#Issues with rifle calibers

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sage cairn
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This is from personal experience

.45-70 is large slow round that has massive penetration and massive bullet drop, decimated the plains bison population so it should be fine to hunt them with and expect 100% quick kill on a lung shot from broadside out to 150y

.30-30 is my personal go to for putting meat on the table. I've used it for years, whitetail, feral hogs, black bear, and even elk last year, it takes one round placed in the vitals. I've taken whitetails past 200 yards

.270 the ones I've dealt with were dead reliable on light animals like pronghorn and smaller deer, but Jack O'Connor praised it for all the big game in North America and I believe it would do just fine as a 3-7 rifle (there's only one, so the .270 and .30-30 would be good alternatives to it)

.300 is a useful cartridge. recommended a lot for mule deer and larger animals, it would be way more useful as a 5/6-8 rifle, there are much better choices for bison and buffalo.

.338 gets recommended a lot for elk and black bear, a lot of people in Wyoming use it for mule deer so 6-9 won't hurt anything so it'll work for Red Deer.

.30-06 needs a little boost since it out performs the .308 Winchester IRL with heavy bullets (180 grains and up, the kind used on moose/elk and such)

6.5 Everyone wants to love but it suffers from how weak it is, either buff it or change the classes to 3-7.

.22-250, just needs a little buff on class 3 animals and it's fine.

.243 please don't touch it, it works just fine.

9.3x74r, it's a nice round, rarely ever used because it's the secondary option in an already rarely used weapon, so a new Over/Under wouldn't hurt anyone's feelings, but it still needs a buff too, it should be between the .470 and .338

Too many 4-8 rifles, we need options outside that bracket and more focused wouldn't really hurt. Anyone else think of a change you'd like add it to the comments and it might go into the OP. this is just what I think, my opinion, tell me yours and maybe change my mind

minor adder
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.338 can stay 7-9, mule deer are dropping to class 5 anyway, also 6.5 is considered overkill for animals fox and bobcats, so 3-7 would work better, .270 should stay a 4-8 but it needs a buff on its expansion

steep current
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I think 300 should still be able to be used on bison as people do use 30-06 on them irl ( don't really agree with 30-06 on them but its legal ) 6.5 should be 3 to 7 and then they add like a 25-06 for a new class 2 to 6 rifle. 270 fine with it moving to 3 to 7 or getting a buff. But overall I agree. Foxes would never forgive e.w if 6.5 could be used on them xD

sage cairn
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How's that look

steep current
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Ok. But I would also add a buff to 9.3x74r as its better for bigger game like cape buffalo then 338 according to the African laws.

sage cairn
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Didn't fit on the OP but. . . .

The Coachmate .45-70 is based on a Marlin 1895 guide gun, which holds five shots in old models, and six in the new models. So we need more rounds in the magazine.

The .30-30 should hold five at minimum