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Between Phil (458Win) and the AK F&G recommendations, you guys are swimming against a mighty strong current.
My home is the "sanctuary residence" for my firearms.
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No Mr. Whoop - Not Me! <G> I have used the 30-06 on virtually everything in Alaska and with all the great bullets we have today it is better than ever. My Mauser 30-06 with 220 Partitions worked just fine as a backup on this brown bear a few years ago. Can't get any closer to "the horse's mouth" than THAT!!
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T R U M P W O N !
U L T R A M A G A !
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I would use my 375 Ruger Guide Gun.
Nothing like a Remington 700xcr.
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Bought this from a kid in Alaska who made it up, shot a few rounds out of it and sold it. I think he sold it because he could not make it feed right...took it to a good smith and now feeds fine with everything... 77MKII .350 Remington Magnum, 18.25" barrel, NECG rear sight and Williams front. Scope is a Tasco Titan 1.5-6 30mm tube with German #4 reticle. Warne QD rings. Has spent a lot of time on a 4-wheeler in Maine and still looks new. Bob My .460 Weatherby has been thumping that scope for 20 years without ever giving up. A truly underrated scope. John
When truth is ignored, it does not change an untruth from remaining a lie.
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Frankly a lot of cartridges from 30-06 on up will work in Alaska. I believe most people choose either a favorite caliber or favorite rifle, and that should work just fine for most people. Probably better than picking some rifle to do a particular task, that you don't shoot as well. FWIW
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My standard answer to this has been "if the 06 cant get it done, nothing will." I went tru the typical gotta have a big magnum phase, but I've gone back to the basics and been totally happy with the 06. It's worked just fine on moose, caribou, black bears a wolf, coyote, and even porcupine.
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5# 350 RM spouting 225XXX.... Little shorty Leupy 1.75x6 . And a peanut butter and jelly in my pocket. Pretty much stress free day....
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My lightweight .338 Win...weighs 6lbs 13oz with a 2.5-8 Leupold.
Not much you can't do with a 225gr Accubond at 2900fps.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
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If I were to hunt in Alaska again, I would use my 300 Weatherby unless I would be hunting coastal brown bears where I would use my .375 RUM.
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Not that Alaska is in the works or even likely, but I always figured a trip there would be a good reason to buy a new rifle. Since I already have a .45-70 and a .338 WM, the current candidate would be a .375 Ruger. In the unlikely event, the rifle and cartridge would be determined by where and what I was hunting. I doubt the .375 Ruger would be the one if hunting caribou.
Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!
No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.
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Bought this from a kid in Alaska who made it up, shot a few rounds out of it and sold it. I think he sold it because he could not make it feed right...took it to a good smith and now feeds fine with everything... 77MKII .350 Remington Magnum, 18.25" barrel, NECG rear sight and Williams front. Scope is a Tasco Titan 1.5-6 30mm tube with German #4 reticle. Warne QD rings. Has spent a lot of time on a 4-wheeler in Maine and still looks new. Bob My .460 Weatherby has been thumping that scope for 20 years without ever giving up. A truly underrated scope. John WAY...WAY....underrated. It was probably Tascos best line of scopes. When Bushnell bought Tasco and Simmons they closed out the Titan line. Wholesale had been $236.00...my wholesaler closed them out at $110.00...I bought over 50 of them and resold all of them on GunBroker and ebay for double the money. I still have two and just found a 3-12 (?) that I use on the Ruger if I need a little more power...for $90.00. Bob
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Kimber Montana 84L in 30-06. Cut an inch or two off the barrel and mount a Leupold 3.5-10x40 or 6x36 in Talley lows. Shoot 180 gr Partition for most everything maybe a 220 gr Partition for the big bears.
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Easy answer... I'd keep my pre '64 Winchester 338Magnum.
My g8-g8 uncle was Barney Riggs. Google and read about him. He roamed around the southwest, mainly west Tx and Az and NM territory. History credits him with from 9 - 12 men he killed, not counting Mexicans and Indians. Family lore has it at 18.
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