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Thread: Your cartridge of choice.

  1. #106
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    What I have: 70lb compound bow, 22LR semi, 6.5cm hunting rig, 6.5cm RPR (in need of a scope)
    Had (was crushed): 308 AR10.
    What I want to add: 45/70 lever

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    got a few calibres 22,17hmr,22mag 222,223,240WM,2506,3006 7X57,45ACP,45-70,300BLACKOUT,270 6.5X68 7MM08 7MMRM 303 STILL LOOKING FOR ANOTHER .cant hurt anyway lol
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    My most fun has always been the .22lr
    I've got a 7mm-08 for the rare times I get to shoot something bigger but I'd prefer a .308 for the ammo choice.
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    Enjoying 6.5grendel and 250savage atm.

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    wife and i have a small fleet 22lr, 22hornet, 223, 243, 6.5 grendel, 6.5x55, 6.5 06, 7 08, 303 and 12g

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    well - let me think - .22lr, .22MR, 22-250, .243, 6-284, .270, .303, 7mm RM, numerous 12gaige, - but the one cartridge to rule all is the 270 - can load it up and down,,,,

    The one I want - a 2 bore rife, but my mate shied away from shooting it first.
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    Calibres I love most:
    .243W
    30.06
    300 Win Mag
    .375 H&H

    Others I shoot that might not stir my soul to the same extent but are nevertheless great to hunt with:
    .22 Win Mag
    .270W
    300 Blaser Magnum
    .375 Ruger

    Keeping them all fed is both a chore and pleasure.

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    Greetings all,
    I suppose the key word here is choice. I will exclude the terrible triplets .22RF, .223 and .308. Most of us will have one or more of these and often multiple of each. Between them they will do almost everything that needs to be done with a rifle with ease. Every gun shop will have examples of all three in their racks and ammo is plentiful and well priced. To be a favourite to me some effort should be required to acquire and use. My first favourite was the 6.5x55. It became my favourite around 1970 after reading a Norma ammo catalogue. Alas no rifles were available. It took until about 1990 to obtain an M38. Shot a few goats with it but it was not until 2011 that funds and my Scottish heritage made peace with each other and a new hunting rifle was purchased while sifting through the options I spotted that Tikka offered the 6.5x55 in their T3 Lite. Deal done. Some years prior in 2004 I had acquired a Sendero in 7mm Rem SAUM which is my second favourite. A nice accurate rifle but a trifle heavy which was one of the reasons for the T3 purchase. It sat in the safe for some time regardless of its favourite status but will be taken out to the thousand yard range this season.
    Those are my favourites as of today and there are rifles I lust after from time to time. Perhaps some of these will find their way into my safe over time and achieve favourite status but they won't displace the current residents.
    Regards Grandpamac.

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    always wanted a .22hp Savage with .224 projectiles..totally unparatical and wont do anything I cant already do...but romance is like that.
    chambered in a single shot break open with fast twist barrel...... one day maybe.
    75/15/10 black powder matters

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    My most practical calibre that keeps the freezer full is my Howa Mini 223, but my favourite calibre is the .303. Especially my latest aquisition; a BSA 1916 .303 SHTLE III* (FTR) rifle. But I do have an itch that needs to be re-scratched; and that is a Winny 94 30/30.... I forever regret selling mine in the mid 1980's...
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    I re-chambered a .22 Hornet H and R single shot to 219 Donaldson Wasp because I could. That is similar to Micky Ducks wanting a 224 .22 Savage Hi-Power ( the original uses .228 projectiles and no one makes them any more ) But the Donaldson Wasp was THE bench rest round until the .222 Rem came along
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    I have a 22-250 and a 308. Have got deer with both. You can keep your common or garden 223, much prefer the 22-250.
    Happy Jack.

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    Since this thread started I have dropped the 7mmRM and added a 243win. Still very conventional.
    Experience. What you get just after you needed it.

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    22lr .223 .308 i dont really need anything else

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    True but boring
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