Barbaroja
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If you all were going to move into an Rv/travel trailer(limited space) and travel around the US(primarily western states) What rifle/caliber would you bring along to cover any hunting needs that might arise, along with some target shooting. It would be very unlikely that I would be hunting something elk sized just due to limited storage space for that much meat at one time and cost of out of state hunting tags but if the situation arose I would be kicking myself if I wasn’t prepared. More likely game would be deer/pronghorn/black bear/coyote/paper.
I’ve currently got a .243win and 7mmRm as my current best options but they are both kinda marginal on either end of the spectrum. .243 is on the light side for elk/ bear and the 7mm mag is heavy for the pronghorn/coyote.
I know they can both work with proper loads but I would ideally have a rifle with one load that would work for all my needs that I could reload a bunch of before I leave home.
I’ll also say I prefer odd,less popular cartridges I know an easy answer would be 6.5 creed, 308win 30-06 but they don’t tickle me like the thought of a 7mm-08 or .280 rem ,etc.
So what would you do in that situation? One thought I had was a switch barrel rifle built on a savage model 10 action. Maybe 243 for the light caliber and a heavy hitter like a 338 federal or 358win for the heavy?
I’d love to hear your thoughts on the subject. Oh and feel free to share some photos!
I’ve currently got a .243win and 7mmRm as my current best options but they are both kinda marginal on either end of the spectrum. .243 is on the light side for elk/ bear and the 7mm mag is heavy for the pronghorn/coyote.
I know they can both work with proper loads but I would ideally have a rifle with one load that would work for all my needs that I could reload a bunch of before I leave home.
I’ll also say I prefer odd,less popular cartridges I know an easy answer would be 6.5 creed, 308win 30-06 but they don’t tickle me like the thought of a 7mm-08 or .280 rem ,etc.
So what would you do in that situation? One thought I had was a switch barrel rifle built on a savage model 10 action. Maybe 243 for the light caliber and a heavy hitter like a 338 federal or 358win for the heavy?
I’d love to hear your thoughts on the subject. Oh and feel free to share some photos!