Building or buying ONE nice rifle. Which caliber and why?

[SDHNTR]

I’m confused. You asked what caliber, then answered your own question with 7mm or .308.

Oooohhhhh, you mean cartridge?

Sorry, someone had to be that guy.

 

[LightFoot]

You could go on the Weatherby website and build a custom Mark V, 307, or Vanguard.

30-06 with factor Barnes 150 TTSX, Hornady 178 ELDX, or Federal 175 TA will take any deer, elk, antelope, or moose out to 500 yards.

My latest custom rifle was a 22” 30-06 which is more than adequate for anything but the biggest bears. I still might take it for a brown bear with 200+ grain bullets.


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[TradLife406]

22 or 6 Creed. 6 creed if where your hunting has laws written by Fudds. Don't need a lot of barrel length either. 16 is just fine.

 

[Coopsdaddy]

What is your budget?

 

[eLightfoot]

Sako 90 hunter 6.5creed $1699 EuroOptic
It’s nice, looks nice, and love it or hate it 6.5creed is probably the best do all there is

 

[deerhunter628]

I went with an Unknown Munitions Tikka build in 7mm PRC. I love it. Its a great shooting rifle.

 

[xnader]

What is your budget?

2k ish for rifle without glass/can etc

 

[RWT]

Seekins in 6.5 CM. Should shoot better than most people can and if you don’t like the caliber you can switch out barrels easily

 

[nm.otter]

2k ish for rifle without glass/can etc

Sako 90 for an off the shelf gun. Won't lose a lot of value if you change your mind.

 

[Deadfall]

Springfield has a couple exceptionally nice rifles.
Model 2020 waypoint and redline. Fluted carbon fiber wrapped adjustable triggers. They are shooters.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

270 Weatherby Magnum.

Three Round Group:

And NO. Nothing Tikka makes comes even close.

If I was going to go with one rifle/caliber, this would be it....glass too.