Do it all caliber and bullet weight

[mtmuley]

I think it was Elmer Keith that said that a .270 is "A damned adequate Coyote rifle".

And Jack O'Connor went out and killed stuff with the .270. Coyotes too probly. mtmuley

 

[shootbrownelk]

And Jack O'Connor went out and killed stuff with the .270. Coyotes too probly. mtmuley

Jack was all about velocity and old Elmer was all about bullet weight. Those two hated each other until the end.

 

[3855WIN]

I’d look at a 6.5x300 WBY or 28 Nosler.

 

[sbhooper]

I think it was Elmer Keith that said that a .270 is "A damned adequate Coyote rifle".

Elmer must be turning in his grave, worrying about all of the attention that the 6.5 calibers are getting!

 

[Buffs35]

.300 weatherby, 180 grain hornady. But I'm a weatherby fan. Most modern rifles are kick arse. Usually if something is wrong, it's the indian not the arrow.

 

[BrentD]

500 gr .45 any one? No, probably not, but is all I need.

 

[88man]

180 grain > 7mm

 

[RockinU]

I think it was Elmer Keith that said that a .270 is "A damned adequate Coyote rifle".

The only thing Elmer liked even close to as much as big calibers and heavy bullets was kicking sand at O'Connor...

 

[BuzzH]

I think it was Elmer Keith that said that a .270 is "A damned adequate Coyote rifle".

EK didn't have the choices in controlled expansion bullets that we have today. I think his tune would have been much different if he were alive today.

As for my thoughts on the OP, anything from .243-.338 will "do it all"...including big bears, elk, moose, etc.

 

[dpettina]

My brother is a one gun guy. He hunts everything with a .270win shooting 130grain accubonds that he loads himself. It is very capable.

 

[TN_Rifle_Junkie]

EK didn't have the choices in controlled expansion bullets that we have today. I think his tune would have been much different if he were alive today.

As for my thoughts on the OP, anything from .243-.338 will "do it all"...including big bears, elk, moose, etc.

It is nice to see someone else who likes the .243 (6mm) up to the .338. Personally, I run a .264 with 153 grain "Match bullets" pushing around 2900 fps. Seems to get the job done for me just fine on anything from Oryx to rabbits. It is all about the shot placement, not the caliber.

 

[Scarey]

If you reload 280AI is a great choice.

Agreed

 

[Scarey]

There's a huge difference between a 280 and a 280AI. After telling someone you shoot a 280AI, you get to sniff and hitch yer pant's. Hard to do that after telling someone you shoot a plain vanilla 280!

What is so wrong with a little plain Vanilla? I own a .280 rem and don't mind that it is not a popular round. What will an 0-6 do that a .280 can't? Not far behind a 7 mag and an ai, the .280 Rem is a good cartridge, just bad marketing and idea to market it in a semi auto.

 

[antelopedundee]

This subject gets hashed out monthly on HT. Muley can be a little sarcastic, but there is a large volume of documented opinions and argumentation just a search away.

Anyway, I'm kind of a fan of the many things that can be done with the .30 cal bullet. For cartridge, sign me up for the .308 win. You're talking "out to 600yds - the .308 is slowing down a good bit beyond 350yds, but my opinion is its a bad idea to try to shoot game at those distances anyway.

Opinions are like ass holes; everybody has one.

 

[Miller8812]

Put .270, .308, .30-06, .300 (all of em), 7mm (all of em), 6.5, .280 on piece of paper, hang them on the wall. Close your eyes, throw dart at wall. Whatever one you hit is your new caliber.