Don Fischer
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The 2 and even 3 gun battery discussion is always a silly thread. If that's all you have or want you probably don't hunt enough in the first place to justify the cost of hunting. But say you do, 22 ?RF of some sort. I have a 22 LR and a 22 mag, I prefer the 22 mag. For everything else I'll say a 7x57 but I suspect the 7m-08 will kill everything in this continent just as dead as a 460 Weatherby! Shouldn't be about cartridge but rather bullet's! A 175 gr 7mm bullet is somewhat beyond deadly when properly placed. I suspect the same bullet from a 7mm-08 will do exactly the same! And with the relatively new custom killswatz bullet's there are no boundary's. Penertation is a big key.
Now I only have seven rifle's these day's two in 243, to me a varmint/predator cartridge. Smallest cartridge I'd consider in deer type game in my 25-06. After that we get into everything else. I would not hesitate to use my 6.5x55 on anything in N. Amer if it was what I had. Proper bullet properly placed equals a dead animal, but, I use my 30-06 for elk and take along my 6.5x55 as my backup rifle. Why? Because my 30-06 is simply more powerful for anything I hunt so it get's elk! Going deer hunting this year, been a long time not hunting but my son is going and so am I. What to use? My 6.5x55 is a no brainer but then I think my 308 is a no brainer also. But I only shoot cast bullet's in the 308 and would like to try out cast on big game at least one time. But if I get cold feet, the 6.5x55 is there! I suspect that if I was charged by a bear I would shoot at it with that 308. Seem's a better choice than fending it off battering it over the head with the stock.
This is all so silly. I have so many different cartridge's that will all work for whatever because I just like them, no other reason!
Now I only have seven rifle's these day's two in 243, to me a varmint/predator cartridge. Smallest cartridge I'd consider in deer type game in my 25-06. After that we get into everything else. I would not hesitate to use my 6.5x55 on anything in N. Amer if it was what I had. Proper bullet properly placed equals a dead animal, but, I use my 30-06 for elk and take along my 6.5x55 as my backup rifle. Why? Because my 30-06 is simply more powerful for anything I hunt so it get's elk! Going deer hunting this year, been a long time not hunting but my son is going and so am I. What to use? My 6.5x55 is a no brainer but then I think my 308 is a no brainer also. But I only shoot cast bullet's in the 308 and would like to try out cast on big game at least one time. But if I get cold feet, the 6.5x55 is there! I suspect that if I was charged by a bear I would shoot at it with that 308. Seem's a better choice than fending it off battering it over the head with the stock.
This is all so silly. I have so many different cartridge's that will all work for whatever because I just like them, no other reason!
