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Tough one as I will be hunting brown bear next year and buffalo the following or the year after. Given that, my BRNO 375 H&H. I have used the H&H on elk so whilst overkill for them and the lessor stuff I cannot afford to have underkill for the larger stuff. Bullet would likely be the 270 TSX. Optics are either a 1.5-5X or 2-7X Leupold both in Alaska Arms QD's. This is the reason one rifle is maybe not such a hot idea. If a guy travels to hunt,takes on bigger/tougher/more dangerous than home grown deer,elk,moose black bears,etc. then IMO the one rifle business goes out the window and adding something like a 375 or 9.3 is a prudent idea IMO. I don't want to lug a 9# 375 up a mountain for mule deer but I can if I have to....and I don't want to wade around after Cape Buffalo with a 270.Yeah I know people kill Cape Buff and brown bear with smaller, standard cartridges....good luck to them. I want a 375. Those of us who stay at home can get by with pretty standard stuff but a guy who hunts internationally for bigger stuff is better served with more bullet weight. Forget the "people can't shoot them" conversation....unless handicapped physically, you can learn if you practice with them. Yup. Which is why the bear will see the 375 and the buff a 416. For the rest I would be quite happy with my 270 Montana and its 6x Leupold.
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My Kimber MT in 708 will cover everything that I will ever hunt; from coyotes to elk. It is by far my favorite rifle.
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Excluding small Varmints, My R1 300 Win Mag with NightForce 2.5-10x32 illuminated. 130 TSXs to various 200-220 grainers, nothing is safe. 4 shots quick and a spare mag on my belt. Will hold 3 in 1 MOA and I happen to like the look of things Italian. 275 yards 1 shot, sun not over the mountain. Thanks, Larry I like the look of things Italian too...
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Sooner or later our heritage of hunting is going to be a rich mans sport and the words "Outfitter" and "Hunt Industry" will be synonymous with cancer and A.I.D.S. among blue collar hunters like me and my family! (A.L. Williams - 2010)
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Assuming I was hunting to eat, my Marlin 782 22WMR with a Weaver K6 shooting 40gr JSP's. I could keep my freezer filled with everything from squirrel to deer indefinitely.
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Ruger Hawkeye All Weather .308 Win. Federal P308TT4 165 Trophy Bonded Tip @ 2840 fps from my 22" barrel. Started with a FX-II 6X36 with CDS, then a Zeiss Conquest 2.5-8X33, now a VX-2 2-7X33 LRD. Going back to a FX-II 6X36. Also tried a Skeleton stock for a while, but have gone back to the original all weather.
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I ordered an all-weather for my Hawkeye Predator, but it's as heavy as the laminate. Very stiff and sturdy, though.
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I've started typing on this thread about 100 times, but any of you that know me will agree its impossible for me to choose one rifle...but here's my pick for today...
Forget it, I've already changed my mind....
I enjoy handguns and I really like shotguns,...but I love rifles!
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Thanks again for all the replies!
Darrik, that's okay, I think we are all kinda in the same boat.
I do way more upland bird hunting than big game but have only bought 1 shotgun in the last +20 years. Easily a dozen plus rifles in that same amount of time and that's nothing compared to you real loonies....
Rifles are just way more fun!
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You really do need to upgrade your shotgun...
Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Remington 700 Ti 270 Win Leupold 6x42 Nos 150g Part @ 2870 FPs This combination has been working very well for me on deer, elk & black bear for the last 15 years hear in Idaho.
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I could hunt NA Big Game with just this rifle for the rest of my life. It is a Winchester Model 70 Classic Stainless FWT 30-06. I bought it in 1997 and use mostly NBT/NPT and Speer Grand Slams in 165 gr. over 57.0 gr of IMR 4350. It wears a Leopold M8 4X in dual dovetails and is bedded in a McM Hunters Edge stock. If I were limited to just one rifle this would be the one. Future plans are to adjust the diet to H4350/NBT's and consider a Leupold upgrade. That said I have been playing with two 7mm-08s that have redeeming qualities.
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The only problem with the .30/06 is that the secret is out.
When truth is ignored, it does not change an untruth from remaining a lie.
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Sam, If I had to have only one, I could sell all of my other rifles and use the cash to buy one 22" barrel stainless NULA in .270 Win.
I would scope it with a Zeiss Conquest 2-10x42 H.D. 600 reticle.
I would shoot whatever the rifle liked best at longer ranges, I wouldn't be disappointed if that turned out to be a 150 grainer.
However, if I were in your shoes living in long range Montana I may choose exactly the same thing in .270 WSM
Happy Hunting
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Ruger Hawkeye All Weather .308 Win. Federal P308TT4 165 Trophy Bonded Tip @ 2840 fps from my 22" barrel. Started with a FX-II 6X36 with CDS, then a Zeiss Conquest 2.5-8X33, now a VX-2 2-7X33 LRD. Going back to a FX-II 6X36. Also tried a Skeleton stock for a while, but have gone back to the original all weather. Cool Ruger! I think its the first time I've see a fluted and skeletonized Ruger.
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LH Rem 700 35 Whelen McMillan Edge stock M8 6x36 Leupold Burris Zee Rings 225 gr Accubond (second choice 200 gr Accubond)
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If Winchester had made a pre-64 lefty, I would say a pre-64 30-06. Now I am content with my CDL 30-06 2.5 - 8 Leupy.
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Bought my 700 MR .270 at a yardsale summer '88 for $275. Between then and a Wyoming buck antelope in October '02 I killed several pickup truckloads of whitetail with it in Tennessee.
Somewhere about then I went full loony and now have too many rifles.
Truth is I could slap a scope into the empty Talley lows and happily hunt the rest of my life with it for deer and elk with it as is: nicked wood and worn blue.
But as a loony may start looking for an unloved Mickey MR and talk to my local Cerakote artist.
First grandson arrives in June; he got a pre-natal 10/22 for Christmas. The .270 could be a starting and finishing hunting rifle if he's not cursed with my affliction...
�When in doubt, I whip it out.� Uncle Ted
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My Winchester Model 70 Classic Stainless in 30-06. I have a Leupold Vari-X 3 2.5x8 on it. It shoots 180 grain Nosler Partitions very well so if I could only have one bullet, that would probably be the one, though I wouldn't feel handicapped by having to us 180 grain Hornadys either...
I have other rifles but this is pretty much the only one I hunt with.
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I'd pick a Remington 700 XCR II barrelled action in 30-06 bedded into a McMillan KS stock and a Swarovski 3-9x36 Z3 in Talley lows. A load of H4350 and a Barnes 150gr TTSX.
Keep your eye on the fruit........
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