New Rifles for Hunting Big Game

Bustedknees · Oct 1, 2024

GOYABEAN said:
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From big elk bugling in the high country to speedy pronghorn antelope racing away in the lower elevations, here are some new big game rifles to consider for 2024.

New Rifles for Hunting Big Game - Game & Fish

From big elk bugling in the high country to speedy pronghorn antelope racing away in the lower elevations, here are some new big game rifles to consider for 2024.

www.gameandfishmag.com

If I'm spending thousands on a hunt I won't be carrying a Mossberg Patriot. This reads more like a paid advertisement then real solid picks. Some silly caliber choices also. ( nice to se the 25/06 though)..

Hochulsucks1234 · Oct 1, 2024

Probably could have took one of those guns in a popular caliber and been done with the article in a couple paragraphs. With the price and scarcity of ammo, the last thing I am going to do is buy something in 400 legend or 360 buckhammer. Hell 25-06 is near impossible to find nowadays. These writers are your typical "hunters" that are separated from reality to understand 99% of us don't get to test new guns and have an endless suppply of ammo.

FP1201 · Oct 1, 2024

The "Comic Books" are there for one purpose: to sell new guns and ammunition.
If you go on a guided hunt, usually the first thing the outfitter will want to do is have you "Check the zero on your Rifle in case it shifted during travel" which is a polite way of finding out IF you can shoot and IF the Rifle is up to the task.
I am glad to see the authors focus on some time tested and true calibers: despite all the shortages and difficulty obtaining rounds, .270 Winchester and it's older Brother the 30'06 can be had damn near anywhere and in a smorgasbord of weights, designs, and prices...the 25'06 is the little brother of the 30-06 and while it's fans are true believers, there just aren't enough to keep ammunition much more than seasonal or reloaded.
The "Buckhammer" and 400 Legend are filling titles still held by the venerable 30-30 and .35 Rem. and there was a time when those two calibers could be bought anywhere that sold ammo and for less than $10. a Box...ain't that way now.
The .360 Remington is a bit hotter than the .350 Legend and uses .358(9) bullets where the Legend uses .355 Bullets (9mm pistol is .355, where .38spc/357mag use .358, and "35" caliber rifle rounds are .358 dia.) which expands the availability and type of bullet.
Haven't actually experienced a .400 but having shot lots of 10mm it sounds interesting, and probably effective out to two hundred yards.

Zerex · Oct 1, 2024

You can kill a grizz with an '06,................has been done with 220 gr loads..........iffy

Lewis and Clark hunting party records say it took 10+ shots to kill a grizz.

Grizzly Bear Encounters - Discover Lewis & Clark

Excerpts from the Lewis and Clark journals for thirteen significant encounters with grizzly bears

lewis-clark.org

.270 is iffy on elk and Moose.............can be done

Old 38-55 lever actions, 30-40 krag and trap door 45-70's killed both back in the day,,,several follow up shots, of course.

38-55 250 gr at 1500fps can now be had @1850fps from Buffalo bore ammo.

35 whelen 250 gr @ 2500fps will be ok.......

375 H&H 270 gr @2400 is good medicine for both species.

45-70 guide gun, is Grizz medicine for guides guiding hunters.

I have many old books for my sources..100 years old about shooting/guns around the beginning of the last century.

30-40 Krag carbine was the best bargain out there. Townsend Whelen's books, and Practical dope on the Big Bores are several ,as are books of reprints form old NRA mags before WW1.

African hunting books of the pre WWI and post era, are great reading........about what calibers.
Karamojo Bell killed 1000 elephants with his 7 x 57 using solid bullets on brain shots.

Jim Corbett shot tigers with big bore double rifles and his 7/57/275 Rigby.
Teddy Roosevelt loved the win 95, .405 shot much game with early 30-03 caliber 1903 custom springfield.

Rober Roarke, penned a novel................USE ENOUGH GUN

FP1201 · Oct 1, 2024

Zerex said:
You can kill a grizz with an '06,................has been done with 220 gr loads..........iffy

Lewis and Clark hunting party records say it took 10+ shots to kill a grizz.

Grizzly Bear Encounters - Discover Lewis & Clark

Excerpts from the Lewis and Clark journals for thirteen significant encounters with grizzly bears

lewis-clark.org

.270 is iffy on elk and Moose.............can be done

Old 38-55 lever actions, 30-40 krag and trap door 45-70's killed both back in the day,,,several follow up shots, of course.

38-55 250 gr at 1500fps can now be had @1850fps from Buffalo bore ammo.

35 whelen 250 gr @ 2500fps will be ok.......

375 H&H 270 gr @2400 is good medicine for both species.

45-70 guide gun, is Grizz medicine for guides guiding hunters.

I have many old books for my sources..100 years old about shooting/guns around the beginning of the last century.

30-40 Krag carbine was the best bargain out there. Townsend Whelen's books, and Practical dope on the Big Bores are several ,as are books of reprints form old NRA mags before WW1.

African hunting books of the pre WWI and post era, are great reading........about what calibers.
Karamojo Bell killed 1000 elephants with his 7 x 57 using solid bullets on brain shots.

Jim Corbett shot tigers with big bore double rifles and his 7/57/275 Rigby.
Teddy Roosevelt loved the win 95, .405 shot much game with early 30-03 caliber 1903 custom springfield.

Rober Roarke, penned a novel................USE ENOUGH GUN

Big bores make big holes making deadly animals dead fast.
Shot placement is the key to efficient kills, especially with "iffy" calibers.
My "go to" Rifle is a .376 Steyr with a 1~4x Trijicon AccuPoint: Same trajectories as 30'06 using 270 gr/.375 bullets...hit's like a new Truck!

Robin · Oct 2, 2024

.69 clover leafs dead on at 100 yards and will take anything on the continent, any continent, but then so will a .223. Its all about shot placement.
Robin

New Rifles for Hunting Big Game

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From big elk bugling in the high country to speedy pronghorn antelope racing away in the lower elevations, here are some new big game rifles to consider for 2024.