Best Overall Big Game Rifle/Cartridge In Your Opinion?

[Sportdog]

Just a thread for some fun. What rifle/cartridge would you choose if you could only use one, to hunt all North American big game. Just to avoid the obvious you MAY NOT pick a 30-06Springfield or 308Winchester. And yes, all North American big game includes the large bears.

[chysteve]

I have it-- .338 Win. Mag.

[grizzley]

.300 Win. Mag, or .300 WSM.
It still has the versatility of the .30 Cal. bullet selection, and can be down loaded to equal 30-06 ballistics or up to its full potential that makes it a magnum.

[Jimmy Mac]

.300 Win. Mag, or .300 WSM.
It still has the versatility of the .30 Cal. bullet selection, and can be down loaded to equal 30-06 ballistics or up to its full potential that makes it a magnum.

x2 on the 300 Winchester... and don't forget for the non-reloaders, 300 Winchester ammo is everywhere and relatively inexpensive to buy.

Even though I don't own one, I'm a big fan of the 300 Winchester. It's very versatile and essentially an 30-06 on steroids. Maybe one day my wife will let me buy one.

Jimmy Mac

[lou gill]

Pick your poison, either the 7mm Remington mag or 7mm weatherby mag

[clawman]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Mac

x2 on the 300 Winchester... and don't forget for the non-reloaders, 300 Winchester ammo is everywhere and relatively inexpensive to buy.

Even though I don't own one, I'm a big fan of the 300 Winchester. It's very versatile and essentially an 30-06 on steroids. Maybe one day my wife will let me buy one.

Jimmy Mac

FYI, they are both Winchesters. Which one are you talking about?

[mkoeh475]

7mm-08 or 7 Rem Mag

[Jimmy Mac]

Originally Posted by clawman

FYI, they are both Winchesters. Which one are you talking about?

Not the WSM.

Jimmy Mac

[bigwalleye1]

Sportdog, for a less controversial subject, please see the Mall of America protest thread in General Discussion....

For my money, it's be a .308 or a 30-06. Readily available, capable of anything on the N American continent with the right load, and almost every manufacturer of long guns chambers these calibers in right and left hand actions.

[kpredator]

lower 48- 300
Alaska - 338
Africa - 375