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"Caliber" would be .308, chambering in something like 30-06 or 300 Win Mag. correct .... that's why I said the 300 RUM can be any of the lower power scale 30 cals ... and 30 cal is a far better killer than anything ever dreamed up in the 7mm, 270 & 6.5 cals .... effectively negating their usefullness for Alaskan big game hunting .... one King to rule them all ! also ... how can the 300 RUM be a 30-06 ? well, at 500 yards the 300 RUM has the same velocity/energy as the 30-06 at the muzzle .... etc . etc
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Like many Alaskans, when I lived up in AK, I had multiple. From .270 up to 458Lott.
One only would be a toss up between the 338winny and the 30-06.
Not as fancy as the OP's list but if I'm in Tok or somewhere and for some ungodly reason and need ammo , I can run to 3 bears or similar and find something.
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375 HH shooting 270 Gr. TSX
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300 RUM because it's the best , why is it the best ?
because it can also be a .....
30-378 Wby
300 Norma Mag
300 Wby
300 PRC
300 Win Mag
300 WSM
300 H&H
30-06
308 Win
and all others not mentioned, including wildcats ...
but the best things about it ? it's phenomenally accurate and easy to handle even with heavy 230-250 gr bullets loaded hot without needing a muzzle brake, kills far better up close and further out than anything in 7mm, 270, 6.5mm ever did or ever will .....
the 300 RUM effectively negates the need or usefullness of anything in those calibers . FACT Uh did we just become best friends?? I have 300 rum in a model 70 and that thing is a shooter. Was shooting 180 ttsx the other day over the chrono’ed at 3280. Unfortunately mines twisted wrong and can’t take advantage of the 212 Lrx
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Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego.
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338 Win Mag if I lived up there
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The 375 Ruger is a lighter rifle than any 375 H&H rifle for all day carry. It has the same or slightly better ballistics. The Alaskan model is stainless steel for the damp weather up there. Then the 35 Whelen followed by the 30-06. The 338 Win Mag is ok, but it's ballistics aren't as good as the 375 for big bears and moose. I have a 35 Whelen and a 30-06 so there is that.
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[ Linked Image] My choice would be a bigger 35 ai 358 Norma, 35 Gibbs, 358 STA, etc,etc Good bullets from 180grs to 310gr,, perfect for my Alaska!
I tend to use more than enough gun
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The 375 Ruger is a lighter rifle than any 375 H&H rifle for all day carry. It has the same or slightly better ballistics. The Alaskan model is stainless steel for the damp weather up there. Then the 35 Whelen followed by the 30-06. The 338 Win Mag is ok, but it's ballistics aren't as good as the 375 for big bears and moose. I have a 35 Whelen and a 30-06 so there is that. Huh???? 338 win mag is a great all around cartridge for up here..
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego.
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The 375 Ruger is a lighter rifle than any 375 H&H rifle for all day carry. It has the same or slightly better ballistics. The Alaskan model is stainless steel for the damp weather up there. Then the 35 Whelen followed by the 30-06. The 338 Win Mag is ok, but it's ballistics aren't as good as the 375 for big bears and moose. I have a 35 Whelen and a 30-06 so there is that. Huh???? 338 win mag is a great all around cartridge for up here.. yes sir it is, so popular that ammo is non-existent around hunting season, recently loaded up a bunch of 225 gr Accubonds for a fella out of ammo right at the start of moose season
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Think I only had 1 stainless rifle. Kimber in 30-06. Rest were either blued, rust blued, or parkerized. My 338 had a krylon finish, ugly but dang it held up.
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The 375 Ruger is a lighter rifle than any 375 H&H rifle for all day carry. It has the same or slightly better ballistics. The Alaskan model is stainless steel for the damp weather up there. Then the 35 Whelen followed by the 30-06. The 338 Win Mag is ok, but it's ballistics aren't as good as the 375 for big bears and moose. I have a 35 Whelen and a 30-06 so there is that. I’ve got a 6.67 # ouch n ouch KS which begs to differ.
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Hopelessly old skool, but I bought a nicely sporterized Mauser 8mm-06 from my cousin in McGrath in 1969, got a big coffee can full of Hodgdon surplus 4831, a custom Belding and Mull handloader , and a bunch of old Hornady 220 gr spire point bullets for the grand sum of 150 bucks. It did everything well, mice to moose. I traveled constantly, the rifle got borrowed by everybody in the village since I didn't take it with me on jobs. The original Lyman 4x got killed in a boat wreck and the borrower put a new Leupold 4x on it. I got 20 offers to buy it, but I kept it to this day, but it's not needed down here, more's the pity. Nobody would go looking for an 8mm-06, but if you had one, it's a workhorse with the 220.
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.325 WSM , .348 Winchester or my 45-70 Marlin . I'd be pretty comfortable with my .358 W BLR truth told.
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Caliber wouldn’t matter much to me ‘slong as it was running 80 grain or heavier TTSXs around 3300 fps…give or take - or 180 grain or heavier Hard-Cast at 1200 fps on up.
Now if for some reason I was in the interior and feared that the boas might dump my ammunition to the bottom of the river (but miraculously I’m still holding my rifle) then that’s an obvious choice…but we’ve beaten that horse until the flies came off.
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I had a Remington KS in .375 H&H that I sold several years ago. I have a .35 Whelen and a .338wm so I don’t have the need for a niche type rifle. I don’t feel undergunned carrying my Sako in .308 but I built the Whelen for a 1 gun Alaska rifle but luckily I have more than 1 rifle that will be living up north.
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My 3 main rifles when I lived up there, and will have when I move back are my 30-06, and 338 WM (both stainless) and my 375 H&H Sako which is blue with a Macmillan stock. Weather there is tough on the finish, so my primary was the 338 WM. I used my 30-06 mostly for Caribou when I was up in Barrow.
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My 3 main rifles when I lived up there, and will have when I move back are my 30-06, and 338 WM (both stainless) and my 375 H&H Sako which is blue with a Macmillan stock. Weather there is tough on the finish, so my primary was the 338 WM. I used my 30-06 mostly for Caribou when I was up in Barrow. Had enough of America? Come on home!
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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Yes I have. I'm I am coming home. Be there in about 3 weeks. This time I'll be valley trash. 
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