Thread: Your cartridge of choice.

Over my years of hunting I have collected a small range of hunting rifles chambered for cartridges suited to the type of hunting I do. It has not been by conscious choice but I seem to have ended up with a pretty conservative collection. Nothing very modern, or extreme in any way but they seem to meet my needs just fine and do what I ask of them.

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.22lr subsonic for everything from starlings to hares at close range.
.17HMR. As above at longer distance and hope to use it on wallaby shortly.
.223 Rem. The occasional rabbit or hare up to goats
.308 win. Short range (<250m) goats, deer, pigs.
7mm Rem Mag. Longer range big game. Deer, pigs, chamois, tahr.
This lot suits me well and I think I now have something for every occasion. So I will never have to buy another rifle.

Running the same, minus a longer range calibre (7mm Rem Mag).... Maybe next year if I earn my brownie points

Originally Posted by 223nut

Running the same, minus a longer range calibre (7mm Rem Mag).... Maybe next year if I earn my brownie points

Selling the scopes mate, your going backwards not fowards.

22lr, 223 Rem, 7.62 x 39, 308 Win, 30-06, 300 win mag, 12 guage. Should cover most needs (wants)

Air rifle, 22 lr, 12 gauge shotgun, 22-250, 260 rem.

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22lr x 2, .223, 243,250 Savage, 6.5 Grendel, 270, 20g, 12g. But it can change quite easily without much thought going into it.

I am pretty plain. I don't have a large selection and have a genuine use for the calibers I have.

But if I had to chose only one cartridge to do everything it would be the humble .223
I have taken all South island game animals with it apart from wallabys. Never hunted wallabys in the south island on foot.
Have even taken a couple escaped wap hybrids with it.



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22lr, 243W, 6.5 x 55, 270W, 12g

.22LR
12g
and to be added soon, 7mm08 (yes, I know, may have to move to Auckland and start drinking lattes!)

I think this covers most eventualities for the non-obsessive

22lr, 7-08, 7x65R ( haven't actually used it yet), 9.3x62, .404 Jeffery

Originally Posted by stug

22lr, 7-08, 7x65R ( haven't actually used it yet), 9.3x62, .404 Jeffery

So your new one has arrived? Tell us about it?

Originally Posted by Tahr

So your new one has arrived? Tell us about it?

Not yet, hopefully here mid-December. Got the brass and dies though.

So why is it then that there exist a rare few cartridges that instil admiration amongst hunters totally disproportionate to the rest of the world’s cartridges and their relative position in the ranking of killing power politics? It is probably a combination of things. Cartridges are about balance in usage, effect, ownership and romance. The 9.3mm cartridges and the 9.3 Mauser in particular are not the world’s best in any specific comparison, but when you compare all its attributes to the attributes of other cartridges, it makes it to the podium of disproportionate ability and admiration. It is for that reason exactly that I published a few journals on the 9.3x62 Mauser and dedicated myself to the study and promotion of 9.3mm cartridges. My latest 400+ page 9.3x62 journal with hunting adventures and cartridges is now available on Lulu.com. https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/hend...e=1&pageSize=4

For big game: .338 Winchester Magnum (with 250 grain bullets).
For small game: 24 gauge

smallest 17 hmr largest 50-95. many more in-between