Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Alaska If you were to have just one caliber ?

Now that is funny!,

Swamplord, out of curiosity what are your thoughts on the 338-378 Weatherby?

needs an 8 twist 30" barrel minimum.... to make use of the case capacity for the heavy high bc bullets, if not hunting at long range (1k) then you don't need it, the 340 Wby will work just fine and Peterson makes brass for it, the 338-378 Wby needs a muzzle brake but the 340 Wby does not

don't have a 338-378 Wby but load ammo for three 30-378 Wby rifles and they all shoot great with crafted handloads, two of them have never had factory ammo through them and none ever will again, they want $169.00 for a box of Hornady crap and I'm not giving red box a red cent for anything anymore

same deal with the 30-378, needs a faster twist 30" plus barrel

If you're wanting to stomp the hell out of big game at the usual hunting distances, the 338-378 will do a damn fine job

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Been awhile, I see internet pornstar swamp cock is still beating his chest.

And the consensus is ought six as "one gun".... lol

And those long shots on game animals, unethical.

Definately unethical for you 'cause you're too stupid to learn how to shoot beyond bow range with a rifle and your choice of "one gun" is fitting and telling

Your cartridge choice is yours, your ethics are yours & don't apply to anyone else

now piss off sissi boi, I'm busy reloading .410 brass shotshells

Its friday nite, you really should get a girlfriend so you dont have to beat off for case lube......

Is your wife still doing outcalls ?

Msg me her #, I lost her contact info when my iphone 11 crashed

Did you run out of Dependz? Dumb fuch, lol

Only a dumb mfkr like you would use lube for reloading brass .410 shotshells, for what I have no clue... I have 100 pcs of .410 brass cases & 100 pcs of .444 Marlin cases I'm loading up & have zero use for lube on anything

Shows how much of a "gundummy" Fudd you are ....

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PS; Of the three you listed I would choose the .338 Winchester. Might not be ideal but it's enough.

Its ok, nobody really cares what you do in your basement, dumb fuch...lol

New guy here. Like my handle I would go with my Whelen. It has never let me down and kills what ever it is shot at. I have other bigger, faster,newer guns to chose from but the Whelen is the one my hand always reaches for.

One...
I don't know which to choose a 308, 9,3x62 or 375 H&H. Like them all.

300 WSM or 7mm Wby

In the literal interpretation of the OP I believe that MY minimum caliber for Alaska begins with a .30 and goes up from there. In my opinion the .338WM is perfect for a one gun guy and iirc the .338WM was designed for Alaska big game hunting.

Just 1 s h I t don't fly period...mb

My interpretation of the OP is one caliber for the bigger stuff in Alaska. That does not necessarily mean only one rifle so chambered for that purpose, nor only one caliber and rifle for all Alaskan game.

One Rifle, one ctg will DO IT for AK, if you handload...

.338-06AI is a pretty good choice. The AI enables mild velocity boost with heavy bullets, 250gr and up. The 40deg shoulder enables long-lived brass; minimal stretching. Great bullet weight range to choose from. 160's all the way to 300gr. Cast bullets with the 220gr Lee for small game.

The .338/300win is also very versatile. 3 or 4 in the magazine instead of 5. Allows mild loads with 250gr bullets. I started off with 65gr of xmr 4350 with 250gr and with a Rem 700 got up to over 75gr before recoil was worrisome. Never saw pressure signs on a primer. A great ctg for the range you can load. Enables mild loads with jacketed and cast.

.35WhelenAI is also versatile and improved with heavy bullets. The Whelen can shoot pistol bullets. Not that the .357mag is a great woods handgun in AK, but there are 200gr flatpoint molds out there. The .357Maximum might be a choice for a duo, but the Dan Wesson's are a rarity. Seems like S&W could chamber their big mag frame for the Maximum???

Many acclaim the .375 H&H for "one rifle/ctg". The .375 Ruger Mag is better. More velocity, no belt (maybe a plus, maybe not), chambers in any `06 length action and uses standard magnum boltface diameter.



If the .30-06 is sufficient or "good enough" for All-Around In AK; the .338-06AI is just that much more because bullet weight choices.


A guy could probably do just fine with a .280remAI as that one is acknowledged as gaining most velocity boost of all the AI'ed `06 ctgs. Leaves a bit to be desired with max 180gr weights for a Bear Confrontation. Still probably enough.



The .358 Norma Mag is an AK Classic Round. Handloading that one makes lots of options open up.

At one time I had .378wby ctgs, Lapua mag, Lazzeroni, and Rem Ultra Mags in 30 & 338 cals, also a .375rum. Just too big and too limited. Big volume ctgs just can't be safely loaded to mild velocities.

Personally, I can't see shooting any rifle without handloading for it.

QUOTE: Big volume ctgs just can't be safely loaded to mild velocities.


😂! Been doing it for almost 40 years! Maybe I’ve just been lucky, or can do that which no one else is capable! Granted, I’ve not worked with some of the cartridges that you mentioned…..but, have developed pretty good “light loads” in a .375 AI. That is if……280 grain (cast) bullets @ approximately 1300 fps is considered mild. I’m reasonably certain that I could get down to around 1000 fps…..but, to what end? memtb

Hola Gringo....

Was referring to .30-378wby, Ultra Mags, Lapua Mags as "Big Volume Ctgs"

The .375 H&H etc has lesser volume than the standard Weatherby ctgs and the 8mm Rem Mag ctgs.
I am not a fan of the Express length magnums.

Dunno if the old standby 10gr Unq is usable in the H&H? Detonation is pretty likely in a lg capacity ctg, most of those only work with big charges of slow burning powder, iirc.

The .375 has a good bullet weight range, from 235 (maybe some lighter), on up to 350gr. I know some guys tout the .375 Whelen, but not much shoulder on that one. The .375/284 enables same powder charge and ballistics but has more shoulder area. That would be a good One Gun round for AK. I never tried any light loads in the .375 ruger I used to own. That is a pretty excellent round in all respects. Easy to improve any standard Belted Magnum to .375 Ruger; unless it's Express length.

The .375 Weatherby is the AI'd version of the H&H. Very good choice if you like an Express length ctg.