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Love my 375 H&H but will go with the 30/06.
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I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave....
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Whatever you are willing to put up with, is exactly what you will have.
When your ship comes in. ... make sure you are willing to unload it.
PAYPAL, sucks and I will never use them again. I recommend you do the same.
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ok seriously, I'd have to say 257 Bob because it's my favorite at the moment.
Whatever you are willing to put up with, is exactly what you will have.
When your ship comes in. ... make sure you are willing to unload it.
PAYPAL, sucks and I will never use them again. I recommend you do the same.
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Pull out the big bears and I would say any of the .30 Mags, with brownies part of the equation a 338 Win or 340 WBY would be tough to beat. But I guess the real answer is there is no perfect all around cartridge. You NEED to have them all! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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I'd have to say .30-06, maybe a .300 Winny. I'd bet you'd also find lots of people saying .30-30 though, too.
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Capable of taking squirrels and grizz Here's my take on this. Chances are I'd be shooting about a thousand squirrels to every Grizz I "might" be encountering, so the cartridge would have to be able to be down loaded easily. I don't see that happening very well with the big belted cases. Also, anything for squirrels would require a head shot. The rifle would have to be very comfortable to shoot accurately. Maybe you guys can do that with a .300 Rum, but I couldn't. So, I'd go with something on a 30-06 or .308 case, and at least a 7mm bullet or .270 (that hurt to say) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />. That gets me to the 7mm-08 Rem, .308 Win, .338-.308, .358 Win, .270 Win, .280 Rem, .30-06, .338-06, 8mm-06, .35 Whelen. I'd have a hard time picking just one, but my .338-06 has been getting the nod more often than anything else, so I guess that would have to be it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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"if it's got tits or tires, it's going to give you grief, one way or another."
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Just like eating a bowl of vanilla ice cream and washing it down with a glass of luke warm tap water.... the .30-06. Plain as plain can be. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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How about the 300 Ultra Mag.....does all that too...?
MC
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marlin, My 300RUM is a true thumper. I have taken elk, moose and mtn goat with it. Ain't none of them went very far after getting hit with it. The goat went the fartherest, only because it fell from an almost vertical mtn. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Still, I think the 300 Win is the best all arounder, only because most people could not handle the recoil of the 300 RUM, and the 300 Win can be made into a lighter package without too much punishment from recoil. Tony
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35 Whelen. Cast bullets for small game and varmints, great for deer with mid-range loads, and capable of even the nasty stuff, the bison meat hunt, etc. JMO, Dutch.
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oh my, the 'banjo back for another heapin' helpin' o' trollvaltine.
from squirrel to grizzly?
sounds an awful lot like "from moose on down to sqwill."
anybody remember that line from other forums?
abiding in Him,
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I'd probably pick the 300 win mag, and never look back, or the 300 weatherby mag. Thank god I am not limited to just one rifle, as I prefer the 7mm Rem Mag for mule deer on down, and some of my lesser cartridges. The 06 is a good one, but I tired of it years ago. Why? Because everyone seemed to have one, I just like doing different things.
Nowadays, gun writers tell you you need a cannon to bear hunt, when I was a kid in the early 60 s there wasnt anything the 300 win mag couldnt handle. Suddenly, our bear are alot tougher, .................
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See what you started, this is like asking,"who got the best kid". Your handle reminds me of a Nashville joke.
What's the difference between a banjo and an onion? Nobody cries when you cut up a banjo.
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Fish280,I didnt get that from any other post.I just made it up on the top of my head.Squirrels and grizz are worlds apart and are what most people think of when they think of small game or dangerous game.The question was what can do it all.But even if I did,who cares.Does it bother you that much that I said two words that the other guy said.And what is a sqwill anyway?Was the guy from New Jersey or something? "Banjo back for another heapin' helpin' o' trollvaltine." OMG!!!That kinda sound like the theme song from the beverly hillbillies!Im gonna call Earl Scruggs on you for plagerizing his song!O my heart is about to stop from this pressure!!The funny thing is,you never answered my question.
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Fish 280,I see you an Alabama boy.Whats wrong with you?You a yank that moved to Alabama or you just dont like banjos?I personally think its funny anybody could make fun of a banjo.It doesnt bother me when a yank does it ,they dont know any better ,but a guy from Alabama?I smell something FISHY.
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The .35 Whelen or my 8mm-06 Ackley Imp.
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I could live with the '06, and did for a few years, but after taking 9 animals with the 300wsm I'd have to say I like it a little better.
Using Barnes bullets before they were cool.
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