what is the best gun for hunting moose,deer,caribou,elk and blackbear?

[BIG RED C]

what is the best gun for hunting moose,deer,caribou,elk and blackbear?

[davewd]

i have killed all of them with my 270. good caliber, flat and fast.

[mesarich]

You are going to get many answers, and to be honest probably most will be good. If I had to only choose one gun for all it would be my 300 Weatherby Magnum.

[Nate05]

Check out the .300 Remington Ultra Mag. What I like about it is that you can buy different power level ammo for it. So its like buying 3 rifles in one. Zero is the same out to 200 yards with all three levels. You can use power level 1 for deer and black bear (150 gr), power level 2 (180 gr) for most everything else. I would use the power level 3 for the moose.

Make sure you get a good scope on whcih ever rifle you get. I have a Nikon 4-12 on mine. Its held up to the recoil so far.

[DSMbirddog]

One gun? It would be at least a 300 mag of one kind or another. The bear thing is the kicker. Depends on the type of bear you are talking about.

[dovehunter2]

270 or 338. ya might have a bruised shoulder after the 338 magnum

[dovehunter2]

what really matters is where you hit the animal. if ya hit it in the wrong spot, no gun takes it down

[6phunter]

mesarich is right ,the 300. is considered by all to be enough to handle all game mentioned.davewd is also right even though he favors a lighter weapon,he's confident with it and that's always a plus.MYSELF I choose a 30.06 for the same tw o reasons.

[Smitty18]

I would say that with a good shot, the 30.06 should handle all of the game you mentioned.

[Hickory]

The perfect rifle for whitetails is not going to be the perfect rifle for moose. However for all of the above a Winchester 300 magnum or even a 30-06 using 220 grain bullets for moose would work.

[Marxmann.308]

30 06 or maybe a .308 for the bear. The .308 round is harder to find and more expensive, but the 30 06 is dirt cheap.