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<blockquote data-quote="nralifer" data-source="post: 2780036" data-attributes="member: 94556"><p>It depends a lot on what type of hunting you want to do and are able to do. This of course dictates the range of critter size you are going after. If your range is Prairie Dog to Kodiak Bear, unless you are OK with plinking at Prairie Dogs with a big 30 cal or 338 then a 338/06, 338 WM, 338Norma or LM, 300Norma, 300 WSM, 300WM, all will work because they all will dispatch a Kodiak Bear within150 yds. I would strongly advise using a high BC all copper bullet for the larger game because the provide the widest performance envelope of any bullet type both within 200 and beyond 900-1000 yds. I personally have used the 308Win for everything from Coyotes to large coastal Alaskan Black Bear with a 20" barrel and a 150 gr Badlands BD or BD2 bullet going 2920-2950 fps. Portability is a very important in brushy areas. I limit my range to within 500 yds as wind calls are easier to estimate at that distance in the heat of battle. For small critters like Prairie Dogs my favorite is the 204 Ruger or a 223Rem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nralifer, post: 2780036, member: 94556"] It depends a lot on what type of hunting you want to do and are able to do. This of course dictates the range of critter size you are going after. If your range is Prairie Dog to Kodiak Bear, unless you are OK with plinking at Prairie Dogs with a big 30 cal or 338 then a 338/06, 338 WM, 338Norma or LM, 300Norma, 300 WSM, 300WM, all will work because they all will dispatch a Kodiak Bear within150 yds. I would strongly advise using a high BC all copper bullet for the larger game because the provide the widest performance envelope of any bullet type both within 200 and beyond 900-1000 yds. I personally have used the 308Win for everything from Coyotes to large coastal Alaskan Black Bear with a 20” barrel and a 150 gr Badlands BD or BD2 bullet going 2920-2950 fps. Portability is a very important in brushy areas. I limit my range to within 500 yds as wind calls are easier to estimate at that distance in the heat of battle. For small critters like Prairie Dogs my favorite is the 204 Ruger or a 223Rem. [/QUOTE]
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