A new 4-9 | theHunter: Call of the Wild | Page 1

sacred hornet Jan 21, 2025, 10:06 PM

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The 7mm is GREAT until you have to track that moose or bison 5 miles so we could use a new general purpose rifle. A bit of a workhorse if you will. I'd like to suggest the .338 Federal as the inspiration for this new rifle.

The .338 F cartridge is based on the standard .308 cartridge already in game. The case is slightly changed and stretched to accept a .338 caliber bullet (typically on the lighter side, 200gr. Is the common bullet weight) and loaded with a faster burning propellent to increase velocity and effective range.

This cartridge was designed by a joint effort between the Federal Ammunition company and Sako firearms company as a general purpose big game cartridge. It has a good reputation for taking down whitetail deer with little meat loss and providing more than enough knockdown power for plains bison.

Consider this an improved 4-9 cartridge with better penetration than the 7mm against class 8 and 9 animals. The cost for this versatility is a heavier rifle and a stronger recoil. I figure since we're getting an Arctic map this year then the ideal rifle for this caliber is the Tikka T3x Arctic. It was designed specifically for operating in acrtic temperatures.

I admit, I'm not a fan of the stock color but I love the rifle itself

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sacred hornet Jan 21, 2025, 11:39 PM

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sacred hornet Jan 22, 2025, 3:31 AM

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sacred hornet Jan 22, 2025, 6:58 AM

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200gr bullets would flatten whitetail sized animals and take down bison and moose quicker than a 7mm could hope to do

sacred hornet Jan 22, 2025, 6:19 PM

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sacred hornet Jan 23, 2025, 3:17 PM

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I want to see more rifles covering multiple classes well, particularly 4-9 as we basically have 1 when we should have several including the .300 magnum

ornate meadow Jan 23, 2025, 4:04 PM

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is it realistic to have a rifle that could load different ammunition with differnt classes? like one ammo for 2-5 and one for 5-9 ?

modest lake Jan 23, 2025, 4:06 PM

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@ornate meadow yes

ornate meadow Jan 23, 2025, 4:06 PM

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then i absolutely want this weapon

sacred hornet Jan 23, 2025, 4:20 PM

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ornate meadow is it realistic to have a rifle that could load different ammunition with differ...

A 87gr .243 bullet is great for coyotes and foxes, a 100gr bullet works great on deer. Both bullets can have the same point of impact if you hand load it so you don't even have to mess with your scope

So yeah, it's common for people to use the same caliber for a really wide variety of animals

quasi vale Jan 23, 2025, 5:21 PM

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sacred hornet I want to see more rifles covering multiple classes well, particularly 4-9 as we...

I desperately want the .375 H&H to be a 4-9 (or 3-9) seeming that that its realistic anyways, and it'll be an added bonus if EW diversifes ammunition by weight. If EW is then concerned about balance, take a note out of other games play book and balance by cost perhaps

sacred hornet Jan 23, 2025, 5:24 PM

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quasi vale I desperately want the .375 H&H to be a 4-9 (or 3-9) seeming that that its reali...

I could see that, legitimately.

Drop classes altogether and use cost as the factor. 1500 for .375 ammo, 1200 for the current .338 ammo and so on so you pay for more effective rifles. Of course they'd have to buff all the rifles to make them worth while

quasi vale Jan 23, 2025, 5:32 PM

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The day I hunt well modeled Impala on a propper bushveld map with the .375 H&H and recive my full score, I will be the happiest man there is

sacred hornet Jan 23, 2025, 5:39 PM

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I mean the harvest check is good enough, they don't need classes. It's not like the WotH system where you have to consider meat loss (not really a thing irl anyway)

sacred hornet Jan 24, 2025, 10:17 PM

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sacred hornet Jan 27, 2025, 2:05 PM

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sacred hornet Jan 30, 2025, 12:35 AM

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sacred hornet Jan 30, 2025, 7:57 AM

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sacred hornet Feb 3, 2025, 7:39 PM

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sacred hornet Feb 6, 2025, 11:54 PM

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