Suggestions on Caliber in Light Weight Rifle

Which Caliber do you recommend I will be shooting all copper bullets. Pick your number 1 and 2

  • 6.5 Creed

    Votes: 27 37.0%
  • 6.5 PRC

    Votes: 23 31.5%
  • 7 PRC

    Votes: 18 24.7%
  • 308

    Votes: 11 15.1%
  • 300 WSM

    Votes: 13 17.8%
  • 300 Win Mag

    Votes: 6 8.2%

  • Total voters
    73
  • Poll closed .

S.Clancy

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I am looking at the 6.5 PRC. I am just concerned it will not do moose or elk as well. I do love my 6.5 PRC I currently have. It is basically a 270 Win Mag. For some reason I have a hang up about it for elk. I do not know why. It is just not what I pull out for elk. Plus after one Brown Bear encounter I am a little nervous about carrying that in Alaska. I hope to be in Alaska at least every other year.
I've killed elk from 20 yds to 650 yds with copper bullets and a 270 Win. In your list, 6.5 PRC would be my choice
 
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Having spent the last 16 summers in Alaska my first question would be, do you plan on carrying a side arm for bears? Or will the rifle be your main bear defense? Most of the serious hunters I know up there hunt deer with a .300 win mag or bigger for that reason. Personally if I were building one rifle for larger game in grizz country and wanted a light weight short barrel I think a .300 wsm with a barnes lrx would be hard to beat.
 
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The weatherby backcountry is .338 rpm might be worth looking at. I have one in 280AI and its a great rifle. I have heavier 7prc and 6.5prc that handle the longer shoots better but for the weight I think they are hard to beat.
 
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