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What’s your five? 5 Calibers to do it all...
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<blockquote data-quote="rbTanzan" data-source="post: 2130606" data-attributes="member: 53978"><p>243 (African geese on a river bed, small antelope) [may be substituted by 223 for ammo considerations]</p><p>270 all-around NA deer rifle [may be substituted by 308, 7mmRM, 30-06, etc]</p><p>338 WM all-around elk+bear [may be substituted by 375 Ruger]</p><p>416 Rigby all-around African rifle [may be substituted by 416Ruger, 458WM]</p><p>500 AccRel (wildcat) buffalo stopper [may be substituted by 500 Jeffery or 500 A2 or 577NE]</p><p></p><p>[[Disclaimer: I don't shoot over 500 yards and the three middle caliber above all handle that well. Even the Rigby with 350gn handloaded over 2800fps.</p><p>Disclaimer 2: you will see both Jack O'Connor and Elmer Keith's influences above.</p><p>Disclaimer 3: for a backup handgun a Blackhawk 45 Colt, handloaded moderately to 300flatnose solids at 1000fps.]]</p><p>Finally, Disclaimer 4: I could live well with three: a 223, 6.8Western (when it arrives) and a 375Ruger.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rbTanzan, post: 2130606, member: 53978"] 243 (African geese on a river bed, small antelope) [may be substituted by 223 for ammo considerations] 270 all-around NA deer rifle [may be substituted by 308, 7mmRM, 30-06, etc] 338 WM all-around elk+bear [may be substituted by 375 Ruger] 416 Rigby all-around African rifle [may be substituted by 416Ruger, 458WM] 500 AccRel (wildcat) buffalo stopper [may be substituted by 500 Jeffery or 500 A2 or 577NE] [[Disclaimer: I don't shoot over 500 yards and the three middle caliber above all handle that well. Even the Rigby with 350gn handloaded over 2800fps. Disclaimer 2: you will see both Jack O'Connor and Elmer Keith's influences above. Disclaimer 3: for a backup handgun a Blackhawk 45 Colt, handloaded moderately to 300flatnose solids at 1000fps.]] Finally, Disclaimer 4: I could live well with three: a 223, 6.8Western (when it arrives) and a 375Ruger. [/QUOTE]
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