If you could only have one gun/caliber for California Hunting

[hunterdoug]

Yea but what about no lead compliance

 

[pschooley]

That depends

Yea but what about no lead compliance

There are probably more .30 caliber options whatever the cartridge ('06, .300 win, .308/7.62) than any other caliber.

I like the '06 because (if I had to buy factory ammo) there is usually a few boxes in the store even when the 7.62 spot on the shelf is empty.

 

[Common Sense]

Yea but what about no lead compliance

If I could only afford one gun, I would still hunt --- but I doubt I would comply with DFW laws, regulations, bag limits, seasons, lead...

 

[OPAH]

If I had to have only one gun caliber?
it would be my Colt Python 357 and my Marlin LA 357, best of both worlds 357, 38p, 38 and in a pinch 9m with a "C" clip

 

[Bankrunner]

.729 caliber!

 

[Bankrunner]

I'll put myself out on a little limb and say that since you asked what gun/caliber that shotguns are out of the picture (since 'cept for the .410 they are all gun/gauge not gun/caliber)
:skeered:

That being said I think the venerable 30-06 wins due to the huge number of loads available.... if you know how to handload or take the time to learn how to do so you can take even greater advantage of this.

If you know how to handload and keep your load dope handy you can carry around loads good for coyote, pig, blacktail, bear etc and all you need to do is correct your aim for the load and you're in business.

If you don't know how to handload and don't want to learn then you have to experiment with different factory loads with lighter and heavier bullets to have loads good for bigger and smaller game. The only thing is those loads might not be the best loads for any given bullet weight in which ever rifle you get.

I have an '06 and I've worked up different loads for different bullet weights.

Bottom line is that caliber alone is not good enough for the one gun/caliber concept - you will have to use different loads for different scenarios and the '06 gives you some of the greatest range of combinations available.

Maybe someone can help with the proper use of the forward slash, i think it's "and" but i have also seen it used as "or"? Like, "it was +/- 36 yards."

 

[pschooley]

Take your pick

Maybe someone can help with the proper use of the forward slash, i think it's "and" but i have also seen it used as "or"? Like, "it was +/- 36 yards."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash_(punctuation)