Hell that's a tough call, for the bigger game and longer ranges I like the 300 Win Mag. Smaller deer and the pest animals a 243 , but we can only choose one so it would be the Win mag.
(I Think)
Hell that's a tough call, for the bigger game and longer ranges I like the 300 Win Mag. Smaller deer and the pest animals a 243 , but we can only choose one so it would be the Win mag.
(I Think)
.308 Winchester
Hands down the most versatile cartridge ever devised. You can shoot subsonic, downloaded slow and heavy, superfast varmint, regular hunting rounds, hot and heavy... Everything from undamaged subsonic rabbits to the heaviest stag.
What’s not to like? And, it’s damn cheap to run.
Just...say...the...word
.25 Creedmoor, 60 to 130 grain bullets, rodents to reds.
.308 for me
Jack of all trades, even if a master of none
For NZ the 308 as the best all rounder, ammo availability etc but my favourite cartridge is the mighty 7x57 of which my personal custom rifle will be chambered in.
Only one Rifle - Hardy Hybrid with 6.5CM or PRC, and 300PRC barrels - maybe a 223 barrel for cheap shooting.
If that's cheating and you really only want one caliber I'll stick with my 6.5 creedmoor - projectiles between 90g and 160g will take any game in NZ, accurate, good factory ammo readily available if for some reason i'm caught out.
Tika 308 T3x,20in barrel,suppressed.Cheap to feed on fmj147,100rds=$100 for the close in small game.Hornady SSTs 150gr,will shoot deer out to 500-600yds if need be.Best deer shot iv done 437yds.Easy to get ammo for.$1200 gets you a fun rifle and a lot of veni.
308 for the north island and 270 for the south
if things get any rougher import wise that might be about all we can get ammo wise
mostly because all the cool kids have 6.5s these days
It would have to be something 30 calibre but not on extreme ends of speed spectrum so for me it's a toss-up between 30-06 and 308. There isn't a lot you can not accomplish hunting-wise with either of those. Affordability and availability of ammunition would probably give the 308 the nod ahead of the 30-06 but, having owned a 30-06 as my first hunting rifle, sentiment would have me pick that calibre.
a cape rifle would just about have to be the ticket...SxS one barrel smooth and one rifled.....
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280 rem nothing that it cant deal with
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