Best Hunting Caliber that Fits a Short Action??

[ARlife4me]

Cool! I love my lightweight BLR in 325wsm for elk. Never heard of the 458.

it's a wildcat of the wsm as winchester never made that cartridge. quick load shows it as noveske 458

 

[bdlesh]

it's a wildcat of the wsm as winchester never made that cartridge. quick load shows it as noveske 458

Is it more or is it less than a 45/70?

 

[Idaho Lefty]

7 SAUM, it's almost the perfect cartridge and has tons of good components available.

THIS,. For,.. Elk ^^^^ and, a 6.5 Creed, for,.. Deer / Antelope/ Wolves / Yotes and,. Steel Plates, as Far as, you can, See Them ,.. DONE !
And, an Antelope "Killer Supreme" to, well OVER,.. 1,500 Yards ! ( If, Lucky and / or, If, you can "Read, the Wind",.. exactly,.. "right" ! )

 

[ARlife4me]

Is it more or is it less than a 45/70?

in a 20" barrel it'll add 1,500-2,000 #'s of muzzle energy over the 45-70 modern levers

 

[crashlanding]

THIS,. For,.. Elk ^^^^ and, a 6.5 Creed, for,.. Deer / Antelope/ Wolves / Yotes and,. Steel Plates, as Far as, you can, See Them ,.. DONE !
And, an Antelope "Killer Supreme" to, well OVER,.. 1,500 Yards ! ( If, Lucky and / or, If, you can "Read, the Wind",.. exactly,.. "right" ! )

Had to throw that out there and start trouble, didn't ya ?

 

[Aoudad shooter1975]

All around 338 RCM, does 80% of everything 7 SAUM

 

[K.E.C.]

Had to throw that out there and start trouble, didn't ya ?

He beat me to it.

 

[Idaho Lefty]

The 6.5 CREEDMOOR's "Legend",. Will Live,. FOREVER, Now !
Yup, I Got,. a DRY sense of, Humor !

 

[Idaho Lefty]

All around 338 RCM, does 80% of everything 7 SAUM

I Saw WHAT, you Did,. There,. LOL !
The 7 SAUM,. IS Pretty,. "Awesome" !!

 

[Idaho Lefty]

IF, I could Still Walk, 5 Miles into, the knarly "Back Country" ( AND get back to, the Truck ! ) for, Elk,.
I'd build, a 7 SAUM,.. in a New York Minute !
With, a 4 X 16 Zeiss, it would Be Good for, in the Timber, CLOSE, Out to,. 1,000 yards, Using,.. 175 gr. Berger, Elite Hunters.

 

[Kmccord]

I'm building a 6.5 Creedmoor for NRL Hunter on a TL3 action. I would like one rifle that I can use for hunting and matches. Obviously 6.5 Creedmoor is not the ideal hunting cartridge. With the TL3 I can easily switch barrels, so trying to decide on a long range hunting caliber for a second barrel that will fit a short action. Looking at 6.5 PRC, 7 SS, 7 SAUM. I know short action is going to limit the performance on the 6.5 PRC and 7 SAUM. 800 yards is really my max range I would shoot hunting. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

What did you decide on? My choice would be the PRC.

 

[Brushcutter]

it's a wildcat of the wsm as winchester never made that cartridge. quick load shows it as noveske 458

Thanks. As long as I just hunt Oregon, my 454 Cassul Puma carbine should handle anything nasty. (I'm working on not always needing the latest and greatest.)