3 Cartridge to Hunt Worldwide

[Mountaineer]

12 ga
338 federal
375 h&h

 

[Tanks]

In the spirit of the article, if I had to pick 3 bolt guns:

6mm CM for varmints
.300 RUM for PG.
.458 B&M for DG

If picking doubles, then...
.22 Hornet for varmints
9.3x74R for PG under 250 yards.
.500 NE for DG

 

[HWL]

I'll cut it to one, the .375 Hollands.

I just imagine you,.... spending a weekend, hunting prairie dogs in North Dakota, with your .375 Holland & Holland...



HWL

 

[Tanks]

I just imagine you,.... spending a weekend, hunting prairie dogs in North Dakota, with your .375 Holland & Holland...

After 500 rounds or so from a bench, each day, his shoulder and pocketbook might hurt a bit.

 

[dchamp]

I just imagine you,.... spending a weekend, hunting prairie dogs in North Dakota, with your .375 Holland & Holland...

I know a guy whose only hunting rifle is a .375H&H and yes he practices with it by shooting ground squirrels with 235gr bullets.

I would think the most practical and popular would be a 1. .22 cal. something, 2. .300wm and 3. .375H&H. But my preference would be something in 1. 6mm, 2. 8mm and 3. .416

 

[sestoppelman]

I just imagine you,.... spending a weekend, hunting prairie dogs in North Dakota, with your .375 Holland & Holland...



HWL

Well wise guys,,, shooting prairie dogs is not hunting, its shooting. I took the question as for hunting actual game.

 

[Vanguard2279]

The author of the article listed 9.3x62 and .338 WM as options if one was never going to hunt outside North America. His choice for large game in Africa was a .375 H&H.
Twenty-plus years ago, Ross Seyfried wrote an article called "A Hunter's Battery" containing his opinions for the minimum rifles that one needed to cover the world.
He listed:
.22 LR (as he saw it impossible to get through life without one)
12-guage
.44 Magnum or .45 Colt
.22-250
.270 Winchester or .280 Remington
.375 H&H
He also made the point that if one only hunted NA then his "heavy" could be a .338 WM or .340 Weatherby.
I think often about what I would do if I lost every one of my hunting rifles and what I would replace them with. My tentative list:
6.5 PRC (already own)
.300 PRC or .300 RSAUM
9.3x62 (already own)
.416 Ruger (already own).
Just my humble opinions based on my experiences and what I desire to hunt.

 

[Arthur Morta]

My choices:
6.5x55 SE: Loaded with premium, heavy mini Assegai
30-06
375 H&H

 

[HWL]

Well wise guys,,, shooting prairie dogs is not hunting, its shooting. I took the question as for hunting actual game.

Learned another lesson here..... actual game begins, where .375 H & H fits!



HWL

 

[sestoppelman]

Learned another lesson here..... actual game begins, where .375 H & H fits!



HWL

Well it sure aint prairie dogs!

 

[crs]

Sounds to me like the author had a deadline to meet and nothing to write about.
A waste of time.

 

[Forrest Halley]

How after four pages, on such a knowledgeable and distinguished forum as this, have you not come up with the correct answer? It is a very simple and straightforward logical answer, but so many have been blinded by pet calibers.

.22LR

.375 H&H

12 gauge 3.5"

 

[CoElkHunter]

Sounds to me like the author had a deadline to meet and nothing to write about.
A waste of time.

Come on @crs, nothing here is a waste of our unlimited time! I/we argue over every topic under the fading African or Chinese sun including this thread topic. Next topic could be Townsend @Bob Nelson 35Whelen pushing his .35 Whelen to 3500fps with a 250gr. titanium bullet or you loading a 500gr CEB at 2400 out of your .405? It's all good and entertaining. Ha! Ha! Ha!

 

[CoElkHunter]

Learned another lesson here..... actual game begins, where .375 H & H fits!



HWL

Well, Elmer Keith did say when asked, that the .375 H and H "is a good whitetail cartridge", so.....?

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Come on @crs, nothing here is a waste of our unlimited time! I/we argue over every topic under the fading African or Chinese sun including this thread topic. Next topic could be Townsend @Bob Nelson 35Whelen pushing his .35 Whelen to 3500fps with a 250gr. titanium bullet or you loading a 500gr CEB at 2400 out of your .405? It's all good and entertaining. Ha! Ha! Ha!

@CoElkHunter
If'n i could get that speed out of my Whelen with 250s at reasonable pressure it would be great. The recoil would be up there tho. I wonder how @sestoppelman would be scratching his head trying to figure that much power out of an 06 case, but then so would I.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Bob

 

[Alchemist]

.243
30-06 / 300 Win Mag depending on terrain
.375 H&H

 

[HWL]

Well, Elmer Keith did say when asked, that the .375 H and H "is a good whitetail cartridge", so.....?

I do not doubt this.

I am a proud owner of a Brno 550 Magnum and a Brno O/U Express in .375 H & H.

btw,, didn't he also say, the .270 Win is a "damned good coyote gun" !!!




HWL

 

[Odinsraven]

275Rigby ( 7 x 57Mauser ) , 9,3 x 62 and 404Jeffery.

The choice of a gentleman

 

[Odinsraven]

275Rigby ( 7 x 57Mauser ) , 9,3 x 62 and 404Jeffery.

The choice of a gentleman

 

[Odinsraven]

Having recently culled my hunting rifles

I have but three 303 Brit 404j 505 Gibbs ...the Gibbs is purely to see if I can master the big girl ...the other two have practical applications should I fail !