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<blockquote data-quote="jwbronco" data-source="post: 1439373" data-attributes="member: 51150"><p>Honestly it comes down to what she'll be hunting and the range she'll be hunting at. I find if I'm going to go hunting someplace other than near my place I make sure I use a caliber that's readily available too where I'm hunting. I'd hate to lose my ammo somehow and then be stuck checking every store trying to find a difficult round.</p><p></p><p>243 Win - Readily available everywhere, good for up to whitetail, pretty flat shooting and light recoil</p><p>257 Roberts - Selective availability, pretty much a good match to 243 with a hair more energy if you use +P</p><p>25-06 Rem - Selective availability, I'd consider this is the smallest round I'd consider for anything larger than a whitetail.</p><p>6.5 Creedmoor - Good availability most places but not everywhere. Capable of larger animals but I wouldn't take moose hunting</p><p>260 Rem - Select availability, almost a match for 6.5 creedmoor with a hair more energy and I find brass sources more readily available. After this you need to make sure your wife is recoil tolerant depending on rifle weight.</p><p>270 Win - Probably the king of availability next to 30-06 and 308 Win, can take pretty much anything but still wouldn't choose it for moose hunting. I wish they didn't come in 1:10 twist barrels, I'd like to try a 1:9.5 or 1:9 to try really heavy bullets.</p><p>7mm-08 - Pretty good availability, a very versatile round and can be loaded to take about anything.</p><p>280 Rem - very select availability, a match for 270 knockdown with better bullet availability. </p><p>308 Win - available everywhere, can be loaded to take about anything but I find a lot of the ammo that's available is target loads which I wouldn't take on a hunt.</p><p>30-06 - available everywhere and with a ton of different hunting loads. There's not an animal in North America that hasn't been taken by one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jwbronco, post: 1439373, member: 51150"] Honestly it comes down to what she'll be hunting and the range she'll be hunting at. I find if I'm going to go hunting someplace other than near my place I make sure I use a caliber that's readily available too where I'm hunting. I'd hate to lose my ammo somehow and then be stuck checking every store trying to find a difficult round. 243 Win - Readily available everywhere, good for up to whitetail, pretty flat shooting and light recoil 257 Roberts - Selective availability, pretty much a good match to 243 with a hair more energy if you use +P 25-06 Rem - Selective availability, I'd consider this is the smallest round I'd consider for anything larger than a whitetail. 6.5 Creedmoor - Good availability most places but not everywhere. Capable of larger animals but I wouldn't take moose hunting 260 Rem - Select availability, almost a match for 6.5 creedmoor with a hair more energy and I find brass sources more readily available. After this you need to make sure your wife is recoil tolerant depending on rifle weight. 270 Win - Probably the king of availability next to 30-06 and 308 Win, can take pretty much anything but still wouldn't choose it for moose hunting. I wish they didn't come in 1:10 twist barrels, I'd like to try a 1:9.5 or 1:9 to try really heavy bullets. 7mm-08 - Pretty good availability, a very versatile round and can be loaded to take about anything. 280 Rem - very select availability, a match for 270 knockdown with better bullet availability. 308 Win - available everywhere, can be loaded to take about anything but I find a lot of the ammo that's available is target loads which I wouldn't take on a hunt. 30-06 - available everywhere and with a ton of different hunting loads. There's not an animal in North America that hasn't been taken by one. [/QUOTE]
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