One rifle you could hand anyone to hunt anything? (Western US)

[Conrad101st]

Sako Finnlight in 7 mag or 300 win mag

 

[Antares]

My loaner is an 18" 6CM Tikka, factory stock, 6x SWFA, bare muzzle, zeroed with factory 108 ELDM.

 

[Stinky Coyote]

This is my maximum wallop loaner.
20” tikka 308, whitebox 168 eldm, Leupold 2.5x, 6 lb 11 oz, 200 yrd check the other night

 

[Plague]

My 6 arc tikka would fit the bill. 21” bartlein fluted 3b with the 223 bolt face opened up. Printed mags. Maven rs1.2 in sportsmatch rings. Still in the factory stock with a vert grip. Waiting on a rokstock lite. Just over 8.5 pounds loaded with a can. My 11 year old spots his impacts 100% of the time from prone. He can comfortably shoot it all day. It’s heavy enough to shoot well easily from field positions. The rifle is terminally effective out past 650 yards in any DA the 107 tmk will stabilize with my 1:8 twist. In most conditions it’s still above 1800 fps out to 750 yards. 5 mils or less elevation dialed to 750 yards in most conditions. I would hand this rifle with my handloads to anyone hunting anything outside of dangerous game with 100% confidence it will perform.

 

[Hondo64d]

6CM/243, but if I didn’t want to listen to people whining about its “too small” I would give them a 270 or 6.5 PRC.

I’d probably have two, a 6 Creedmoor for the masses, and for those that complain it’s not enough gun, a .460 Weatherby.

John

 

[jgilber5]

basic setup but my loaner is a tikka t3x lite .270 win with a nikon BDC 2.5-10 zeroed at 200. Hashes for 3 and 4 with factory 130 gr ttsx. Super easy to hand to someone in any realistic hunting scenario and have them shoot it well. My and my buddies wife have no issues with it either.

 

[coyotekilla]

Im gonna stray from the pack, and i own 4 tikkas... could hand to anyone... that means kids, women, and lefties... that says 1 rifle.

Beretta brx1. Its ambidextrous, accurate and a switch barrel... thought op's point is 1 caliber. Id take it in the 20" 6.5 creed.

I have 1 in 243, that would be my second choice, but with elk in the mix, creed wins. If kids are excluded possibly the 30-06 offering.

 

[rlproctor03]

6.5 prc seekins Havak. It’ll kill anything maybe besides a grizzly. It can be had for under 2k. Easy choice!