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Originally Posted by arch308
A good bolt action 30-06 with a good 3x9 scope and back-up iron sights. It's all anybody would ever need.
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Pretty much my take on it as well. If you use a good quality scope I don't see the need for back up irons, I'd probably just take a back up scope as mentioned by Picher as well. Something simple like a fixed 2.5-6X power should work. I've been to Alaska to hunt twice, and hunt some pretty rough country chasing elk and have never had a scope fail on me in the field yet. "Knocking on wood!"
I'd use any of these three below.
L-R, M70 Extreme Weather .270 Win, M70 FWT .30-06 McMillan Hunters Edge stock, and M70 .338-06 McMillan Hunters Edge stock.
The .338-06 is my favorite of the three but all are capable of taking anything on the North American soil. I'd prefer my .338 for the big stuff with teeth and claws.
