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To clarify, three cartridges to handle all of your personal hunting needs, which can encompass the globe but might simply be your home state if that's all you ever want to hunt. Yeah my choice also remains the same, I wont be hunting the globe Myself just My little corner of it.....Good hunting....Hb
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Ok, I'll Bite...... .223 Ruger M77 HE Predator.... .30-06 Rem 700 Mtn. Rifle..... .375 MK-V SS DGR Weatherby Mag...... And by the way, all 3-Three of these are Currently in my Gun Safe.....  Lj 
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The Globe means every game on the globe not what you personally and realistically will encounter........I am thinking. I'm aware. My choices remain. Ditto.
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Like the others,
375 H&H
223 Rem
The third one is hard...
270, 280, 280 AI or 30-06.
However, they sort of overlap the 375H&H in my opinion. Maybe a 7x57 instead...
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I prefer classic.
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.300 Win Mag - have owned eight, but none currently. 9.3 x 62 - has replaced all my mediums (.338 to .375), except for a new .35 Whelen. .458 Win Mag - the most versatile cartridge extant in my opinion, and my favorite being a handloader. Bullets from 250gr to 600gr on my shelves, loaded from traditional BP era ballistics to 6000 ft_lbs. Bob www.bigbores.ca
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.300 Win Mag - have owned eight, but none currently. 9.3 x 62 - has replaced all my mediums (.338 to .375), except for a new .35 Whelen. .458 Win Mag - the most versatile cartridge extant in my opinion, and my favorite being a handloader. Bullets from 250gr to 600gr on my shelves, loaded from traditional BP era ballistics to 6000 ft_lbs. Bob www.bigbores.caI would edit to: .223 9.3 x 62 .458 Win Mag - the most versatile cartridge extant in my opinion, and my favorite being a handloader. Bullets from 250gr to 600gr on my shelves, loaded from traditional BP era ballistics to 6000 ft_lbs. I also have .458 WM and Lott shotshells
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For me, assuming .22 LR and 12 gauge:
.223 Rem
.308 Win
.375 H&H
55 grain, 130 grain, 270 grain makes a nice doubling of bullet weights, especially considering TSX bullets.
All are commonplace hunting cartridges with great barrel life. From extensive reading, they all punch above their recoil. Also I have no intention of taking game past 300 yards.
The .223 because the ballistics are similar to the .308. Good for practice.
The .308 because both target and hunting rifles could be had. Hard not to pick the .30-06 though. If the OP was about calibres, the answer wouldn't change but I would include .30-06 under the.308 heading.
The .375 H&H because it can be had in both the Model 70 Safari rifle and the lighter Model 70 Alaskan.
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.22 lr
30 06 or .308
375 Ruger or H&H
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.300 Win Mag - have owned eight, but none currently. 9.3 x 62 - has replaced all my mediums (.338 to .375), except for a new .35 Whelen. .458 Win Mag - the most versatile cartridge extant in my opinion, and my favorite being a handloader. Bullets from 250gr to 600gr on my shelves, loaded from traditional BP era ballistics to 6000 ft_lbs. Bob www.bigbores.caI would edit to: .223 9.3 x 62 .458 Win Mag - the most versatile cartridge extant in my opinion, and my favorite being a handloader. Bullets from 250gr to 600gr on my shelves, loaded from traditional BP era ballistics to 6000 ft_lbs. I also have .458 WM and Lott shotshells 458 Lott shotshells? Are you shooting flying dinosaurs?
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.300 Win Mag - have owned eight, but none currently. 9.3 x 62 - has replaced all my mediums (.338 to .375), except for a new .35 Whelen. .458 Win Mag - the most versatile cartridge extant in my opinion, and my favorite being a handloader. Bullets from 250gr to 600gr on my shelves, loaded from traditional BP era ballistics to 6000 ft_lbs. Bob www.bigbores.caI would edit to: .223 9.3 x 62 .458 Win Mag - the most versatile cartridge extant in my opinion, and my favorite being a handloader. Bullets from 250gr to 600gr on my shelves, loaded from traditional BP era ballistics to 6000 ft_lbs. I also have .458 WM and Lott shotshells 458 Lott shotshells? Are you shooting flying dinosaurs? .458 shot shells……sounds like a great way to make your DGR serve double duty as a close range, small game firearm! I know that I’m pretty pleased with the shot shells I make for my 460 Smith! I’m using ful length .444 Marlin brass, which is a little shorter than .458 WM brass! memtb
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.300 Win Mag - have owned eight, but none currently. 9.3 x 62 - has replaced all my mediums (.338 to .375), except for a new .35 Whelen. .458 Win Mag - the most versatile cartridge extant in my opinion, and my favorite being a handloader. Bullets from 250gr to 600gr on my shelves, loaded from traditional BP era ballistics to 6000 ft_lbs. Bob www.bigbores.caI would edit to: .223 9.3 x 62 .458 Win Mag - the most versatile cartridge extant in my opinion, and my favorite being a handloader. Bullets from 250gr to 600gr on my shelves, loaded from traditional BP era ballistics to 6000 ft_lbs. I also have .458 WM and Lott shotshells 458 Lott shotshells? Are you shooting flying dinosaurs? .458 shot shells……sounds like a great way to make your DGR serve double duty as a close range, small game firearm! I know that I’m pretty pleased with the shot shells I make for my 460 Smith! I’m using ful length .444 Marlin brass, which is a little shorter than .458 WM brass! memtb I guess you could hunt anything on the globe with a .458 if you threw in a few .458 shotshells. Birds to Elephants.
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.300 Win Mag - have owned eight, but none currently. 9.3 x 62 - has replaced all my mediums (.338 to .375), except for a new .35 Whelen. .458 Win Mag - the most versatile cartridge extant in my opinion, and my favorite being a handloader. Bullets from 250gr to 600gr on my shelves, loaded from traditional BP era ballistics to 6000 ft_lbs. Bob www.bigbores.caI would edit to: .223 9.3 x 62 .458 Win Mag - the most versatile cartridge extant in my opinion, and my favorite being a handloader. Bullets from 250gr to 600gr on my shelves, loaded from traditional BP era ballistics to 6000 ft_lbs. I also have .458 WM and Lott shotshells 458 Lott shotshells? Are you shooting flying dinosaurs? .458 shot shells……sounds like a great way to make your DGR serve double duty as a close range, small game firearm! I know that I’m pretty pleased with the shot shells I make for my 460 Smith! I’m using ful length .444 Marlin brass, which is a little shorter than .458 WM brass! memtb I guess you could hunt anything on the globe with a .458 if you threw in a few .458 shotshells. Birds to Elephants. Exactly! That’s pretty good versatility! 😉 memtb
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You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
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.222mag…308….458. The ability, as mentioned above, to load it with enough birdshot to make it worthwhile sort of eliminates the need for a .22. I know it’s sacrilege to not include the .22 but for delicate small game and birds where the .22 would shine the .458 loaded with birdshot would be excellent.
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