Can only pick one!

[Ozarks Hillbilly]

I love my hot rod centerfire calibers .17 Rem .220 swift are some of my all time favorites. I have owned several 25-06's and is all I have coyote hunted with for the last several years. All of that to say if I could only have one caliber it would be a .308. it's a inherently accurate cartridge with lots of factory ammo offerings. It's also a military round in case things really go south someday.

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[MISSISSIPPI Double beard]

308

[DrDirtNap]

How about the 270 WSSM.  Does it all short range and long range


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[OHturkey85]

I'm a big fan of anything in the .308 family the .243 win is a good cartridge and so is .260 Remington that being said my favorite is a 7mm-08 its a flat shooting cartridge and it fits me well.

[Tomfoolery]

Wouldn't trade my tikka .308 for anything.

[owlhoot]

Wouldn't trade my tikka .308 for anything.

Just like my youngest boy, not tikka though.
Can not get him to hunt with anything else, one rifle in 308 . Thats it.
I like rifles so , .243, 257 bob, 25.06, 270, 7mm-08, 7mm rem mag, .308, 30-06, 300win mag, 35 Whelen.
30-30, 357 mag , 44 mag, 45 colt, 444 marlin, 45.70 lever guns. Some have been in multiple rifles. Have traded and sold a lot of them, can't keep them all darn it.
Held off for a while but ended up with the 6.5 creed and to tell the truth I am just not all that satisfied with them. Kind of like the 129 grain in those, not anything heavier. But haven't messed with them at any targets over 500 yards. I think there are many better deer cartridges and much much better elk rounds.
Those that don't get much attention I would like to try are 338 federal, I am friends with a guy who has hunted all over North America plus Africa , he swears by it for close range stuff. He uses 7mm rem mag all over the place with Berger bullets to stretch out.
The .358 Win would sure be nice. The .280 Rem needs a home here. Have been loading my 7 Rem mag at 280 Rem velocities with 154 grain SST hornady bullets , its a deer hammer. Just need a handier rifle for it.
You get me to one deer rifle though and it is the 25.06 Remington.

[Yoder409]

.308 Win

[owlhoot]

Any body else ever notice when someone says 308 is their choice they don't say much else

[wvmntnhick]

Any body else ever notice when someone says 308 is their choice they don't say much else

It's hard to discuss the merits without laughter. Like the 30-06, it just does everything well enough that it's gotten mundane. I've killed more deer with the 308 in the past few years than Tommy Lee gave women hepatitis. Great cartridge. Mine will do less than 1/4" with 5 rounds at 100 yards so long as the nut behind the stock isn't too loose. Hard to argue with the 308 in the end.


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[owlhoot]

Any body else ever notice when someone says 308 is their choice they don't say much else

It's hard to discuss the merits without laughter. Like the 30-06, it just does everything well enough that it's gotten mundane. I've killed more deer with the 308 in the past few years than Tommy Lee gave women hepatitis. Great cartridge. Mine will do less than 1/4" with 5 rounds at 100 yards so long as the nut behind the stock isn't too loose. Hard to argue with the 308 in the end.


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yep 30.06 bores me to tears.  I much prefer the 308. Less powder, less kick , handier rifle . After that it's a 150-165 grain bullet into tight groups and done.

[Gen.27:3]

30/06 it can easily be hand-loaded with bullets from 110 grains all the way to 220 grains

[Yoder409]

Any body else ever notice when someone says 308 is their choice they don't say much else

OK..........you sucked me in........

The .308 Win is just so boringly effective that there's just not much else TO say.  The .308 with most any 150 grain bullet will do everything the OP asked about and more. 

I, personally, do NOT use a .308 Win as my one-gun battery.  But I would in a heartbeat if (Heaven forbid) I ever were forced into such a hell.

[owlhoot]

30/06 it can easily be hand-loaded with bullets from 110 grains all the way to 220 grains

Have you done them all?  I've done 125 NBTip loaded down some .  150 hot core and 165 Seirra loaded middle of the road. 180 Partition loaded hot hot with 200 yard holes touchin holes for elk.
Can you believe i sold that rifle 

[owlhoot]

Any body else ever notice when someone says 308 is their choice they don't say much else

OK..........you sucked me in........

The .308 Win is just so boringly effective that there's just not much else TO say.  The .308 with most any 150 grain bullet will do everything the OP asked about and more. 

I, personally, do NOT use a .308 Win as my one-gun battery.  But I would in a heartbeat if (Heaven forbid) I ever were forced into such a hell.

One gun , man that's a scary thought.  Be one tough choice for sure. 

[wvmntnhick]

30/06 it can easily be hand-loaded with bullets from 110 grains all the way to 220 grains

Have you done them all?  I've done 125 NBTip loaded down some .  150 hot core and 165 Seirra loaded middle of the road. 180 Partition loaded hot hot with 200 yard holes touchin holes for elk.
Can you believe i sold that rifle 

Yes. Yes I can. I can't tell the number of 30-06's I've had over the years. I can count how many I've still got though. Answer: NONE! Like I said. It's an amazing gun. And the great Jack O'Conner even said if he could only have one rifle, it'd be a 30-06. That a lot coming from the man that really made the 270 what it is. But you'll also notice what he used the most. Coincidence? Doubtful. It's the only true "beltless magnum" in terms of what it can do. The 25-06 was actually given that moniker years ago but let's face reality. Unless you're using a monolithic bullet, the 25's aren't great on big stuff. I'm talking truly big animals. And their crappy BC bullets don't help at all. I'd still take the 25 over the 270 for deer. But, if a guy told me I could only carry one or the other for the rest of my days, the 25 would disappear.


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