After seeing posts on that .30/378 and .50 Beuwolf I am curious to see what the largest big game round/caliber everyone has. For me it's my 300 Win Mag followed by 30-06 and 30-40 Krag.
Big game rounds .... what's your biggest?
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, May 08 2006 12:21 PM
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Posted 08 May 2006 - 12:21 PM
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Posted 08 May 2006 - 12:30 PM
I still have a .375 H&H Magnum and my old .45-70. I don't think .50 cal is considered a hunting round. Well, I guess it depends what you're hunting. 
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Posted 08 May 2006 - 12:40 PM
Have you got a 50 BMG, too?
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Posted 08 May 2006 - 01:27 PM
the biggest i have is a 1886 browning 45-70
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Posted 08 May 2006 - 05:15 PM
300 weatherby mag, and an 30-06, that pretty much sums up this continent.
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Posted 08 May 2006 - 06:12 PM
all I have is the 270 winchester I want a 300 wssm ,I don't know why i need it but i want one.
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Posted 08 May 2006 - 08:06 PM
.416 Remington Mag.
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Posted 08 May 2006 - 09:21 PM
300 wn mag, 7mm rm mag ,38-55,( 25-06 ), 32 wn. 3030.I realy like the 25-06.
), 32 wn. 3030.I realy like the 25-06.
Reach out to are fury friends . Use a 25-06 If runs swims or flies ,IT CAN BE DEEP FRIED OR MADE INTO A PIE mmm mmmm ANIMALS IT'S WHATS FOR DINNER. Beeman air...25-06, 223, 7mm- 08 ,7mm Rem mag .Beaman 8 cats 0. Keeper of 2 Border Collie Heelers
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Posted 08 May 2006 - 09:23 PM
Dang, I think I'm getting big bore envy. 
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Posted 08 May 2006 - 09:27 PM
That's a brute!!.416 Remington Mag.
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Posted 08 May 2006 - 09:31 PM
If you just had one gun the 30-06 would be hard to beat. 
I dont need it but I want one. After the varmint gun.dont tell the wife.
I dont need it but I want one. After the varmint gun.dont tell the wife.
Reach out to are fury friends . Use a 25-06 If runs swims or flies ,IT CAN BE DEEP FRIED OR MADE INTO A PIE mmm mmmm ANIMALS IT'S WHATS FOR DINNER. Beeman air...25-06, 223, 7mm- 08 ,7mm Rem mag .Beaman 8 cats 0. Keeper of 2 Border Collie Heelers
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Posted 09 May 2006 - 12:26 AM
I have a 300 win. mag, 30-06, 270, 30-30, 22mag. and I likes em all!Ryan
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Posted 09 May 2006 - 05:33 AM
58cal Hawken and 45-70
and 45-70
You can hop but you can't hide. Yahi Bowmen. Its not how far you can shoot but how close to the game you get when you shoot. Sights we don't need any sights. Why waist time reloading when I can be making arrows.
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Posted 09 May 2006 - 08:55 AM
338 Win Mag
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Posted 09 May 2006 - 08:02 PM
Largest calibre diameter wise 8x57 Mauser .323cal .
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Posted 09 May 2006 - 08:35 PM
Accurized Mod 70 in 270WSM. Its a keeper.
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Posted 10 May 2006 - 10:11 AM
I've always been partial to the bigger calibers! 
Here's a pic of what I've had the opportunity to own/shoot over the years... (can you name them all?)
and another for the bonus round! (no, I don't have anything to shoot the last two....yet...)
Here's a pic of what I've had the opportunity to own/shoot over the years... (can you name them all?)and another for the bonus round! (no, I don't have anything to shoot the last two....yet...)
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Posted 10 May 2006 - 09:57 PM
As I look around, all I can find for big game is a .308 Win. or a 6 X 284 that weighs 20 lbs. 
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Posted 10 May 2006 - 10:50 PM
The last 2 are for the whole herd.I've always been partial to the bigger calibers!
Here's a pic of what I've had the opportunity to own/shoot over the years... (can you name them all?)
Of any thing
Reach out to are fury friends . Use a 25-06 If runs swims or flies ,IT CAN BE DEEP FRIED OR MADE INTO A PIE mmm mmmm ANIMALS IT'S WHATS FOR DINNER. Beeman air...25-06, 223, 7mm- 08 ,7mm Rem mag .Beaman 8 cats 0. Keeper of 2 Border Collie Heelers
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Posted 11 May 2006 - 04:42 AM
I can name most of them. But I gotta get ready for work . Starting from the left 22,22 Mag, and then a rare one 22 JET . S&W Chambered a hand gun for it years ago. I heard there were problems. Why? Cause its a bottle neck case in a revolver. The rest are the usual suspects. The last two is military stuff, isn't one of those a 30MM rnd?
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Posted 11 May 2006 - 11:07 AM
2nd to last looks like a 20 mm. I used to love to go watch the CIWS shoot on the ships I was stationed on during live fire exercises. 4500 rounds per minute is amazing. Too bad they only hold 1500.
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Posted 11 May 2006 - 11:10 AM
That's what I'm talking about! I want one of those mounted on my roof.
I want one of those mounted on my roof.
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Posted 11 May 2006 - 11:14 AM
Better get a second job, they run around 5.6 million each.
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Posted 11 May 2006 - 11:34 AM
Ah, that's chicken scratch!Better get a second job, they run around 5.6 million each.
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Posted 11 May 2006 - 11:38 AM
Guns in video games aren't that cool! :)Did some digging:"The Mk-15 Phalanx CIWS is a fast-reaction, rapid-fire 20mm gun system for short range defense against aircraft or missiles. Each mount consists of three main parts: the white "head" containing the track radar, the gun (six barrels) and below the gun there is the magazin. The gun is able to fire more than 3,000 rounds per minute. These bullets are made of uranium. It's non-radioactive and much harder than steel."
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Posted 11 May 2006 - 11:51 AM
It's actually called depleted uranium and is the same material that's used in the making of the 30mm rounds used in the A-10 Thunderbolt.These bullets are made of uranium. It's non-radioactive and much harder than steel."
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Posted 11 May 2006 - 12:16 PM
The older models fired 3000 rounds per minute and only held around 800 in the drum. The newer models can fire 4500 rounds per minute and hold 1500. The sound of them firing 4500 rounds per minute is very distinct.Yes, they do shoot a depleted uranium round, or used to. The Navy has gone away from the DR for environmental reasons.A-10's rock !!!
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Posted 11 May 2006 - 02:47 PM
Ok cool we know how many rnds per minute. But what is the Muzzel Velocity and how heavy is the bullet.How thick of armor plate can it pierce? Enquireing minds want to know? We know that a 50Cal (BMG) shoots about a 750gr bullet at about 3,000FPS for a muzzel energy cloce to 14,000 LBs.And we know how loud those bad boys are. Who in our club has seen actual combat? How loud is battle? I can't imagin how you could here talking over comunications in the heat of combat??????????????
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Posted 02 June 2006 - 07:07 PM
For the kind of game I want to bag, its my 375H&H Weatherby. I am saving this caliber for the Brown Bear or Grizzly. I never took a rifle bigger than a 300 Weatherby whenever I go to Africa. Fact is I use 22-250 for the smaller plains game. My taxidermist harvested a Giraffe with a 22-250.
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Posted 03 June 2006 - 08:59 PM
.338--.444marlin-30.06, went to Tejon ranch pig hunting 3 wks ago and decided to use up my older .338 elk round's, about a 60 yd moving quickly shot put the pig on the ground with hardly a quiver, entered behind the right shoulder and took out the left shoulder but didn't ruin that much meat.
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