r/canadaguns • u/MasterpieceWise7742 • Jun 24 '26

Buy recommendations Best “do it all” rifle

I’m looking for advice on the best rifle for doing a bit of everything. The main use I’m looking for is coyote and deer hunting as well as a lot of target shooting.

I totally understand everyone is going to have a different opinion on cartridge but I’d love to hear what everyone thinks for my situation.

I currently own sks and a 10/22.

Let me know your thoughts! TIA

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u/FroBro243 Jun 24 '26

Bolt action .308Win is probably your best "do-it-all" rifle. I'm partial to the Tikka T3x myself, but there are plenty of good options on the market.

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u/mischling2543 Jun 24 '26

Hot take but .308 has been made totally obsolete by 6.5cm

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u/GodsGiftToWrenching Jun 24 '26

I fail to see how. .308 launches a 168 grain stone at 2,700 fps, the majority of your shots when hunting are going to be within 300 meters. Taking that in mind if you zero at 200 meters with .308 that sets your drop at 9" at 300 meters. You're simply not shooting far enough to utilize any benifit of 6.5 bleedmoor as the .308 still has higher energy which when hunting is the primary concern for hunting. Any accuracy benifit os pretty moot as modern .308 rifles are moa or tighter and previous generations used hunting rifles that could be 2 moa rifles

TL;DR .308 is still inherently a better hunting round than 6.5 bleedmoor due to most hunting distances and energy retention

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u/Duckriders4r Jun 24 '26

Same brass necked down has less power? Only if you're talking bullets over the grane that a 6.5 is.

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u/GodsGiftToWrenching Jun 25 '26

Yes... that is how it works. Common .308 loadings start at 150 grain, 140 grain is heavy for class for 6.5 hence why 6.5 PRC is commonly loaded in that. So although that round is the same case but smaller diameter it will lose it's energy quicker than the heavier projectile.

For compairison and using Federal as a source. Federal 6.5 bleedmoor with a 135 grain Berger hybrid hunters is going 1775 FPS vs my .308 Federal Berger Hybrid which goes 2700 FPS, my .308 has 2719 Ft Lbs of energy at muzzle and 1291 at 500 yards, the 6.5 loading has 2308 at muzzle and 1258 at 500 yards, so despite being the same case with a smaller projectile and a slight speed boost the 6.5 has over 400 ft lbs less energy and it stays below .308 energy put to 500 yards. That's compairing average for class projectiles as I cannot find a 168 grain loading for 6.5 manbun