Buying some new rifles for hunting.?

Question

I have been hunting coyote, white-tail, mule, moose, elk and bear for about 3 years now with my dad. And now i want to get my own gun and i dont know what to get.

I was thinking of getting a 22-250 remington model 700 sps stainless for the coyote, but i dont know what kind of scope to get. I was thinking of getting a 270. win or a 270. wsm for white-tail, mule, caribou, big horned sheep, in either the Tikka T3 Hunter or the Browning A-Bolt Medallion with a 3x-9x, 40mm scope. And a 30-378 weatherby mag. for the elk, moose, black and brown bear with a 3x-9x, 40mm scope.

If you have any other suggestions for the rifles and scopes please add them. Which one should i get the 270. win or the 270. wsm and in what model?

Answer 1

here are my pics

for pelting for coyotes 17 rem

for hunting or long range pelting 223

for whitetail,muleys,caribou and big horn i suggest the 300 rem ultra mag.sounds overkill?not really ever since remington has been making power level ammo i can use the power level 1 ammo for 30-06 performance level 2 for 300 win mag performance and level 3 for 300 rem ultra mag performance and if you want clean big game shattering performance for elk on up i suggest the 338 win mag for begginers/intermediate hunters or if you are an intermediate/expert hunter or can just handle the extra recoil i suggest the 375 h&h mag

Answer 2

i think thats really cruel. what did the animals ever do to you??

Answer 3

22-250 is sure a flat shooter, but it tends to eat barrels.  For the varminter who is shooting prarie dogs, when the entire town knows whenever another dog gets zapped, that extra range can come in handy, but for coyote, no, a standard 223 would work just fine.

I'd not go for the 270 WSM.  It is more of a 270 'magnum' and I don't know if it will stand the test of time.  Maybe 10 years from now noone will be making ammo for it anymore.    Plus those fat cartridges reduce a 'standard magnum' capacity by one, but a 'standard magnum' normally has one less round than a 'regular' chambering like 270 or 30-06  I'd suggest a 257 weatherby, or a 270 weatherby, or the 264 winchester magnum if you really want to go magnum, but a nice 270 winchester, just old regular plain, sure is a nice rifle chambering.

I think the 300-378 is way more wha-pow than is needed. I'd go with a standard 300 winmag, or possibly the 300 ultra-mag simply because it has 3 power level loadings, 1 that matches 30-06, 1 that matches 300 winmag, and 1 that almost matches 300-378

Alternatively,  rework your equation a little bit

Go for a 243, that makes a nice coyote gun, ans can work well as a backup gun or a loaner gun (for your future girlfriend when you take her hunting with you!) for deer etc.

Choose a 7mm remington magnum for elk.



The 243 and the 7mm remmag will bookend around the Whitetail, Muley, Caribou, Bighorns, etc, just fine. You can choose which you need on a case-by-case basis

Then go for the tried and true 338 winmag for brown bear and moose.

Answer 4

This is just my opinion, but if your hunting deer and moose, than there no need for the scope. the 22 is a great idea its a great starter gun even though your not a starter. Its a great choice. I have a 12 gauge, 22 and a pellt gun but i rarely use any of them other than the 22. GET THE 22!

Answer 5

I personally would get something from DPMS, or a .408 windrunner for hunting the Moose and bear but DPMS are semi-auto and the Windrunner is a bolt-action. I would also suggest a MARK 4 LR/T rifle scope from leupold.

Answer 6

Man, you can narrow the field a whole bunch. First question is do you keep the Coyote hide? if not, forget the 22-250 and that scope. (I just saved you $900) Whack the Coyote with your new 270 Winchester in the Browning A-Bolt Medallion. Upgrade the scope to a Leupold 4-12X40. The higher power covers the varmint magnification. For still hunting, stalking zoom down to 4X.Coyote to sheep all with you regular deer loads.

Now the big gun. There is no reason that the 270 can not take Moose, Elk, Bears re-zero with 140-150 grain bullets.

270 is a great all around cartridge. It can take care of anything in North America.