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Bored for sure. I have everything I need, just looking for the next project.
Well for what you describe I’ll tell you what has intrigued me is a Barrett Fieldcraft in 6.5x55 Swede shooting a 127 LRX (for big bodied stuff like bear & elk) or 130 VLD (for deer). Mild, fun to shoot, versatile, and I had a gun store guy ask “Oh a Creedmoor??” which caused me to literally LOL... well sir, no, or yeah, the euro version with 110 yrs more history...
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We need a like button! Lots of great ideas here.
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A lot of good answers on this thread.
I'd have to go with the 160gr NBT out of my 7mm STW.
The OP did say one bullet, so why not also load that in the 7mm-08, and .280 AI?
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300 Win Mag 180 or 200 Accubond
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Tikka T3, 30-06, 168 TTSX. Mine is 7lb 2oz with a 6x42 Leupold and 7lb 10oz with a SWFA, IIRC.
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I got interrupted earlier, but if you want the coolest get a 6.5x55 and shoot 140’s. +1, with NP 140s. Rifle? I prefer CRF actions, so an M70, custom Mauser or a CZ550. A .280, .280 AI, or a 6.5-06 would also be cool. Easiest choice? An M70 Featherweight in .270 or .30-06.
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l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right.
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Take a step up in Class and have a custom chambered Remington 600 in 9,3 BS.
If that's too extreme find a 9,3X62 98 Mauser. Kill anything, anywhere without big hunks of blood-shot meat.
Shoot Barnes 250gr TTSX or Barnes 286gr TSX. The 250gr would be the better choice for the 9,3 BS.
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Tikka T3, 30-06, 168 TTSX. Mine is 7lb 2oz with a 6x42 Leupold and 7lb 10oz with a SWFA, IIRC. Beat me to it. “Bear at 150” is an awfully big window to fill. If the window closed at 300 lb black bears, a 6.5 mm interlock at 140 grains.
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CZ 550 American
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286 gr Partition
65 gr BigGame
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Here are the parameters....
Whitetail/Black Bear/Elk 150 yards and under.
Bonus points for cartridge suggestions, as long they aren't traditionally "gay" chamberings.
Delivery vehicle will have to be light weight with a barrel no longer than 23".
Extra bonus points for anything other than .243 win, .260 rem, 7-08 rem, and .308 win. It's been a while since I've bought a rifle, convince me.
Also, I've been led to understand that Creedmoors are not especially masculine, so best to skip them.
165 Partition, 300 Savage. Boom!
...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....
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Partition or Accubond in whatever caliber you want.
It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.
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280 Remington 140 TBBC or the newer version Terminal Accent, or Barnes 140 TTXS
Either bullet will work since you have Elk on the menu, especially in a light Rem Mountain Rifle
or 300 WSM shooting 165 TTSX in a Kimber Montana
Both have worked well for me
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Partition or Accubond in whatever caliber you want. Yep. Pick the heaviest one you can shot at 3k. Go kill stuff.
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
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The new and exciting 30-06 with 150-grain Cort-Lokt bullets, pushed with IMR4064, then mostly cut up with Forschner knives has filled boatloads of freezers for me.
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30-06 165 gr under 56 gr of 4350 ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/bNY22gqd/EE75-C4-B0-6751-45-F0-B37-D-4-A5-D2-C4800-B6.jpg) That’s a good start. Partition specifically. What my brother in law uses on EVERYTHING. I’m more diverse. But used it a week ago. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/Oc9YMiQ.jpg)
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According to those needs/specs you gave - including "lightweight" - 140 gr. in either 7x57 or 6.5x55
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l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right.
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