens to the handloads I brought from home or they're left behind (not impossible, my dad once left his license tags home) what is this shop going to carry?

For certain: .30-30, .30-'06, .270 Win, .308 Win, 12 ga.
Probable: .243 Win, .257 Roberts, 7mm Rem Mag, maybe even .25-'06, .35 Rem, and .45-70.
Maybe even some of the Win mag's (.300 Win Mag and .300 WSM come to mind).

So before you bring that 7mm-'08, that .260 Rem, the short action ultra mag, the WSSM, or the foreign surplus rifle. STOP. THINK. Can I find that ammo in the middle of nowhere when the only place that sells ammo is the bait and tackle concession in the local gas station?

BTW my caliber of choice is .30-'06.

 

[mavracer]

while the 30/06 is the obvious answer there is a military ctg. tha precieded it by 30 years that has killed a ton of game and continues to be a well respected big game gun today.
I'd take my Marlin 1895CB anywhere.

 

[aka108]

The 30-06 will be around 100 a hundred years from now. Govt intrusion excluded.

 

[skoro]

Best all-around?

That'd be the 30-06 or it's near-twin, the 308.

 

[tiger rag]

308 !

 

[N1150X]

308 does whatever the 30-06 will do with 50% less recoil

 

[DeerSlayer7600]

.30-06

 

[swiftak]

.308