Best "One Rifle" Caliber?

Any interest in a CZ 527? I doubt we ever see a mini-Tikka action, but that would make me very happy.


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started with a 527 American, bedded, slicked, it was pretty sweet, shortened barrel to 20 at one point, then swapped in a 24" proof carbon sendero, sold it, built up several howa chassis rigs, one ultralight, one with that same proof barrel that migrated to the cz when I got out of the howa's, still have one howa ultralight slabbed/fluted/18.5" and 3 ruger gen 1.5 ranches (2 unfired) grendels, no interest in tikka grendels or anything shorter than short action cartridges and prefer long action in tikka anyway, I like scaled actions at this point, although I do have a tikka 308 right now also, so the sako XS action and that awesome mag system etc. plus integrated rail, plus all stainless or aluminum, just after a higher level of rifle, my biggest gripe with the cz was non-stainless, didn't mind the wood, all of the above project guns but out of the box do over would just have gone ruger as they needed least amount of anything pretty happy with them right out of the box, howa pretty much throw away everything but the barrel and action, cz lots of prep setup and both not stainless, now that I'm in sako 90 peak it be hard to look at anything else, build a ruger Hawkeye hunter in grendel I'd prolly do it, they make it in .204 ruger so don't see why they don't but don't see why sako doesn't see value in XS action either for these modern grendels, don't hold breath, nobody moves slower to market desire than Finland lol
 
.270 Winchester, unless it’s dangerous game.

I started with an ‘06 years ago and was always satisfied with its performance. Then I saw a rifle I liked that happened to be in .270. I wasn’t out to get a .270, I just bought the rifle because it had a nice wood Mannlicher stock. Once I got to shooting it I started to prefer .270.

I might put .270 aside for the right 7x57, but that’s about it. I have no interest in most 7mm, but 7x57 is a classic.

Of course, if you’re shooting a .270 while wearing Sitka gear…….you’re wrong:

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If forced to shoot copper, larger diameter bullets will be beneficial. The small bore stuff only shine with cup and core bullets that explode. I would go 308, 30-06, 300wm or 300 prc.
 
Id get a 270 over 30-06. Very similar, just has less bark and recoil. Not much will get up from a 130 or 150 gr bullet.

That said i have a 40 yr old 30-06 shoot 150s and have only tracked a couple deer. They pretty much just fall over dead.
 
If you want to legally hunt bison in AK...
Rifle/handgun: must fire a minimum of a 175 grain bullet having a minimum of 2,800 ft/lb energy at the muzzle.

Right or wrong, that eliminates some of the more popular options...
 
I had a 30-06 and went to a 6.5 prc. The thing is awesome and more fun to shoot than the 30-06. However, I do not reload and the prc ammo is not cheap.
 
If you want to legally hunt bison in AK...
Rifle/handgun: must fire a minimum of a 175 grain bullet having a minimum of 2,800 ft/lb energy at the muzzle.

Right or wrong, that eliminates some of the more popular options...

God, what a stupid regulation. Millions upon millions of bison fell to cartridges that don’t come close to that.


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God, what a stupid regulation. Millions upon millions of bison fell to cartridges that don’t come close to that.


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You do know that a 30-06 with COTS 108 gr Remington Express Cor-Lokt meets this requirement.

It just hurts the RS faithful that their beloved 22X and 6X variants, as awesome as they can be, do not meet the legal requirements for a one rifle hunting solution that at least covers North America.
 
I switched from 30-06 to a 6.5CM T3x this year. I'm also in CA/lead free boat.

With the tikka muzzle brake this thing is a world of difference to shoot.

Handload dev notes-
120CX shot the most accurately and I can launch them 2950 fps easily. 7.3fps SD, 18fps ES over 10 shot group with H4350. This should be just above 2000fps at 550 yards.

127LRX was about same accuracy, but velocity was very low for a "middle of the road" charge weight initial test coming in under 2600fps. I probably could work this higher towards 2750 fps, but the CX just came out of the gate performing better so I am sticking to it for now.
120TTSX wasn't as accurate.

Let the guide bust your balls, then show him a perfectly executed shot and tell him to get back to work and start skinning that animal for you. LOL.
 
6.5CM T3x this year. I'm also in CA/lead free boat.

With the tikka muzzle brake this thing is a world of difference to shoot.

Handload dev notes-
120CX shot the most accurately and I can launch them 2950 fps easily.
That's encouraging to hear. I snagged a bunch of factory 120gr Superformance at a very good price last month.
 
You do know that a 30-06 with COTS 108 gr Remington Express Cor-Lokt meets this requirement.

It just hurts the RS faithful that their beloved 22X and 6X variants, as awesome as they can be, do not meet the legal requirements for a one rifle hunting solution that at least covers North America.

I was referring to blackpowder cartridges not meeting these minimum requirements, when they killed millions of buffalo. And the fact that energy requirement minimums exist at all.

I don’t care about whether I can shoot bison in Alaska.


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Let the guide bust your balls, then show him a perfectly executed shot and tell him to get back to work and start skinning that animal for you. LOL.
Good luck with that!
If I were a guide and had a client that wasn’t willing to meet my caliber requirement, it wouldn’t rake me long to leave them sitting in camp!
 
You do know that a 30-06 with COTS 108 gr Remington Express Cor-Lokt meets this requirement.

It just hurts the RS faithful that their beloved 22X and 6X variants, as awesome as they can be, do not meet the legal requirements for a one rifle hunting solution that at least covers North America.

How would a 108 grain bullet meet a 175 grain requirement?

You could get a factory 178 ELDX 30.06, and I think that's about as small as possible for the 2800 foot pounds at muzzle. Maybe some hotshot could push one fast enough out of a .308 hand load.

Anyway, it's a dumb rule. IF there's a problem that can be addressed by equipment restrictions, it would make more sense to ban FMJ bullets on game.
 
Good luck with that!
If I were a guide and had a client that wasn’t willing to meet my caliber requirement, it wouldn’t rake me long to leave them sitting in camp!
Where did you come up with the fact that his guide required larger than 6.5CM?

And if a CA pig hunting guide did not deem a 6.5CM a suitable round I would find a different guide. That's a very commonly used round here.
 
Where did you come up with the fact that his guide required larger than 6.5CM?

And if a CA pig hunting guide did not deem a 6.5CM a suitable round I would find a different guide. That's a very commonly used round here.
If your guide is busting your balls there has to be some sort of reason for that. Especially if it is a very common cartridge.
 
Good luck with that!
If I were a guide and had a client that wasn’t willing to meet my caliber requirement, it wouldn’t rake me long to leave them sitting in camp!

Assuming I ever hired a guide, I wouldn’t hire a guide who didn’t share my understanding of terminal ballistics.


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