Thread: If you only had one to rule all

270. 90g hollow points for rabbits, hares, wallaby.
100 or 110g soft point for goats, fallow etc and 130 to 160g for deer and tahr.

Originally Posted by RUMPY

270. 90g hollow points for rabbits, hares, wallaby.
100 or 110g soft point for goats, fallow etc and 130 to 160g for deer and tahr.

I was giving this one a lot of thought - this from Rumpy hits it on the nail - yup thats me to

Before covid, a 300 wsm with 165 cheapy, now nothing is cheap or obtainable.

Originally Posted by RUMPY

270. 90g hollow points for rabbits, hares, wallaby.
100 or 110g soft point for goats, fallow etc and 130 to 160g for deer and tahr.

ah yes..but you have to pick only ONE load........ I agree 100% by the way LOL

Decide that you want to replace that long 7mmRM. Do away with scrub grabbing and aching biceps yet keep that long range big tahr capability ?

The rifle is as important as the cartridge. Action only as big as it needs ( rule out tikka) , short barrel, decide if youre going to do without a suppressor cos then you can have an extra couple of inches of barrel ; light scope with both low and high power.

Sako 85 SS in 300 WSM with VX5 3-15 metric clicks heavy duplex. ZL
https://media.sako.global/image/uplo...ess_oidj9u.pdf

I suppose it depends on where you live and what you're planning to shoot

.308 with 150gr SP

12 GA shotgun with shot , buckshot , and solids

From purely survival/subsistence…22 lr

This isn’t a “ one size fits all “ scenario.
For my current situation and requirements…………. 223 is the one that ticks the boxes.
My Big Game ( large Deer etc ) opportunities most of the time are limited so that has a bearing on my choice.
If my usual quarry was large animals then I’d move up to the 6.5 cal ( doesn’t matter what flavour) and be very confident of the outcome.

I would have picked the 308 as ammo is easy to obtain and it comes in a very wide grainage option to cover a variety of game size, but one area that it does fall a bit short is it's long range capability. So with that in mind I will go for the 30-06.

go one better 6.5 06

Dosnt have the knock down of a 30cal though eh.
And can you buy that off the shelf?

I reckon a .25 calibre would be enough, a 257 Robert's with a 22 inch barrel, 2-10 lightweight scope and a premium 100 grain bullet would deal to everything; if you had a choice of bullet anything from 60 to130 grain are available nowadays for the 25 calibre.

Maybe a 303 would manage
It used to do it all

After the other recent thread on here re. cartridge overlaps, I reckon it comes down to .270 win or 30-06. My personal preference is .270 for faster / flatter, but for projectile options (especially at the heavier end) the 30-06 has a slight advantage. In saying that, there’s not much in NZ you can’t hunt comfortably with a .270