New hunting rifle. Best Caliber to get? (Page 2 of 2)
| If I was going to own just one hunting rifle, I'd buy a 7mm Rem Mag. Its ability to shoot flat put it ahead of the -06 & .308 and it will kill anything short of a grizzly all day long. Plus it has that magical "you can buy ammo for it anywhere" capability. |
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Originally Posted By JLH3: If I was going to own just one hunting rifle, I'd buy a 7mm Rem Mag. Its ability to shoot flat put it ahead of the -06 & .308 and it will kill anything short of a grizzly all day long. Plus it has that magical "you can buy ammo for it anywhere" capability. It will kill grizzlies too and so will a lot of smaller calibers. |
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Originally Posted By bluedog82: If you’re not shooting over long ranges, .308 for the cheapest blasting for hogs. If you plan to shoot 400+, 6.5 Creedmoor. All the calibers you listed are more than capable. A .223 will put down deer and hogs as well, as will .300blk, 6.5G, and 7.62x39, to name a few AR-15 compatible calibers. best advice highlighted; bigger holes = more souls |
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I tried 6.5G but didn’t see the added expense to be enough of an advantage to what I already had. So I sold it. My two main hunting calibers are .223/5.56 62gr bonded SP- Federal fusion/Speer GD 308 In various loads. That pretty much covers me for almost everything in North America. |