Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Downsizing, choose 3 Cartridges for Worldwide hunting

.224
.264
.308

I can’t get down to three just for deer, cut down some recently, still have a big safe full of rifles

The whole idea is revolting and retarded. Congratulations.

.22-250
.30-06
375 H&H

However, a 7mm-08 with the right bullet would probably work for anything. Especially in NA..

22-300RUM, 16" Threaded barrel (might suppress and don't want it to become "impractical")

B29, couse to kudu

585 Nyati, in case the wombats charge

[quote=Rossimp]Not sure if it was a question of caliber or chamber, but would dump the 375 H&H as most collect dust



While admittedly there’s not a lot of us…….but, some use it or one of it’s improved versions a great deal right here in the good ole USA.

It’s pretty difficult to beat it’s popularity in many countries were dangerous game is on the menu…..or the hunter may be! memtb

I would not want to have only 3 rifles for hunting so this is basically a theoretical exercise. But I guess it underlines that from a practical standpoint we really do not need a lot of different hunting rifles. Still, it's fun to have variety and I'm not giving any of them up at this point.

The 30-06 and .375 have effectively settled the middle and top end of the discussion. The question remaining is what to choose at the lower end for smaller game. I'll make a suggestion unpopular in the USA and say the .222 Remington. I admit that the .223 is "better" for most smaller game hunting purposes, but only if legal. My reason for suggesting the .222 instead is that the OP specified worldwide hunting.
I know my next hunting destination, Mozambique, does not allow current military cartridges to be used for hunting. So a .222 would be a better choice there for the tiny ten antelopes, small predators etc. The .222 is still very popular in Europe. Most European manufacturers chamber a rifle in .222 and ammunition is common there. I have used a .222 to hunt Roe deer in Germany for example. I believe that the .223 is still not allowed for hunting in France. In New Zealand the .222 is commonly used to hunt all kinds of critters.

.375
30-06
.222

All favourites of mine.

I wasn’t aware of that about the .222.

I almost bought one as my first centerfire varmint rifle back around ‘75…..a Heavy Barrel Remington. Sometimes still wish I had…..but my ex wife thought that paying the house note (or two) was more important. memtb

TAG

The 222 was the best cartridge design in my life time.

.257 Roberts
7mm Weatherby Magnum
.300 Weatherby Magnum

I'll play

223

6.5x55

9.3x62

243, 7mm MauMau , 375Wea

All-American: 223, 30-06, and 45-70.

The truth is, I have a whole bunch of rifles chambered with cartridges any one of which would have worked well on anything I’ve hunted on four continents. And I guess that’s true of my 375 H&H as well, but I consider it as best for special uses like Cape Buffalo.

World wide hunting?

.50 BMG
20 mm Vulcan
8” SP

um no ..
ain't going to happen


it took me a lot of years to collect all the toys I've got and I'm planning on keeping them
.😁

6mm Rem
30-06
375 H&H

Or, as the sales pitch went, "375 H&H Magnum, One Planet, One Rifle."

Close same except I’d keep 4.
.223AI Montana
7-08AI Montana
.30-06 Montana
.35whelenAI REM 700