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One rifle to do it all?
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<blockquote data-quote="TX Badger" data-source="post: 1420575" data-attributes="member: 95235"><p>Obviously, there will be trade offs bc no rifle will be ideal for both gophers and moose. So what is the smallest moose cartridge? Personally, I would say 270 WSM or 7 RM. Though you could go smaller if you limited your range. These 2 will still be heavier recoiling rifles than I would prefer for volume shooting and barrel life will not be stellar. But they'll shoot high bc bullets a long ways.</p><p></p><p>If I were you I'd build a custom, long action, Rem-age set up so you can do the barrel swaps yourself (once you've done it a few times, it takes less than 30 min.) And since you are not that concerned about weight, I'd skip the Proof barrel and spend your barrel money on 2 barrels in more ideal cartridges. I like 25-06 and 7 RM. Though you could go down to a 6mm and up to 30 cal to have and even wider range.</p><p></p><p>I'll insert my repeated appeal for high bc .257 bullets here. I've been down this same "one cartridge" path without the moose or even elk requirement. If there were a few suitable vld bullets in the 130- 135 gr. class, the 25-06 would be the ideal gopher to mule deer round. 85 gr bullets at over 3600 fps and 130's (that should rival the bc's of any current 6.5 bullets) launched at over 3000 fps. file under "pipe dreams"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TX Badger, post: 1420575, member: 95235"] Obviously, there will be trade offs bc no rifle will be ideal for both gophers and moose. So what is the smallest moose cartridge? Personally, I would say 270 WSM or 7 RM. Though you could go smaller if you limited your range. These 2 will still be heavier recoiling rifles than I would prefer for volume shooting and barrel life will not be stellar. But they'll shoot high bc bullets a long ways. If I were you I'd build a custom, long action, Rem-age set up so you can do the barrel swaps yourself (once you've done it a few times, it takes less than 30 min.) And since you are not that concerned about weight, I'd skip the Proof barrel and spend your barrel money on 2 barrels in more ideal cartridges. I like 25-06 and 7 RM. Though you could go down to a 6mm and up to 30 cal to have and even wider range. I'll insert my repeated appeal for high bc .257 bullets here. I've been down this same "one cartridge" path without the moose or even elk requirement. If there were a few suitable vld bullets in the 130- 135 gr. class, the 25-06 would be the ideal gopher to mule deer round. 85 gr bullets at over 3600 fps and 130's (that should rival the bc's of any current 6.5 bullets) launched at over 3000 fps. file under "pipe dreams" [/QUOTE]
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