Thread: If you only had one to rule all

Interested to hear what your one calibre and load would be for a do it all and what rifle .

I'm going to assume your only referring to NZ, so I would go for a 284 or 280 pushing a 162 eldm.

Yup Nz I hunt Canterbury and do multi day trips covering every terrain you can think of currently have a 7rem with a 26 inch barrel but I’m over it being heavy and getting snagged on everything! I have been tempted to leave it in the thick shit a few times . Having a long heavy contour barrel and hurling the 180s very accurately I am reluctant to cut it down as it is doing what it was designed for very well

30 06 easily obtainable factory ammo, easy to load heavy slippy BC pills for streatching the legs or download lighter pills for reduced recoil.
cheap plentiful components = easy to feed
Not quiet a Magnum but with the right hand loads it's knocking on the door and plenty for any NZ game out to 600y with the right load, in the right hands.

243 and either 100 grain Hornady BTSP, or 85 grain Hornady Interbond.

223 62gr sp 25.5gr 2206H will kill everything from small game to big stuff if close enough and cheap to run

#1 choice.270w fed a good 130grn suppressed. overkill for wallabies and rabbits but it works for anything.
#2 choice love the 223 with 50-55grn softpoints but big animal out past 150 yards the .270 just does it a whole lot bettter/quicker/more humanely.

Any of the 6.5 cal as they will do everything.

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308.
you can do anything from 240gr subs to .......oh wait sabot ammo is now banned......anyways the 42gr jhp 22 cal projectiles went out near 5000 fps.
anyways nothing you can hit and humanely kill with a 308

I'm with the 6mm (ideally modern fast twist) or 6.5 crew . . .

6.5x55 in a modern action and handloads

Tempted by the .223 with a heavy bullet, but would actually settle for a 7-08 with a docked barrel (18-20") shooting 120 grn NBT @ 3K.

Have had a couple. Last one was a tricked Sako A7 and was near faultless.

For about the same fuss you got a margin over the .243 and the 120NBT is a brilliant bullet. Ive got 150 of them waiting for the next 7-08

So we have votes for 223 to 3006. Seems to me to be a case of (excuse the pun) choose your poison.

6.5prc or 7saum

Happy with either for 1 gun to do it all in NZ

Originally Posted by Younghunter123

Interested to hear what your one Cartridge and load would be for a do it all and what rifle .

Fixed it. Sorry, pet peave of mine!

308 Winchester for me. Can load from 125 to 180 grains, rifles tend to not be fussy and plentiful ammo and components. If I can only have one load Id go 165gr. Slippery enough for longer shots and heavy enough to make everything very dead.