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    Forbearance and forgiveness. For the author, not these cartridges. My choices at the low and high ends are a bit silly for game animals at the opposite ends (you don't need a .416 Rem. Mag. to kill a whitetail). But to address all big game, I have to provide options at the extremes. Here are the best all-around ammo options for big-game hunters.
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    The .280 Ackley Improved is the ideal all-around western big game cartridge. Aram von Benedikt ... He was only 35 yards distant when my .300 Winchester Magnum spoke its piece.If you're a guy or gal who likes big, hard-hitting cartridges, (and doesn't mind having recoil-loosened tooth fillings replaced on a regular basis) the .300 Win. Mag ...
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    May 17, 2023For these various applications, these are my top picks among long-range calibers. (Even though the term "cartridges" is correct, the common usage of "caliber" dictates why this story is called "Best Long-Range Calibers" rather than "Best Long-Range Cartridges.") Best for Hunting:.308 Win. Best for Big Game: .300 Win. Mag.
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    Later I stepped up to 7mm magnums and .300 magnums and 325 magnums and just about every potential big game cartridge from a 22-250 Ackley Improved to a 416 Rigby. Today I'm confident a 6.8 Western will, as the Mountain Men used to say, "do to ride the river!"
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    Jun 23, 2023Townsend Whelen, who was one of Outdoor Life's first shooting editors and one of the founders of the legendary gun maker and outfitter Griffin & Howe, wrote extensively about big game hunting from the early 1900s until his death in 1961.His articles on rifles, ballistics, cartridges, optics, and marksmanship have endured through the decades, thanks to his concise, informative prose that was ...
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    Adam Weatherby's Montana black bear was the first game animal ever taken with the new Weatherby 6.5 RPM cartridge. Weatherby. Recent years have seen the introduction of a stunning number of new factory rifle cartridges, with each being heralded as the "The Next Big Thing" for hunting or competitive shooting. This explosion in new-cartridge development was fueled by the phenomenal success ...
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    Aug 8, 2023"Cartridge" means the case that holds the powder that drives the bullet. The .30/30, .300 Savage, .30/06, .300 Win. Mag., and .300 RUM are all 30 calibers, but significantly different 30-caliber cartridges. Hunters typically but incorrectly use the best elk "calibers" to mean cartridge, but I'll use calibers for the sake of this review.
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    Aug 19, 2024After all these decades, both of these cartridges are still beloved by folks who love classic and reliable firearms. Put simply, the .30-30 Winchester is a solid choice for big game hunting at close ranges, like the whitetail woods of the Midwest, while the .30-06 is the more versatile big game hunting cartridge with more long-range potential.
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    Oct 9, 2024Defining Small Cartridges for Big Game. Big or small is relative when it comes to cartridges. Traditional African dangerous game hunters would consider many of our magnums to be medium or small, but application matters. A .505 Gibbs would be little more than a novelty to most North American hunters, and for our purposes, I'd roughly define ...
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    That was for two reasons. One, it sort of got lost in the mix of WSMs, Creedmoors, proprietary Noslers and others, and, two, new cartridges that are larger than .30-caliber have a tough time making headway with the majority of hunters and shooters. But I think the virtues of the cartridge will make it a success in the long run.
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