Rifle Recommendations

[Thunderchicken]

All,

  I need some serious recommendations on an all around rifle that will cover Mulies, moose, elk and bear. Please be as specific as you want to be - Brand, action, caliber and bullet. Thanks in advanced!!   :up:  

[tjfslaughter]

I am a firm believer in buying rifles that are appreciating assets . That being said with what you posted I would look for a gently used Sako Deluxe 300 win mag and develop a load for it. I have hunted Whitetail, Mulies, Elk, and Grizz with my Sako and it goes up in value year after year. You will be in for about $1500 for a clean used gun and great glass.

 

 

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[tjfslaughter]

Here are a few pics of my beater Sako

 

 

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[ratherbhunting]

when you say bear do you mean black bears or are you going for browns? 

[BHC]

I am a firm believer in buying rifles that are appreciating assets . That being said with what you posted I would look for a gently used Sako Deluxe 300 win mag and develop a load for it. I have hunted Whitetail, Mulies, Elk, and Grizz with my Sako and it goes up in value year after year. You will be in for about $1500 for a clean used gun and great glass.

 

 

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I agree 110%, I own a SAKO I got it in 1986, gorgeous rifle, great/smooth action, great trigger and damn accurate ......I also agree .300 WIN MAG is one hell of a round, but a better round is the .300 RUM

[Thunderchicken]

when you say bear do you mean black bears or are you going for browns? 

Browns.

[tjfslaughter]

Browns.

The 300 win is plenty enough for the browns. Your guide will have bigger if need be. With Elk you need to be able to shoot 400 all day long.

 

 

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[Thunderchicken]

Here are a few pics of my beater SakoIMG_2245.PNGIMG_1980.JPGIMG_1955.JPGIMG_0005.JPG

 

 

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Thanks TF I'll definitely check them out! Good info!

[Sig220]

I'll give another nod to Sako in .300 Win Mag as an outstanding all around rifle. I have one with a laminate stock and it's a tack driver. This combo can do almost anything that you want but if you're planning on going for big, coastal brown bear in the future you may want to consider stepping up in class for that trip and buy a second rifle more suited to that purpose.

[BHC]

I have a Remington 700 BDL SS, .300 WIN MAG, topped off with Leupold VX-III 3.5-10x50, only shot it at the range a few times, recoil isn't bad and it's accurate

[tjfslaughter]

I'll give another nod to Sako in .300 Win Mag as an outstanding all around rifle. I have one with a laminate stock and it's a tack driver. This combo can do almost anything that you want but if you're planning on going for big, coastal brown bear in the future you may want to consider stepping up in class for that trip and buy a second rifle more suited to that purpose.

The reality is if you are paying for a coastal brown hunt you can upgrade to the .338 or the .375 Alaskan.

 

 

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[MGHunter66]

All,

I need some serious recommendations on an all around rifle that will cover Mulies, moose, elk and bear. Please be as specific as you want to be - Brand, action, caliber and bullet. Thanks in advanced!! :up:

First let me say i am partial to Weatherby rifles and cartidges. With the inclusion of browns I’d say a Mark V chambered in .300wby mag. My wifes grandfather hunted from the lower 48 to the northern territories to take browns, polars, blacks, elk, moose, dall sheep, buffalo, caribou and numerous whitetails all with one Mark V chambered in 300wby mag and 180gr nosler partitions.

[BHC]

The SAKO model I have from 1986 was called "HUNTER", with today's latest SAKO models I guess the closes model would be this:  http://www.sako.fi/rifles/sako-85/85-hunter

Edited February 21, 2018 by BHC

[Sig220]

I have owned several Weatherby's as well, including a Mark V Fibermark in .300 Weatherby Magnum. Not sure of the OP's level of experience with rifles or recoil tolerance is but from experience, I wouldn't recommend a .300 Weatherby Magnum for an inexperienced shooter unless they have access to someone who hand loads to start out with lower velocity rounds before working their way up to the full house rounds. The Weatherby and Remington Ultra Mag both have noticeably sharper recoil than the Winchester Mag that may lead to developing a flinch and therefore poor shooting if you start by biting off more than you can chew. 

 

That being said, if you can afford a brown bear hunt on top of the others that were listed then picking up an additional rifle for the big bears shouldn't be a problem. Can you take that large apex predator with a .30 caliber magnum, sure. But think of it this way, if your walking around in the land of 1000+ pound carnivores that will view you as a food source, I would recommend that you have the largest caliber that you can shoot accurately in your hands at that time stoked with premium bullets that are designed for maximum weight retention and penetration.

[Live to Hunt]

All good advice from guys who have done it and sounds like might know a thing or two about guns. When I started hunting with a rifle I was told to purchase a Remington 300 ultra mag. I shoot 180 grain Nosler. It’s a canon but nothing walks away and never has. I was told this gun will kill, with no problem any North American game. I have a Kodiak Bear Hunt booked and Mike the outfitter told me if you hit a brown in the kill zone it’s dead. Told me the most important thing is how accurate and precise I am with the gun. Every time I do a big Game hunt with an outfitter they are so happy with the gun I have. This is a long distance canon