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The Basics, Starting Out
One “Do it All Cartridge” - All of NA
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<blockquote data-quote="DNADave" data-source="post: 1861442" data-attributes="member: 110467"><p>One gun. Tough with so many choices. So, we have a distribution of calibers from "Is that too much for a rabbit?" to "Pucker factor seal failure.".</p><p></p><p>In terms of a useful range, for me at the low end and right at the "pucker factor failure" boundary when considering dangerous game is a .270 Win/7mmRM and the high end of "I wish I hadn't done that to my rabbit" of .338WM/.340 Wby Mag. I'd prefer to be in the middle of that range, maybe a little to the right of average.</p><p></p><p>My choice would be a .300Wby Mag (Mark V or Vangaurd, your budget) shooting Barnes VorTx 180gr TTSX or Weatherby Select Plus in Barnes 165gr or 180gr TTSX depending on where I'm hunting. I'd top it with a 2-10 or 2-7 power scope for areas where dangerous game are located and with a 4-16 or 4-20 power scope elsewhere. No bipod, just a backpack or sling depending on the type of country I'm in and what I'm hunting.</p><p></p><p>The area I hunt deer in here in the PNW is a grizzly habitat restoration area. Not high density, but chances of running into one are greater than 0 and less than Montana or Wyoming. I'm hunting with a Weatherby Mark V Alaskan in .300 Wby Mag using 167gr Peregrin VLR4 (ballistically identical to a Barnes 168gr TTSX, but with a brass versus polymer tip). I've currently got it topped with a Burris Veracity 4-20x50 and I probably should swap it out with a Leupold VariX III 2-7x36 I have or get my accountant to approve purchase of another 2-Xx50 scope (unlikely).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DNADave, post: 1861442, member: 110467"] One gun. Tough with so many choices. So, we have a distribution of calibers from "Is that too much for a rabbit?" to "Pucker factor seal failure.". In terms of a useful range, for me at the low end and right at the "pucker factor failure" boundary when considering dangerous game is a .270 Win/7mmRM and the high end of "I wish I hadn't done that to my rabbit" of .338WM/.340 Wby Mag. I'd prefer to be in the middle of that range, maybe a little to the right of average. My choice would be a .300Wby Mag (Mark V or Vangaurd, your budget) shooting Barnes VorTx 180gr TTSX or Weatherby Select Plus in Barnes 165gr or 180gr TTSX depending on where I'm hunting. I'd top it with a 2-10 or 2-7 power scope for areas where dangerous game are located and with a 4-16 or 4-20 power scope elsewhere. No bipod, just a backpack or sling depending on the type of country I'm in and what I'm hunting. The area I hunt deer in here in the PNW is a grizzly habitat restoration area. Not high density, but chances of running into one are greater than 0 and less than Montana or Wyoming. I'm hunting with a Weatherby Mark V Alaskan in .300 Wby Mag using 167gr Peregrin VLR4 (ballistically identical to a Barnes 168gr TTSX, but with a brass versus polymer tip). I've currently got it topped with a Burris Veracity 4-20x50 and I probably should swap it out with a Leupold VariX III 2-7x36 I have or get my accountant to approve purchase of another 2-Xx50 scope (unlikely). [/QUOTE]
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