which rifle should i get

[Bushmoose]

The thread is over a year and a half old? I would hope the OP has got his rifle by now?

[CanadienBoy]

X 2 270 Browning Gold medallion my fav, shoot very flat as well ,have shot white tail ,mule deer , elk , caribou , moose , black bear and wolf with it in 4 different provinces very versatile gun

[Bluebulldog]

The thread is over a year and a half old? I would hope the OP has got his rifle by now?

I was just thinking the same thing...

The necropost award this week goes to Andrew Suggy....LOL

[maximum chaos]

lmao...i didnt even notice...been reading away

[alfoldivandor]

The only large rifle I have is the .270 ... there isn't anything in Ontario it cannot handle, and it can still be used in any areas that have calibre restriction ... good all round rifle and I figure it will be the only one I need for the rest of my hunting career.

X2 with 180 gr Woodleight bulet

[Camp Red Maple]

I have a Browning X Bolt 300 WSM Carl Zeiss Conquest 3x9 50 ml objective lens for my sitting gun. WSM for the short action when ejecting and marginally better ballistics over the win mag. F you use nosler bullets 180 grain...you punch a nice hole...shock and then some...you are not going far to retrieve anything on a well placed shot...but the key is nosler partion for controlled expansion...my 2 cents...I like the 7 ml mag as well for the range of cartridges and ballistics but I will stick with shock and awe. There is way better for the $$ but that's my limit.

[Drastic711]

The only large rifle I have is the .270 ... there isn't anything in Ontario it cannot handle, and it can still be used in any areas that have calibre restriction ... good all round rifle and I figure it will be the only one I need for the rest of my hunting career.

Maybe even 270 WSM and dont worry for anything that walk out on you while anywhere in Ontario...

[patvetzal]

Maybe even 270 WSM and dont worry for anything that walk out on you while anywhere in Ontario...

We are trying for a caliber that will be best overall. Easy to find ammo, cheap to practice with, enjoyable on the shoulder, able to blow the head off partridge at 30' but powerful enough for bear, moose etc. No good having some of these things if you can't find practice ammo, or can't afford to bust beer cans with it..... Once the shooter has had a few years he/she will tend to gravitate to one type of shooting and can buy special purpose rifles.
My FIL would sit out on the line watching for moose. His scoped 303 was perfect for him but I wanted to dog the bush and move game out. Back then we could carry in the bush so I took my Rugers, one a lever action with 240gr hard cast, the other a 7 1/2" barrel with birdshot for running grouse. If I chose to sit the line or watch a pond, then I would grab my 270 Remington. No matter what I carried, it was a gun that got a lot of shooting for fun and pleasure so I could predict my bullet placement.

[Camp Red Maple]

The thread is over a year and a half old? I would hope the OP has got his rifle by now?

You might as well keep it rolling bud sooner or later someone else is going to ask lol

[annuvin]

I shoot a Remington 7600 in .30-06 sighted in with 180 grain cartridges at 200 yards. Depending on the construction of the bullets used, it is a suitable rifle for moose, bear or deer. If your goal is hunting brown, grizzly or polar bears, you may want something a little more powerful. Otherwise the .30-06 is more than suitable for any big game animal in North America.