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To hunt the world: my .270 Win and a .375 H&H
North America only: a .243 Win and a .338 Win Mag
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250 Savage & 358 Win for the rifle department. Still need a Black Powder Gun and at least 1 shotgun.
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.30-06 & .375 H&H those two will cover the world. With apologies to my 338WM those would work for me. Still planning a trip or two to Africa and at least one calls for a Cape Buff. Otherwise I could live with 30-06 and 338WM.
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Hard to pick only 2 but in the rifles I currently own i guess .257 Roberts and .348 AI are my favorites. Mainly due to the rifles they're chambered in.
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Steelhead's .22 and .30 would be hard to top, but I'd have a hard time living without something in .45 to scratch the cast bullet itch.
.223 and 45-70 for me.
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243 those are good choices. I assume you mean cartridges and not caliber.
I would take a 270 and a 375H&H. Exactly what I was thinking ("caliber"/cartridge), except make mine the good ol 30-06 and 375 H&H...
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If I had to get down to 2 cartridges (I pray that day never comes) I would go with .22LR and .30/06.
If we play this game assuming everyone is going to have a .22, I think I would go .257 Roberts and .30/06. For a long time I thought I would choose a .270 and a .300 Win Mag, but having a young son, I have really given this a great deal of consideration. I want to send him out in the world properly prepared. I bought one of the limited run Winchester model 70 featherweights in .257 Roberts and put it in the safe for when he is ready for a centerfire. He is 7 and had a ball this evening shooting a .22. I figure I'll add a .30/06 when he is a teenager and he is good to go.
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Fast twist fast stepping .224, and the 06. Though I could be tempted to make the 06 a 45/70. Either way I'd be good.
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Either of the following combos:
300 H&H and 400 H&H
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I'd lean towards the latter.
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If I could only have 2 calibers my choices would be 7-08 and 338 win mag. I figure all bases are covered with those. What's your choice? I hunt the coyote and elk, moose, deer. For my own enjoyment, I'd choose the .257 Bob and standard .280 Remy. But from a strictly [pragmatic] POV, might be better to choose the .243 Win and .30/06 for their popularity and usually plentiful ammo stocks.
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For hunting, only two rifle cartridge chamerings would be .22 LR and .30-06.
Obviously, there are several other choices that would be a better fit for some animals. A .375 Ruger or H&H would be better suited for large bear and moose and a .223 Rem. would be a better choice for coyote, but if only allowed two, these would be my choices.
The most versatle single hunting weapon/chambering would be a 12 ga. pump or semi-automatic shotgun with a 3 1/2 inch chamber and a smooth shotgun barrel and a rifled slug barrel. With this and the proper shells, you can hunt large game up to about 125 yards down to doves and rabbits at 35-40 yards.
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Wow what a question! Mine would be my 7mm STW and my 338 Lapua both very accurate Sakos !! At some point in life every man should own a Sako rifle and a John Deere tractor !! I'm still waiting on the tractor, spending all my money buying Sakos !!
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My 300 savage for small stuff and my 30-06 when I need the big gun Now to answer the caliber question, 22 and 308 would do fine by me.
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1.a- .22 Rimfire ...b- .22 Centerfire ...c- .25 Centerfire 2.a- .30-06 ...b- 35 Whelen ...c- .375 H&H
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+1 Lots of good cartridges to choose from with those two calibers.
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For what I hunt now, 1. 22lr and 2. .270WCF. For what I'd like to hunt .22lr and .300WM. To do it all and be extra cool about it .22WRF and 8x57.
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I would take a 270 and a 375H&H.
Hard to argue with that. I suppose the '06 would fit in there just as well but really the .277 and .375 would be a hard combo to beat. Make the .277 a WSM and it is an even tougher argument against.
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.22 and a .45-70 or .45-100.
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I would want one for general purpose deer, that is mild to shoot and one that has ample power for elk,moose and larger bear. I would want them to be close enough I could take the small one as back-up for elk moose and the larger one not to extreme that it wouldn't work well for deer.
I think I would do a 300 mag of some kind, probably a WSM and then maybe a 7mm-08 or one of the 6.5's for the lighter one.
If I added a third, say a 375 I would be pretty set world wide.
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