What is the best hunting rifle and which size round would you use?

Answer 1

The best hunting rifle is the Thompson Center Encore because you can taylor the gun to the game you hunt. Thompson Center makes last I heard, 86 barrels of different calibers and sizes for this gun. However, there are hundreds of variations and odd calibers that are being made by custom shops. If there is something you want, call a custom shop and they will make it for you.

Answer 2

I have hunted and killed deer with all of these and with the exception of the .270 have had extremely great results

30-06 great rnd, 300 win mag awesome , 280 is what i take out of the safe when i hunt deer now, i shoot 140 grain accutips it is a thompson encore with a custom 26 inch bull barrell that will put every shot within a half of an inch of each other at over 100 yards.

now to the 270 , i know many people love this cartridge so i tried one for a couple seasons and never once dropped a deer in its tracks with it, as with my 280 or my 300 mag, 9 out of 10 times they fall instantly. but theyre so many good cartridges out i suggest get the one you can handle and shoot comfortably what im saying is dont go buy a 300 mag if you only weigh 150lbs or so, because the recoil will be so great you will never be able to shoot accurately enough with to consistently kill anything, you will just wound a lot of animals , if your after deer and are small in stature or recoil sensitive then i suggest a 243 or a 7mm/08 or a 280 such as the one i described, but good luck to ya

Answer 3

That depends on what you are hunting. Obviously a .270 Winchester is too big to hunt rabbits with. And a .22 Long Rifle is too small for bear.

Best Deer Rifle: .25-06 Remington w/115 to 120 grain bullets.

Best All Around N. American Big Game Rifles:

.30-06 Springfield; .308 Winchester; .270 Winchester.

Bullet weight depends on game you hunt. Light bullets for varmints, heavier bullets for deer, heaviest bullets for large boned animals such as Elk, Moose and bear.

Hope that helped.

H

Answer 4

For tree rats, I use 22LR Mod 63 Winchester. Rabbits, too, on occasion.
For coyote and bobcat, 6mm Rem. in 700 BDL Remington.
For whitetails in close cover, 348 Win. in model 71 Winchester.
For whitetails in broken country, 7x57 Mauser in Remington 700 Mountain rifle most of the time, but 257 Robert in a Ruger 77 or 8x58 IR in Remington 700 Classic or sporterized 98 Mauser on occasion, or even a 6.5x55 model 38 Swedish Mauser.
For open country, 270 WSM in Winchester 70 or 6.5x68 in Sauer 202.
For stuff a little bigger, I switch barrels on the Sauer and go with 8x68.
For the really big stuff (not African big 5), 9.3x62 in a CZ 500.
I'm looking for a good deal on a 450/400 3" SxS for the biggest stuff.
Mine are admittedly odd choices, with several no longer made, but I'm personally happy with them.
I load each for the situation I'm expecting Playing on the reloading bench gives me something to do.
But if you're looking for an all-around rifle, you'll need at least three: a 22 rimfire, and perhaps a 30-06 and a 375 H&H. But what's the fun in that?

Answer 5

It depends on the game hunted, the range and many other options.

For example, the largest game in my state is small deer, with 200 yards as a maximum range. For that, a 30-30 is fine for everything from rabbits through deer with the proper load.

Long range requires a scoped rifle, dangerous game needs a powerful round, charging rhino needs a fast follow-up shot, groundhogs need a high velocity small caliber, etc.

Answer 6

If you hand-load the 30.'06 is probably the best all around round.
Otherwise I would say the .308. The two are so identical in commercial ammunition and have such small advantages and disadvantages between them that the .308 wins merely because of cost and variety of ammunition.
Bolt-action with a free-floated barrel. I prefer synthetic stock and stainless barrel because it is not as vulnerable to the elements, but for aesthetics a wood stock and blued barrel is hard to beat, and also a little more natural looking(ie camouflaged)
The size round (weight and shape) depends on the game you are hunting.

For truly large game I like the .300 Winchester Magnum but almost all .3 caliber magnums are adequate in power and very ballistically efficient.

Answer 7

I personally like my .308 it works great for medium size game. I don't think I would take it grizzly hunting, but I wouldn't be afraid to shoot fairly large game with it such as elk. If you're hunting in area's with a lot of woods and fairly short shots (under 150 yards) a .30-.30 works great too.

Answer 8

Depends what your hunting, i prefer a 308 for deer with 150 gr., soft pt., its proofed very deadly for the past 30 yrs.
For predator i use a 243, its a little over kill but at this pt is all I own, I started hunting predators last year, but will buy a 22.50 this spring.
Hope this helps you,
Just Dave

Answer 9

the 30-06 is a good all around rifle you can go from a 55 gr accelirator to a 220 gr you can hunt anything from ground hogs to like the other one said an elepphant

happy hunting

Answer 10

I think overall the best rifle is the 30.06, bolt action, with a high scope that allows you see under the scope as well as in the viewer. The gun is low maintenance and is very accurate for a hunting rifle. 180 grain will bring down a large Elk (I've got 2 bulls with mine) so, if you are hunting small game go down in the grain...