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Input Wanted for Ultimate "One Rifle" for North American Game - $10k Including Optics
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<blockquote data-quote="AJ Peacock" data-source="post: 288146" data-attributes="member: 4885"><p><strong>Re: Input Wanted for Ultimate "One Rifle" for North American Game - $10k Including Op</strong></p><p></p><p>Only one rifle? Saying and thinking that is nearly blasphemous!</p><p></p><p>But if I had to have a single rifle for everything, I'd go with the 300WSM. I'd choose the .30 cal round because anything smaller would have a shorter barrel life. Also, heavier bullets in the .30 would work well on shorter range type hunting (bears etc.).</p><p></p><p>The 300WSM is an incredibly accurate and efficient round.</p><p></p><p>I would never have a brake on my only rifle, because that would force you to always hunt with hearing protection. The 300WSM is at the limit that most feel comfortable with for extended un-braked shooting.</p><p></p><p>I'd have it built to end up around 10 pounds with scope.</p><p></p><p>As far as scope, on the lightweight end, I'd use a Leupold 4.5x14x40 with Duplex reticle or Nightforce 2.5x10x32 with NP-R2 reticle, on the heavier end I'd select a Nightforce 3.5x15x50 with a NP-R1 reticle.</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't be happy with a single rifle, but I wouldn't feel undergunned on deer/sheep size game out to 800-1000yds and I wouldn't feel undergunned (very much) if I had to shoot a Brown bear at 100yds either. If I had to shoot a Brown bear at 20yds, I'd feel undergunned though <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>AJ</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AJ Peacock, post: 288146, member: 4885"] [b]Re: Input Wanted for Ultimate "One Rifle" for North American Game - $10k Including Op[/b] Only one rifle? Saying and thinking that is nearly blasphemous! But if I had to have a single rifle for everything, I'd go with the 300WSM. I'd choose the .30 cal round because anything smaller would have a shorter barrel life. Also, heavier bullets in the .30 would work well on shorter range type hunting (bears etc.). The 300WSM is an incredibly accurate and efficient round. I would never have a brake on my only rifle, because that would force you to always hunt with hearing protection. The 300WSM is at the limit that most feel comfortable with for extended un-braked shooting. I'd have it built to end up around 10 pounds with scope. As far as scope, on the lightweight end, I'd use a Leupold 4.5x14x40 with Duplex reticle or Nightforce 2.5x10x32 with NP-R2 reticle, on the heavier end I'd select a Nightforce 3.5x15x50 with a NP-R1 reticle. I wouldn't be happy with a single rifle, but I wouldn't feel undergunned on deer/sheep size game out to 800-1000yds and I wouldn't feel undergunned (very much) if I had to shoot a Brown bear at 100yds either. If I had to shoot a Brown bear at 20yds, I'd feel undergunned though :D AJ [/QUOTE]
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