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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1613080" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>Where are you writing from? What and where do you plan on hunting? Your question is a bit confusing. Personally I have a few rifles and shotguns to hunt with and cannot for the life of me see try to get one rifle to do all that you have stated that you want to hunt. If I had to choose just one, it would the the 45-70<u><em> if cast bullets were on the menu</em></u>. If the 45-70/45-90 was good for buffalo back in the day, they certainly are good for the same game today. I have a Marlin 1895 Guide Gun that I shoot 8 inch steel plates with out to 300 yards, however I do not consider it to be a good, long range rifle. Some of the shooters at my club shoot cast bullets at 400 yard buffalo shoots, on simulated buffalo targets. There's bullet molds and designs of bullets for just about every caliber made, so you will get lots of replies stating one's personal preference for a particular cartridge that would be for a <u><em>"just one"</em></u> kind of gun. I have a .22lr for stuff that is a nuisance around the house, a .222 for coyote which is the center fire caliber that I can use in this state. I like the .270 Winchester, or in my particular case .270AI, for long range, thin skinned animals, I use the Whelen for black bear hunting, and probably would do something like a .340 Weatherby or a .358 Norma mag for grizzly. The Whelen "probably" would be a good grizzly round, but I do not like to rely on "a probably" cartridge when my good health or life are concerned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1613080, member: 69192"] Where are you writing from? What and where do you plan on hunting? Your question is a bit confusing. Personally I have a few rifles and shotguns to hunt with and cannot for the life of me see try to get one rifle to do all that you have stated that you want to hunt. If I had to choose just one, it would the the 45-70[U][I] if cast bullets were on the menu[/I][/U]. If the 45-70/45-90 was good for buffalo back in the day, they certainly are good for the same game today. I have a Marlin 1895 Guide Gun that I shoot 8 inch steel plates with out to 300 yards, however I do not consider it to be a good, long range rifle. Some of the shooters at my club shoot cast bullets at 400 yard buffalo shoots, on simulated buffalo targets. There's bullet molds and designs of bullets for just about every caliber made, so you will get lots of replies stating one's personal preference for a particular cartridge that would be for a [U][I]"just one"[/I][/U] kind of gun. I have a .22lr for stuff that is a nuisance around the house, a .222 for coyote which is the center fire caliber that I can use in this state. I like the .270 Winchester, or in my particular case .270AI, for long range, thin skinned animals, I use the Whelen for black bear hunting, and probably would do something like a .340 Weatherby or a .358 Norma mag for grizzly. The Whelen "probably" would be a good grizzly round, but I do not like to rely on "a probably" cartridge when my good health or life are concerned. [/QUOTE]
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