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223 and 30-06 would work for me.

But that is boring and I'd never be down to only 2 weapons.

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The thing always missing from these 2 or 3 rifle battery threads is that no one ever says...."for what"?




The 280 Remington is overbore.

The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Originally Posted by CowboyTim
22lr
.300 Win Mag
This, unless the .22lr is a given then if we are talkin 2 centerfire rifles it would be
.223 Rem
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Originally Posted by BobinNH
The thing always missing from these 2 or 3 rifle battery threads is that no one ever says...."for what"?


Paper to Elk, <500

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Originally Posted by 16bore
Originally Posted by BobinNH
The thing always missing from these 2 or 3 rifle battery threads is that no one ever says...."for what"?


Paper to Elk, <500


In that case, I'd like to change mine to...

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And I'd say CF since RF is pretty much a staple.

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Originally Posted by EdM
270 Win and 375 H&H


That was Jack O'Connor's choice for a two-gun battery, and it still rings true 50 years later.

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Originally Posted by 16bore
Originally Posted by BobinNH
The thing always missing from these 2 or 3 rifle battery threads is that no one ever says...."for what"?


Paper to Elk, <500


That's easy...223 and a 7 Rem mag. grin


Or substitute any one of two dozen comparable and overlapping, duplicitous cartridges in the same power range of the 7 RM. wink




The 280 Remington is overbore.

The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Originally Posted by BobinNH
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270 Win and 375 H&H



There ya go....


Probably this


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How about 5.56 and 7.62 NATOs?

Takes care of Many practical needs.


There's that practicality again. Good call.


Or this.


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Easy.

I'd go 223 and 308.

Factory ammo is everywhere with lots of choices.

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Originally Posted by 16bore
And I'd say CF since RF is pretty much a staple.


If we're taking rimfire as a given, I'm changing my answer to .223 and .308.

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It depends on a lot of stuff. Heck, I owned just a 30-06 for years, and it worked fine. I even hunted groundhog with it. You have to remember, I'm an Ohio Valley deer hunter. My 'ought-sixes have taken whitetail, coyote, groundhog, boar, and one very unlucky chipmunk. The latter was only confirmed by blood splatter.

The '06 can cover a lot of ground. 55 Accelerator can knock a Coyote at 200 yards. 180 grainers will down a moose.

Dangerous game? If I was going to hunt really dangerous big stuff in NA, I'd go with 35 Whelen on the top end, the chances of me doing this are nil, and the idea of a 2 gun battery would probably be out the window anyway.

Groundhog? Out to 50 yards, I'm cool with 22 LR for the second rifle. Beyond that, I'm using the 30-06 or 25-06

Coyote? If I'm doing more than 150 yards on a dog, I'd not use .223 REM. I've got a 25-06. However, I've also nailed them right fine with 30-06 and 165 grainers while deer hunting out to 250 yards.

Therefore assuming NA-only, and anything less than the biggest bears, I'd go with 30-06 and .22 LR.

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Originally Posted by elkhunternm
.300 H&H & .375 H&H.


So many choices. wink
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7-08 and .338 Win Mag.

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.250 sav ruger manlicker hawkeye

.22 lr 77/22


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256 Newton , 338 win mag.

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