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Say your job is hunting for a living, limited to any and all North American game. Canada to Mexico and everything in between. But you could only choose 2 calibers for your hunting career. What 2 do you pick and why?
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An '06 and a .338 Win Mag. I suppose mostly because that is what I use now. My confidence level with both is very high. I have shot most common game , especially deer and elk with both.
I have seen enough game taken with both to feel confident of their capabilities at different ranges with particular loads. It is hard to get enough time and experience with a load to rely on your own experience rather than anothers expeience or opinion so I value that.. .
They are both very flexible in terms of handling a variety of bullet weights. Both can be downloaded easily. Component availability is excellent.
They can be loaded to have similar trajectories so I don't have to learn new drops.
They are common. boringly so. I could have chosen a .375 Weatherby for the upper cartridge I suppose as they are capable of much the same trajectories as the others (but with lots more recoil). My own .375 H&H is not.
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“Hunting for a living”
Guiding?
Multimedia sponsored personality?
If it’s the former it would probably be 280 of some variety and a 375. If it’s the latter ... who’s my biggest sponsor?
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I'm assuming by "calibers" you mean "cartridges", yeah? 270 WCF in a light bolt gun and 338WIN MAG or maybe 375H&H in a bolt gun also.
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.257 Roberts and .338 Winchester Magnum.
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Yep. 270win would also work in that first slot, as they’re nearly same/same.
Now with even more aplomb
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270 Win for most everything and 338 Win Mag for big bears.
I may not be smart but I can lift heavy objects
I have a shotgun so I have no need for a 30-06.....
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.223 & .30-06
Lots of factory ammo, plenty of power w/o a ton of recoil.
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X2! .............. The obvious two choices for flexibility. .
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If by living you mean survival, then 30-06 and 22 mag
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6.5 Creed and 35 Whelen. The former could take care of big stuff in a pinch and the latter could do smaller stuff in a pinch... but no overlap like between like 270/280 and 06 or 300 and 338.
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The venerable 6.5 Creedmoor and the 9.3x62.
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Feeling nostalgic; 270 Win and 338 Win Mag
Feeling modern day practical: 6.5 CM and 300 WSM.
Either pairing would be on the same action with very similar scopes.
Last edited by pointer; 10/27/20.
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