As many guns as you want to do it all!!!

[Baylian]

Dom - We need to see your list. This is cyberspace so there's penty of room! I didn't pick the .30-06 on purpose. It's so cliche' and everyone seems to have one. It IS the best all arounder but I wanted to be different. The purpose of the all around rifle is to back up the others so you have two rifles on a trip in case you drop one on the scope (DOH!), etc.

Andy L. - I don't reload and very few of the stores here in central Utah carry more than one box (if any) of 6.5x55 Swede. I chose the 7mm-08 because there's a better (not by much) selection of ammo available and it hits the hardest of standard rounds with less that 15 ft-lbs recoil. Maybe the .25-06 would be a good choice but I don't think the Model 7 is chambered for it. Not much .260 around either.

Others - Thanks for the nice replies but we need to see your lists too.

I was thinking, maybe you could split the .22-250's duties between a .223 or .17HMR in a varmint rifle and a .243 in a carry rifle like a A-bolt hunter or a Tikka T-3 lite.

A caliber like the .35 Whelen or the .350 Rem Mag could also do the job for the .338 Mag with less bruising.

Anyway just some more thoughts. I wish I was independently wealthy.

Good Hunting, TJ