alaska2go
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7-08 is the way to go. From coyotes to alaskan yukon moose, mule deer to grizzly, caribou to elk my 7-08 has killed them all ......
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alaska - the fact that you've killed a moose with one just shows that a well placed shot will bring down any animal.
packmule,
I couldn't agree more.
When I was a kid and learning to hunt, the older hunters used 7MM Rem Mags, probably because at one time it was all the rage. When I decided I needed a bigger gun than my .270 to hunt elk, I went with the 7MM Rem Mag. Lucky me. It was after I bought my 7MM Rem Mag that I was given a hand loading set as a Christmas present. That provoked me to start studying calibers, bullets, and ballistics. .284 caliber bullets have excellent sectional densities which translates in to long flight and deep penetration. To get better sectional density, one has to travel far on up the caliber continuum to where big guns that hurt to shoot are found.
As I've delved more in to the science of bullets and ballistics and how animals die, I'm of the opinion that just about anything shooting a .284 caliber bullet will travel a long way and penetrate very deeply resulting in dead animals.
Were I accorded a rifle do-over, I'd buy a .280 Rem & never look back. But there ain't a whole lot of difference between the .280 Rem & 7MM-08 Rem except for 175 grain bullets. And as far as I'm concerned, I could hunt everything in North American with a .284 160 grain Partition. BTW, I really, really like 22" barreled hunting rifles. Give me a 7MM-08 with a short action and a 22" barrel, and I'd hunt elk and moose with it.
One elephant with a 7x57 Mauser and one could argue luck. Nearly a thousand dead elephants and one can easily accept that .284 bullets will penetrate the heck outta anything.
Hi robie,
I agree with you 100%. Nothing lives sans its heart. It might go a short distance before it dies, but it will die. Nothing lives sans lungs. It might go a little father than a heart-shot animal, but w/o oxygenated blood to its brain, it will die, and it will be just as dead.
Too many years ago to remember I was told that a .243 Win in the boiler room is a whole lot better than an '06 to the guts. It was true then and, like most true things, it still is.
Robie,
Another vote here for the 7mm-08. However, look at it in the Weatherby Vanguard II. The higher comb on the Weatherby stock fits most gals really well. AND its more affordable than the Savage lady hunter. I bought my wife one of these and she loves it!
Another vote here for the 7mm-08. However, look at it in the Weatherby Vanguard II. The higher comb on the Weatherby stock fits most gals really well. AND its more affordable than the Savage lady hunter. I bought my wife one of these and she loves it!
humbletaxi
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Buck8541
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7mm-08 all the way, I bought one for my wife (Remington 700 youth synthetic) and another for my son. They love them and I find myself stealing my sons rifle (Winchester 70 featherweight, with a Leupold VXIII, 2.5-8x) more and more these days. They are both accurate and a pleasure to shoot.