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<blockquote data-quote="Teri Anne" data-source="post: 2888420" data-attributes="member: 118816"><p>Interesting concept, and the smaller calibers can indeed do a lot of harm to smaller animals, then comes the but? I have several different rifles, all earmarked for different types of shooting or hunting. I am a NRA as well as WIDNR Hunter Safety Instructor so several of the firearms that I own are earmarked for training, others for competition and then hunting. A 22LR is a must have. It can be used for training, plinking, hunting as well as competition. While we all have our pets, finding a single caliber that lends itself to being a one gun for everything about the only one that I can think of is the old War Horse, 30-06. Ammo is available either factory or hand loads from 110 gr to 220 gr which covers just about any type of shooting one would care to do from woodchucks (.22 used for squirrels and bunnies) on up to the dangerous bears. Yes, some of you will argue that point, and I really don't care. The lighter rounds have less recoil which makes them suitable for junior shooters. A 125 gr bullet is just as effective on deer as a 130 gr is with a .270 and it kicks a lot less, especially with hand loads. Think back many years when a 30-30 was used for hunting Griz and Kodiaks. Once again I will re-iterate the fact that it's not the size of the bullet, it's where it is placed. A heavy magnum will not kill unless it is put into the boiler room of any animal, big or small and that goes for any type of hunting. Another consideration is ammo availability. Finding ammo for a 243, 308 or 30-06 is easy. There is a proliferation of these rifles out there and ammo manufacturers make sure that there is ammo available. This is not necessarily true of any of the 6's, 7's or other pet rounds that the people here seem to like. As I remember it only a year or so ago people here were bemoaning the fact that there was no ammo for their pet rifle and even worse no reloading components so they couldn't go shooting. Keep in mind that one of the first priorities of almost all ammo and component makers is making ammo for WAR, which our politicians seem adept at keeping us fighting for some cause or another, or providing military supplies or equipment to others to fight wars (at taxpayer expense <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what? o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" /> ). So getting back to the one caliber/one firearm concept the 30-06 is by far the logical choice. What else do I have and use on a regular basis depending upon what I am hunting or what kind of shooting I am doing? Of course a 22LR, I have two 308's a 270 and a 30-06. Of them the 308 would be my second choice simply because it can pretty much do everything the 30-06 does maybe with the exception of the really big bears. My go to hunting rifle these days is a 270, shoots flat, hard and super sub moa out to 300 yards and probably beyond. Last time I zeroed it out at 300 the group shooting 140 gr Nosler Partitions (not even a competition bullet, but it could be) the group was 2.6 inches or .4 under moa. So there you have it, my thoughts on a one caliber/one gun idea. Finally, for those who ****ed and moaned about the lack of ammo/components during the last pandemic, have you purchases a sufficient quantity of ammo or components to take you through yet another time when things get scarce. Don't think it can happen again, how many of us ever thought it would have happened the last time. Then take a look around at our political climate as well as our mostly useless politicians and think again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teri Anne, post: 2888420, member: 118816"] Interesting concept, and the smaller calibers can indeed do a lot of harm to smaller animals, then comes the but? I have several different rifles, all earmarked for different types of shooting or hunting. I am a NRA as well as WIDNR Hunter Safety Instructor so several of the firearms that I own are earmarked for training, others for competition and then hunting. A 22LR is a must have. It can be used for training, plinking, hunting as well as competition. While we all have our pets, finding a single caliber that lends itself to being a one gun for everything about the only one that I can think of is the old War Horse, 30-06. Ammo is available either factory or hand loads from 110 gr to 220 gr which covers just about any type of shooting one would care to do from woodchucks (.22 used for squirrels and bunnies) on up to the dangerous bears. Yes, some of you will argue that point, and I really don't care. The lighter rounds have less recoil which makes them suitable for junior shooters. A 125 gr bullet is just as effective on deer as a 130 gr is with a .270 and it kicks a lot less, especially with hand loads. Think back many years when a 30-30 was used for hunting Griz and Kodiaks. Once again I will re-iterate the fact that it's not the size of the bullet, it's where it is placed. A heavy magnum will not kill unless it is put into the boiler room of any animal, big or small and that goes for any type of hunting. Another consideration is ammo availability. Finding ammo for a 243, 308 or 30-06 is easy. There is a proliferation of these rifles out there and ammo manufacturers make sure that there is ammo available. This is not necessarily true of any of the 6's, 7's or other pet rounds that the people here seem to like. As I remember it only a year or so ago people here were bemoaning the fact that there was no ammo for their pet rifle and even worse no reloading components so they couldn't go shooting. Keep in mind that one of the first priorities of almost all ammo and component makers is making ammo for WAR, which our politicians seem adept at keeping us fighting for some cause or another, or providing military supplies or equipment to others to fight wars (at taxpayer expense o_O ). So getting back to the one caliber/one firearm concept the 30-06 is by far the logical choice. What else do I have and use on a regular basis depending upon what I am hunting or what kind of shooting I am doing? Of course a 22LR, I have two 308's a 270 and a 30-06. Of them the 308 would be my second choice simply because it can pretty much do everything the 30-06 does maybe with the exception of the really big bears. My go to hunting rifle these days is a 270, shoots flat, hard and super sub moa out to 300 yards and probably beyond. Last time I zeroed it out at 300 the group shooting 140 gr Nosler Partitions (not even a competition bullet, but it could be) the group was 2.6 inches or .4 under moa. So there you have it, my thoughts on a one caliber/one gun idea. Finally, for those who ****ed and moaned about the lack of ammo/components during the last pandemic, have you purchases a sufficient quantity of ammo or components to take you through yet another time when things get scarce. Don't think it can happen again, how many of us ever thought it would have happened the last time. Then take a look around at our political climate as well as our mostly useless politicians and think again. [/QUOTE]
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