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Old 11-04-2008, 07:07 AM
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Depends.

What style of hunting do for see your self doing?
close cover hunting will move you towards light handy carbine type rifles in calibers which produce moderate muzzle velocities, with mid to heavy weight bullets.

Open country will move one towards longer barrels and faster velocity cartridges with lighter weight bullets.

Now if you are like 90% of all the Alberta hunters out there, your primary quary will be deer, with and elk or a moose thrown in on a 1 in 4 or 1 in 5 year rotation.

If you hunt a mixed bag of style, sometimes skulking through the alders, while other times over looking long cutlines, or hay fields, certain options for calibers really stand out in my mind.

A classic 270Win rifle wilth a 22" bbl.
A 7mm-08 rifle with a 22" bbl.
A 308Win rifle with a 22" bbl, or maybe even a 20-18.5" bbl.
Go with a varible power scope like a 2.5-10, 2-7, easing away from a 3-9 if tight quarter stuff is too often attempted.

All the hype about 30 cal and larger is exactly that hype, a well constructed 130 or 140gr bullet of 0.277" to 0.284" placed where it belongs will put any moose or elk on the deck if broadside shots are maintained, and sub 300yd ranges observed.


There is no need for a long barreled magnum especially for a beginner.

Good luck.
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