what is your go to big game hunting rifle?

[getreal711]

30-06 or .50 cal Hawkins bp.

[zike]

I don't have a go to big game hunting rifle.  What I grab depends on what kinda country I am going to be hunting.  I'm not going to grab my .270wsm when 50 yards shot are to be expected and i'm not going to grab my 45-70 when 300+ yards are to be expected.

Same here except for elk its a 340 Wby and deer its one of the 30 cal, I guess I don't have favorites.

[Rich_S]

Ought-six Model 70 Winchester Featherweight with Leupold 3-9.





That laminated stock has come through rock and bobwire fences without a nick.

If I can get my new (to me) Mini-30 to "minute-of-beer-can", I may retire the .30-06 for westside hunting.

[magnumb]

Tikka T3 Lite in 300 WSM (180gr. Barnes TSX pills - handloads), Talley steel rings and bases, Limbsaver butt pad, 'Claw' shoulder strap and topped off with a Zeiss 4.5 x 14 x 44mm adjustable objective optics.

However, 'go to' to me means runnin' out the door with the possibility of facing anything and everything big game in the continental US.  As many members likely do, I have dedicated calibers for each big game animal that I hunt, but the above rifle/caliber and components can easily do it all reliably. 

[lostbackpacker]

Sako Finnbear Pre Garcia .338 win mag with 210 Nosler partitions.

[magnumb]

stock tikka 3 lite in 25-06 with a leupold vx-3.    mike w

I also have aTikka T3 in 25-06 (my 6th 25-06) with a Zeiss 4.5 x 14 x 44mm scope (handloads, as always).  It is my dedicated deer rifle and it is laser accurate.  I actually traded (plus some to me) my Sako 75 in 25-06 for a new T3 in 25-06.  It is one of those rounds that, year after year, impresses me with it's ability to easily face plant nice blacktail bucks at even those longer pokes.  It's ballistics and terminal effectiveness is truly impressive.

Enjoy yours as I'm sure you will.

[andy*]

Here is my go to rifle.
It is a .54 Hawken copy made by my friend Loren "Doc" Brown.
It has a Ron Long lock, an Orion barrel with a 1-72 twist and the walnut stock was made from a local tree that was hit by lightning.
For all my shooting be it target work or hunting I use 80 grains of FF, a .15 patch and a .530 round ball. For lube either spit for range work or bear grease for hunting.
Andy

[grundy53]

Remington model 700 sendero in .300 win mag.

[jdb]

and bobwire fences without a nick

Bobwire??

[birddogdad]

long range, 7mm rem mag, for the rest, 375h&h

[JODakota]

Tikka T3 lite 270 WSSM

[TVHunts]

Remington Model 600 in 6.5 Rem Mag

[Hunting7mm]

7mm remington mag

[Biggerhammer]

Remington Model 600 in 6.5 Rem Mag

The original WSM!

[goosegetter79]

Savage 7mm rem. mag but was just gifted by my gap  a few months ago a 1917 Enfield 30-06 a couple months before he passed. Think I'll give it a go this year.