Best all around caliber

[GWS]

What. No love for the.375 H&H?

 

[ilikegunspdx]

What. No love for the.375 H&H?

Too common. I mean everyone shoots 300 rounds of that per day at tin cans right?

Kinda like the 2 bore. 1/2 pound of lead per shot.

2 bore recoil:

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• ilikegunspdx
• Aug 22, 2020

Big gun

 

[GWS]

Too common. I mean everyone shoots 300 rounds of that per day at tin cans right?

Kinda like the 2 bore. 1/2 pound of lead per shot.

2 bore recoil:

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• ilikegunspdx
• Aug 22, 2020

Big gun

Perhaps, but I do like my rabbits and squirrels to know they've been hit.

 

[orygun]

I never imagined I'd own a 7-08 (the 260 Rem seemed more attractive to me) until I saw a 700 Classic so chambered at a gun show. Hunted with it almost exclusively that year, took a nice Pronghorn and then this little Muley buck on the last hour of the last day of the hunt.

View attachment 2241867 Remington Model 700 Classic. 7mm-08 Remington, 3x-9x Leupold Compact. 125g Ballistic Tip. 175 yds.

I was comparing the 260 and the 7mm-08 Ruger Compacts at the time. Personally, I wanted one in 308 but I was buying one my wife would shoot well. At the time the 260 was considered a bit more as a target cartridge and the 7mm-08 as a hunter. We're hunters so I picked the 7mm-08. She's been very happy with the gun.
I didn't make a bad choice in the gun or the cartridge.

 

[Spitpatch]

@Spitpatch
What calibers don't you have? And almost always in some classic, cool old school rifle. I think you've shot something with about every known caliber on the planet (and then maybe some with alien technology).

Funny you should ask, and I've already answered.

....after I bought the 7-08, I never did get around to the .260 Remington.

 

[jamesfaiman]

So many good options and everyone has a different opinion. Different hunting styles make a big difference also. Are you shooting 60, 200, 600, 1000 yards or more? Makes a difference in cartridge choice. For a long time I chased the "most efficient" round but a gun is no good if you can't shoot it well. I've also seen many fad cartridges come and go. So now I tend to gravitate towards a solid round that has been around for a while. .270 win, or 300 WM are solid choices. I do really like the 7 PRC even though it doesn't have the history. Also, nothing says you can't shoot a 140 gn for deer and 200 gn for elk if you're worried about loosing meat. I personally would stick with the 180-200 gn for both, the goal is to kill em. Well, I've done a great job of contradicting myself, good luck

 

[jgroove]

Hard to go wrong with that cartridge. One of the great .25 calibers. Mine is a sweet Peruvian Mauser that someone gave it some sweet treatment (got it from another member here) and it's a tackdriver.

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Thats a beauty