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<blockquote data-quote="Buano" data-source="post: 2068348" data-attributes="member: 21641"><p>I made the same decision 40+ years ago and decided a 7MM Rem Mag was the best "do it all" rifle cartridge for everything up through and including elk. It was the best choice for a 1-rifle battery. I ordered a first generation Browning A-Bolt Stainless Stalker almost 2 years before they finally shipped.</p><p></p><p>It didn't take me too many years to determine that my one rifle, while capable of taking the game I was chasing, was almost never the optimum cartridge for what I was hunting. The 7 mag easily killed deer — and shredded any meat it got near. I got tired of the damage to meat & picked up a used .25-06 for use on deer. The 7 mag killed every elk I shot with it — eventually. Not satisfied with "eventually", I picked up more "potent" rifles (all used) for the bigger game, a .300 Weatherby Alaskan, a Sako 85 stainless in .375 H&H, and a .338/.378 Weatherby Accumark. (Every elk I've shot with the .338/.378 tumbled the instant I pulled the trigger — there was no "eventually".)</p><p></p><p>I recommend you plan for at least a 2-rifle battery if you are going to hunt everything from antelope to elk. A .25-06, 6.5 CM, or even a .270 WSM (if ranges are long) for the smaller animals, and a .300 or .338 mag of your choice for the larger animals would give you a "near ideal" rifle for everything you plan to hunt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buano, post: 2068348, member: 21641"] I made the same decision 40+ years ago and decided a 7MM Rem Mag was the best "do it all" rifle cartridge for everything up through and including elk. It was the best choice for a 1-rifle battery. I ordered a first generation Browning A-Bolt Stainless Stalker almost 2 years before they finally shipped. It didn't take me too many years to determine that my one rifle, while capable of taking the game I was chasing, was almost never the optimum cartridge for what I was hunting. The 7 mag easily killed deer — and shredded any meat it got near. I got tired of the damage to meat & picked up a used .25-06 for use on deer. The 7 mag killed every elk I shot with it — eventually. Not satisfied with "eventually", I picked up more "potent" rifles (all used) for the bigger game, a .300 Weatherby Alaskan, a Sako 85 stainless in .375 H&H, and a .338/.378 Weatherby Accumark. (Every elk I've shot with the .338/.378 tumbled the instant I pulled the trigger — there was no "eventually".) I recommend you plan for at least a 2-rifle battery if you are going to hunt everything from antelope to elk. A .25-06, 6.5 CM, or even a .270 WSM (if ranges are long) for the smaller animals, and a .300 or .338 mag of your choice for the larger animals would give you a "near ideal" rifle for everything you plan to hunt. [/QUOTE]
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