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Easy choice for me.
270 Win and 338-06 OP stated 22LR and shotgun already included, same as rifle for the big stuff and varmints.
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25-06
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I was with you on the 300 Win.. The 06 is about the same thing I guess.
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If I had to be super practical, I think a combination of .270 Winchester and .375 H&H would be very hard to beat.
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If only two - .270 Win. Mountain Ascent and my 375 H&H Talkeetna.
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I was with you on the 300 Win.. The 06 is about the same thing I guess. I could go with either. Currently have the 30-06 was my reason for editing.
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7x57 and 9.3x62 280 and 338-06 243 and 338Federal 30-06 and 30-06 Lots of great combos.
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The main idea is you have two rifles that you grab most of the time that you know inside and out. Or it can be one as far as that goes. These two should always be ready to go hunting at any time. Should always have plenty of components/ammo on hand for them at all times. A custom barrel 1:7 or 8 twist .243 Win and .308 Win in no more than a 7.5lb all up rifle 20-22" barrel. Nice lightish, fast handling, easy to shoot rifles. Present situation excluded, components and ammo were common and easy to get plus there is more than a little commonality between the two for components. If you can't kill a pronghorn, goats, sheep, and deer with a .243 or elk/moose with a .308, it isn't a rifle/cartridge issue is all I'm going to say. If you're goint to use factory rifles 6mm Creedmoor and .308 Win for a lot of the same reasons above.
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Exactly... or 270/270, 6.5CM/6.5CM, etc., etc. For me, one lightweight and one midweight both chambered the same. If not that, I'd say the finest practical combo for here in Montana is a 243 and 270.
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My 7X57 and 35 Whelen would take care of all I want to hunt.
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But if all I had was two 308’s I would probably fall asleep. Uh Huh, + 2 Jerry
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My Dad had three guns 22LR, 12 gauge and a 308 and somehow he managed
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6.5x55 and 35 Whelen if I could only have two. I like that combo as well.
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A 223 and a 30-06 would be tough to beat Yup ..... That would cover everything 99% of us would be needing a rifle for.
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