WITH THESE 4 WEAPONS YOU CAN HUNT ALMOST ANYTHING ON THE PLANET

INTERESTED IN HUNTING SMALL AND LARGE GAME WITH AS FEW WEAPONS AS POSSIBLE?

Are you the type of person who sees guns only as tools for hunting? What if, instead of spending all of your money buying new hunting weapons, you could instead spend that money on extra hunting time? If so, this is the list for you.

I’m not the type who will ever try to talk you out of buying a new gun. After all, buying a new gun for an upcoming hunt is only half the fun for some people.

Others, however, do not want to own more than necessary. Well, if you only own the four hunting weapons on this list, you can hunt any animal in the world in virtually any circumstance.

Pretty easy right?

That’s right: with a collection of just four hunting weapons, you can ethically hunt any animal from squirrels to elephants.

REMINGTON

A good shotgun is an important part of any hunter’s gun collection. A 12-gauge pump-action shotgun like the Remington Model 870 (or the Mossberg 500 if that’s more your thing) with a 3-inch chamber is not only a great home defensive shotgun but also an excellent choice for hunting.

The Remington Model 870 is not only very inexpensive and extremely reliable but also super versatile. If you buy a 3-inch model with interchangeable choke tubes, you can use both 2 3/4-inch and 3-inch bowls to hunt virtually any species of bird: pigeons, quails, chukars, grouse, pheasants, turkeys, ducks, geese, etc.

The Remington 870 is also a perfect choice for hunting small game such as rabbits and squirrels. Loaded with shot, it is a deadly hunting shotgun for keeping up close and personal with large game such as deer and wild boar.

Finally, you can simply change the barrel and install a rifled barrel with better sights. This quick modification makes it an excellent slug gun capable of hunting big game at slightly greater distances.

While a shotgun is very powerful and versatile, it has some major shortcomings, mainly a limited effective range. That brings us to the next two firearms on this list, however.

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Ruger 10/22

Although the capabilities between the Ruger 10/22 and a good shotgun overlap a bit, the 10/22 is still a solid addition to any hunting rifle collection and has some important advantages over a shotgun.

First, it has a greater effective range. Second, a .22 caliber rifle is generally smaller and lighter than a shotgun (the same goes for ammunition). Third, it’s not nearly as loud as a 12-gauge shotgun.

With that in mind, there are also subsonic bullets for the .22, ideal for people who don’t want to make too much noise when hunting or shooting. While it’s nowhere near quiet, a suppressed .22 rifle that fires subsonic rounds is extremely quiet.

Finally, having some type of .22 caliber gun in your collection is also generally a good idea. While it’s not quite as easy or as cheap to get as it used to be, .22 LR ammo is still the cheapest ammo, so you can buy a ton of it without breaking the bank. It’s also easy to stow away without taking up a lot of space.

There are a number of high-quality bolt action, single shot, and semi-automatic rifles available in .22 caliber rifles, but the Ruger 10/22 is an especially good choice. Small, light, and very reliable, the semi-automatic 10/22 is ideal for hunting small game and pests.

Some hunters may be tempted to replace a more powerful pest rifle in a cartridge such as the .223 Remington, .22-250 Remington, or .204 Ruger in place of the Ruger 10/22. It’s not necessarily wrong to make this switch (it’s your gun collection, after all), but while these cartridges are more powerful and have a greater effective range than the .22 LR, they’re also much more expensive and louder.

So weigh all the pros and cons.

REMINGTON

There are many rifles that are suitable for deer hunting. With a good .30-06 hunting rifle, however, you can hunt most of the world’s big game species. The Remington Model 700 is the perfect choice for a hunter looking for a practical and versatile, yet affordable, hunting rifle. After all, the Remington Model 700 is the most popular hunting rifle in the U.S. for good reason: it’s accurate, affordable, reliable, and easy to use.

Some hunters are understandably reluctant to purchase a Remington Model 700 after some Remington 700 rifles were recalled and the company filed for bankruptcy.

So it’s fine if you’re not comfortable with a Remington 700. Fortunately, there are plenty of other great options for someone who wants a nice .30-06 hunting rifle. In fact, there are so many solid choices that it is really difficult to call one of them “the best .30-06 rifle”.

For example, the Savage 110, Browning X-Bolt, Winchester Model 70, and Ruger Hawkeye (to name a few) are very popular and reputable hunting rifles.

Regardless of the exact .30-06 hunting rifle you choose, it is capable of hunting a wide variety of wildlife such as mule and white-tailed deer, pronghorn, black bear, wild boar, elk, mountain goat, sheep, elk, sheep, zebra, kudu, zebra, eland, red deer and dozens of other species.

Although the exact definition of long-range hunting varies from person to person, a high-quality .30-06 hunting rifle in the hands of a skilled shooter can achieve excellent accuracy even at long range. In fact, 300-400 yard shots (maybe even more) are within the capabilities of this rifle.

Another advantage of the .30-06 is that there are a wide variety of bullet types and weights available on the market. While most .30-06 bullets are in the 150-180 grain weight range, it’s possible to find them at 110 grain and as heavy as 220 grain, making it an incredibly versatile big game hunting rifle.

There are few animals in Africa, Europe, North America, or New Zealand that cannot be hunted with a good .30-06 Springfield rifle.

CZ-USA

While many hunters will never need anything larger than the .30-06, the .375 Holland & Holland Magnum is a must-have for anyone thinking about hunting large or dangerous game and looking for a weapon they can trust. This cartridge is significantly more powerful than the .30-06 but still has manageable recoil.

A hunter armed with a .375 H&H is able to kill even the largest and toughest animals in the world such as Cape buffalo and elephants in Africa or brown bears in Alaska.

However, a .375 H&H bolt action rifle is also useful for many other game species. While the .30-06 Springfield is absolutely suitable for hunting moose, elk, caribou, red deer, or similarly sized animals, the larger .375 H&H has a lot more braking power and offers a little more margin for error.

However, it is absolutely not “too much weapon” for these animals.

In fact, a .375 H&H rifle that fires non-expanding bullets is a very popular choice for hunting the Tiny-10 pygmy antelope because it is ethical to these small and delicate animals but does surprisingly little damage to their skin. The same is true of many species of African steppe game, such as impalas or zebras, when a controlled expansion projectile is used.

If you could only take one hunting rifle with you to Africa to pursue the broadest possible range of game, a .375 H&H bolt action rifle would be my recommendation.

What do you think of our selection of the four hunting weapons that you should own in order to hunt the broadest possible range of game?

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