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As a new rifle hunter, If you were planning to buy TWO rifles only, what would they be chambered in?....I have read enough to realize that most people would not agree on any ONE caliber as a "do everything well" caliber. Since we all like to hunt and shoot, why would we WANT to only have one rifle anyway?
Hopefully they would have some overlap in their capabilities (both should handle deer so I have an extra to loan) the bigger one for Elk, Deer, Bear, possibly a Moose someday? The smaller for Deer sized game and smaller with some varmints and paper too.
My recent hunting background includes 11 Ohio Whitetails (so far ;)) in two seasons, mostly archery up close and personal, a few with 12ga slugs and muzzle loader....planning to hunt all over where rifles are used, especially in Oregon where I was raised and need to get started with an Elk rifle...
If I were to ask you to pick only one it would prob be the .30-06? but if two, I was thinking the .30-06 might be end up between two better choices?...
my opinions from lessons learned:
1. Archery taught me that getting close is DOABLE and FUN. also that shot placement is more important than raw power!
2. Shooting 1.25 OZ.Magnum Slugs taught me that MASSIVE recoil just plain sucks at the range! I never felt a thing when dropping a buck in his tracks, but lower recoil is prefered...
my guess is: 7mm Rem Mag and .25-06 ?
Thx in advance for your valued input!
Dan
"Are these 12ga. sabot slugs good for deer? Heck No, it will kill 'em!" ahahahahaha
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Little Sky in Bob and Hawkeye in 338 RCM.
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223 and 30-06.
Hunt anything in North America, and find ammo everywhere.
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270/280/7-08
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338 Win.
A bit big for prairie dogs, but doable & the 338 will get you thru the big bears.
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270/280/7-08
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338 Win.
A bit big for prairie dogs, but doable & the 338 will get you thru the big bears.
MM Yup................or get a pair of 30/06's.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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i'd do something like that. maybe .223 AI and 7mm WSM though.
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How 'bout a .243 and the 7mm mag mentioned in the original post. TSX's have apparently made the .24 cals kill all out of proportion to caliber and the 55 gr BT would be death on vermin at 3800 fps.
The 7mm Rem Mag doesn't recoil bad at all, no worse than a 30-06 in my experience. Shoots flat and will handle anything up to moose with the proper bullet.
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Since the varmit shooting is involved I would say 25/06 and 30/06 would be the logical choices. If it were me 270 win and 35 whelen. Like another fella mentioned 223 and 30/06, depends on the amount of varmit shooting and big game you will do.
JOC was right. The 270 Winchester on a Model 70 is a great combination as is the 30/06 and 375 H&H
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.243 and 300 Win if you are not a reloader
.243 and 30-06 if you want to back off on recoil from the Win mag
.25-06 and 338-06 if you reload
7x57 and 9.3x62 if you are a hopeless romantic
.223 and .308 if you are a tactical wannabe
.260 Rem and .35 Whelen if you want funny looks at the range
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260 Remington and a 340 Weatherby
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22-250 and 300WM, WSM, H&H, or Norma
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.243 and 300 Win if you are not a reloader
.243 and 30-06 if you want to back off on recoil from the Win mag
.25-06 and 338-06 if you reload
7x57 and 9.3x62 if you are a hopeless romantic
.223 and .308 if you are a tactical wannabe
.260 Rem and .35 Whelen if you want funny looks at the range That is actually amazingly insightful...
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...what utah said... with the possible exception of choosing the BEST available without worrying about availability, cost, etc... which would be... 6.5x55 and .338 Federal 
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1. 7-08 & 300wsm if you reload because factory ammo can be expensive.
2. .308 & 30-06 if you do not reload, ammo for these 2 are relatively lower priced.
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260 Remington and a 340 Weatherby Exactly what I was going to type. So...um, .243 and .338. For a reloader though Utah's .25 & .338/06 combo is pretty sweet.
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.223 and .308 if you are a tactical wannabe You could do a lot worse than those two even if you aren't a tactical wannabe.
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