Hunting Rifles - Need a new one

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Bowhunter

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The old bullets still work too. Sierra Game King, Nosler Partition, Speer Hot Core, and I'm pretty sure I saw some Remington Core-Lokt for sale the other day. My point was that shooting game with a FMJ match bullet was his problem, not his caliber choice.

I agree, but it put a sour on me for that caliber forever. I couldn't get any hunting round to shoot out of that thing! I used that rifle in Missouri where my setup usually presented a 300 to 400 yard shot. To the OP, The 30-06 is a deer dropper plain and simple!


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My BLR 308 has not lost a deer yet unless I missed. Shoot Hornady light mags or superformance they also gave me the best groups better than any hand load I tried working up

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If elk is definitely on the list, I'd say a 260 or 7mm-08 for factory offerings...I have a 6.5-06 that I love, but have never tried it (or anything else) on elk, just deer and coyotes...I'm not a fan of the 270's recoil, probably dislike them as bad as Bowhunter does 308's LOL...if you reload, the sky's the limit on wildcats I bet!
 

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Don't usually get in on these conversations because caliber likes and dislikes are so subjective. But, I have killed many Bull Elk with everything from the .257 Roberts to 375 H&H Mag. I am not a magnum fanboy but must admit a .338 or .375 works well in the mountains. I lived there for several years before returning to Oklahoma in the early eighties. A main consideration should be on how you prefer to hunt. My longest elk shot in all those years was 92 paces and deer was 175 running I preferred to get up close and personal in the black timber with the Elk. Never saw much that excited me about sitting in a spot and pot shooting from a distance. In those years the most popular and efficient rifle in the hands of locals was a .308 and the most lost game came from those shooting .243's. The Browning BLR was a very popular rifle with the locals. It became my go to rifle for everything but not in .308. My favorite cartridge was it's little big brother, the .358 Winchester. I owned that caliber in levers and bolts and never had less than two of them in my gun safe till last year. I no longer hunt deer or elk and a friend from Oregon talked me out of my then current BLR take-down in .358 so he could carry it in a checked suitcase to Alaska for Moose. He got a fine one with it too. Not a lot of factory ammo available but it is a handloaders dream. I have a stash of Hornady factory in the safe. That caliber kills everything I have shot at very efficiently. Killed the only hog I ever shot like the hammer of Thor. I'll be 75 yrs old in a couple of weeks and will have my backup .358 for sale along with the few guns I have left. My son died before me so I have nobody to pass them on to. My grandkids aren't interested in hunting or guns and i actually think that's good. It will save them lots of $$ over their lifetime. I'll not advertise in this thread but all I'm gonna keep are a couple of my SIGs for carry and my Beretta SxS for the few bird trips Bea and I will make. Watch the ads later for my unfired back up. It will make someone a super Oklahoma thumper if they like a bolt rifle. BTW, Jack O'Conner heavily influenced my long time hunting partner back then and he took several with his .270 - just gotta use the right bullets for whatever cartridge you choose.
 

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Shot a 30-06, 270, 375 HandH and a 338 Win Mag today. My favorite was a Ruger SS model in .338, felt good, but a good kick as well, really liked it. Here is a pick off the net of what I shot today.
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Gonna try a few more this week if I can find the time like a 25-06 and a 7mm Mag. So far though this is my choice.
 

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Shot a 30-06, 270, 375 HandH and a 338 Win Mag today. My favorite was a Ruger SS model in .338, felt good, but a good kick as well, really liked it. Here is a pick off the net of what I shot today.
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Gonna try a few more this week if I can find the time like a 25-06 and a 7mm Mag. So far though this is my choice.
I am not a fan of Ruger Rifles. I have had few and killed several deer with a Ruger, but I do not care for the way it bolts into a stock.
 
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