Originally Posted by Cold Trigger Finger
A 6.5 will do anything those will on the heavies but work better on the light game. A 6.5/06 AI would be close to ideal. . In a survival situation you will prolly have opportunity to take more smaller game than truly large game.
Actually a 243 with 2 different loads would be close yo ideal for a 1 rifle only.
Agreed. Like I said a rifle based off an '06 that can efficiently throw a 130-180 grain bullet will probably cover you for anything in North America. And yeah the .243 could work too. Gun nuts like to split hairs
It all depends on what side of the envelope you want to favor. But just about anything will work under some circumstance.
Originally Posted by 300whisper
If times are bad enough to have one gun then everything is out of the equation. At that point it will be quantity over quality. Give me a ruger 10/22 or rem 597 in 22LR and I'll dispatch anything by any means necessary. Oh man I'm about to get torn up....
Not from me. When it comes to putting meat in a pot a .22 or 12 gauge are hard to beat. If you have to hump 500 rounds over a mountain on top of all the gear needed for an extended backpacking stay the .22 would win every time.
Inuit and Eskimos have reportedly done quite well for decades relying heavily on the .222