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Ok lets see which calibers you have used to shoot big game animals and which rifles you have fired but not shot anything with. The one who has used the most calibers on game wins. Note - not open for professional gunslingers, writers, etc. * Feel free to add your comments next to each cal. to make it more interesting to others: Ok I will go first since I started this mad challenge: Game shot to-date with: 12 bore (3 animals) 22 rifle 22 hornet 243 Winchester 240 Apex H&H 270 winchester 7x57 mauser 30-06 (first animal shot with a rifle with this cal) 300 H&H 300 WSM 8mm (Indian - I think it is an 8x50 rimmed army caliber) 9mm Mauser 9.3 x 64 mauser 338 WM 375 H&H Magazine(best caliber of all) 375 H&H Flanged magnum double barrell(used one extensively,learnt to shoot with one) 404 Jeffery 450/400 Jeffery 50 Muzzleloader Knight Rifles fired at paper tigers (targets): 17 hmr 22 magnum 223 300 WM 300 Weatherby 308 winchester 358 winchester 9.3x62 9.3x74 45-70 416 rigby 500 Jeffery 500 Nitro | ||
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I'll play along. I've taken animals with the following: 17 HMR 22 LR 22 Hornet 223 22-250 243 25-06 264 win mag (my primary 'light' rifle these days) 270 7MM Weatherby (1st big game animal, a spike elk at 15 years old. Got two trophies with one shot, the 1st elk and 'weatherby eye') 308 30-06 300 Win Mag (lost it in a horse 'train wreck' in the Alaska Range in 1989) 338 Win Mag (caliber I do the majority of my hunting with these days) 375 H&H 416 Hoffman (love this caliber!) 458 winchester (sold this rifle, a Colt Sauer, after it jammed with an enraged bull elephant at 10 yards!) 470 NE (never should have sold this rifle, it was a wonderful old Rigby) 50 Blackpowder muzzleloader 54 Blackpowder muzzleloader 12 gauge 20 gauge 28 gauge 410 gauge (yeah, I know it's not a gauge, but it is a shotgun choice) I haven't shot many guns with which I've never taken animals. 300 RUM 460 Weatherby | |||
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17 hmr-------- 17 bee-------- 22 ----------- .. .- SMALL GAME 22 mag ------- - 22 hornet ---------- 220 swift 222 22/250 223 6 mm 243 257 roberts 270 270wsm 270 weatherby 7mm 7mm08 280 8x57 30/30 308 300 h&h mag 300 win mag 300 weatherby 338 win mag 340 weatherby 9.3 x 64 9.3 x 72r 375 h&h mag 45/70 45/90 458 mag 450/400 470 nitro 410 gauge BIRDS 20 gauge BIRDS 12 guage DEER 10 gauge DEER 357 mag 41 mag 44 mag 45 long colt 45 black powder 50 bp 54 bp Perception is reality regardless the truth! Stupid people should not breed DRSS NRA Life Member Owner of USOC Adventure TV | |||
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uh...you said big game...so I am thinking you fellas may need to go edit your responses... me... 6.5x55 270 Win 7x57 308 Win 30-06 300 Hawk 300 WSM 8x57 338 Galaxy 35 Remington 358 Win 358x57 Improved 9,3x62 9,3x64 376 Steyr 375HH mag 44 mag Mike Legistine actu? Quid scripsi?[/] [i] Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Dang, I just wished I had that many rifles. | |||
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I'll play mammals: 22lr 7x57 my favorite whitetail caliber 30-30 I'm from Pennsylvania I think it's a law 30-06 my favorite planes game caliber 300 WM 300 RSAUM Sold it - rats! 375 H&H 1st mammal - a cape Buffalo 404 Jeff 458 WM follow up on Buffalo paper punchers 22 mag 223 7mm-08 308 416 Rigby 416 Rem 470 NE Birds: 12 ga 20 ga | |||
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OOPS, Pay attention to the post, boy! Animals taken (deer/antelope size or larger): 22 LR (statute of limitations has run out on this one) 22 WMR 22 Hornet 223 22-250 220 Swift 243 6MM Rem 25-06 264 Win Mag 270 Win 270 WSM 280 Rem 30-06 300 WSM 300 Win 338 Win Mag 350 Rem Mag 375 H&H 416 Ruger 45/70 450/400 NE 458 Win Mag 45 cal muzzleloader 50 cal muzzleloader 54 cal muzzleloader 58 cal muzzleloader 410 shotgun 20 ga shotgun 12 ga shotgun 10 ga shotgun | |||
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Big game (no coyotes or varmints) 243 6.5x284 7 Mag 308 30.06 375 H&H .54 muzzle loader 44 Mag 12 Gauge Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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Am a piker in comparison to you fellas  , but here's my little list (within the original rules):.223 Rem 6mm Rem .264 Win Mag .308 Win .30-06 .308 Norma Mag .338 Win Mag .357 Auto Mag 9,3x62 9,3x74R .375 H&H .40 S&W .41 Rem Mag .416 Rigby .44 Auto Mag .45 ACP 45 cal muzzleloader .458 AR .470 NE 50 cal muzzleloader Currently have a .270 Win, .300 Whisper, .338-06, .376 Steyr, and a .376/.416 Steyr that deserve their day in the field. Mike -------------- DRSS, Womper's Club, NRA Life Member/Charter Member NRA Golden Eagles ... Knifemaker, http://www.mstarling.com | |||
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I can't top it. ddj The best part of hunting and fishing was the thinking about going and the talking about it after you got back - Robert Ruark | |||
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How on earth do you guys remember this stuff?  Are none of you "drinking" men ???  http://www.bigbore.org/ http://www.chasa.co.za Addicted to Recoil ! I hunt because I am human. Hunting is the expression of my humanity... | |||
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I remember because I live to hunt and each experience is burned into my consciousness. My list - big game [LIST]223 Rem 243 Win 25-35 Win 6.5x55 264 Win (my psnl favorite - this one is named "Betty" because Betty is my mother's name and my mother never failed to feed me. 7x64 280 Rem 30 Rem - I started with this one and still use it occasionally. 30-06 300 Win 300 H&H - What my Grandpa moved me to when I outgrew the 30 Rem. It has accounted for almost as many memories as my 264. 300 Wby 375 H&H 416 Rigby - Only one animal but it was a Cape Buffalo I'm not much of a paper puncher so will only add the 22 LR, 22 Mag, and 17 HMR to this list. Pancho LTC, USA, RET "Participating in a gun buy-back program because you think that criminals have too many guns is like having yourself castrated because you think your neighbors have too many kids." Clint Eastwood Give me Liberty or give me Corona. | |||
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I remember these, big game only: .223 .243 .257 Roberts .25-06 .270 7x57 7mm Rem. Mag 7 WSM 30-30 .308 .30-06 .300 Win Mag .300 Weatherby .338 .375 H&H 404 Jeffery .50 Cal muzzleloader 12 Gauge Waiting their turn: 6.5x55, 9.3x62, 9.3x74, 416 Taylor, 416 Rigby, .458 WM, 45-70, 470 NE. BUTCH C'est Tout Bon (It is all good) | |||
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Well, lets see: 22rf; 223cf; 308; 30-06; 458wm; .50bmg; 80mm; 60mm 105mm | |||
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Bryan, I didn't list borrowed weapons. Dang, missed that opportunity. Pancho LTC, USA, RET "Participating in a gun buy-back program because you think that criminals have too many guns is like having yourself castrated because you think your neighbors have too many kids." Clint Eastwood Give me Liberty or give me Corona. | |||
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Rather than repeat things already listed, I'll toss in a couple new entries. Am I by myself on these? .257 Weatherby Magnum .577 Parker-Hale Muzzleloader | |||
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Ok! I have taken big game with: 20 ga 32 Special 444 Marlin 30-06 308 338 340 Weatherby 375 H&H 375 Weatherby 416 458 257 Roberts 270 7STW 300 WM 338-06 454 Casull The 30-06, 338 WM and 375 H%H have taken 90% of the game I've shot. I've shot paper and/or birds, small game with: 410 28 ga 16 ga 12 ga 22 LR 22 Mag 380 38 Special 222 22 Hornet 22 250 Imp 243 7MM Mauser 257 Weatehrby 270 Weatherby 7 MM Weatherby 300 Weatherby 30-30 35 Rem 45-70 348 Win 44 Mag 330 Dakota 338 Ultra Mag 300 H&H 7 MM Dakota 7 MM Remington Mag 35 Whelen 416 Rigby 458 Lott 45 Cal muzzle loader 8 MM mauser Wish I had the money that the above represents. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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Thanks guys for playing along. Wonder why all the other readers are not playing! Boring  . It will be interesting to see the results when everyone finishes. I think some of the posters should edit their lists. When I said big game I didnt mean fox, coyote and such, but small antelope will do. Oh well I guess it does not matter..... | |||
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5 Africa safaris. One caliber: .375 H&H I guess I won't win. _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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Big Game 30.06 300 win mag 375 H&H 416 rem mag 404 Jeff 470 NE 12 Gauge slugs Only things shot with small calibers are varmits, and small game. BigB | |||
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Darn, the first liar doesn't have a chance! NRA Life Benefactor Member, DRSS, DWWC, Whittington Center,Android Reloading Ballistics App at http://www.xplat.net/ | |||
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Big game 270 30/06 7mm RM 308 win 375 HH 470 NE haven't killed anything with 270 WSM 300 WIN TWO 416 REM MAG 223 | |||
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Big Game.... 243 240 Weatherby 250 Savage 257 Roberts 270 Winchester 7mm Rem Mag 308 30-06 300 Weatherby 338 Win Mag 9.3x62 375 H&H 458 Win Mag 500 A2 In sheer numbers, I've taken the most stuff with the 308 as I've used it for culling in Australia and Hawaii. But as far as hunting circumstances are concerned I've taken the most trophies with the 270 and the 375H&H. Forgot, shot a deer with a .44 Mag (Ruger carbine) P.S.S. Did not include several dozen deer 'killed' with a .357 Magnum, 9mm, and 12 gauge buckshot. But these all had been busted up by the fenders/bumpers of cars first. Trust me, the 357 Magnum is light years ahead of 9mm's when it comes to dispatching broken deer. 12 gauge buckshot is marginal when chasing deer with busted hindquarters through fields and shooting them at 50 yards. Been there, done that, several times. | |||
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Kansas whitetails and bigger... .243 6.5x55 .270 7X57 7 mag .308 30.06 9.3X62 12.7X44 (swedish roller hunted but nothing killed) .500BPE .458 Win mag i am sure some i can't remember... none just at paper | |||
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This is hard 9mm 12.5 foot gator. 444 deer killed but not recovered 54 tc renegade first deer a doe 7/08 buck 2 and 3 12 ga double o buck Killed but recovered a week later 3006 large boar 9.3x74 russan boar, feral pig, cow elk, 10 point buck, doe 375 H&H cow elk 375 H&H Kudo,spring buck,red hartbreast,zebra, gemsbuck blesbuck. 470 nitro large feral boar. 416 rem mag Eland, 2 zebra, gemsbuck, blue and black wildebeast. Fired on paper or steel 17hmr 22 lr 223 22 k hornet 260 rem 7mm TNT 7mm short mag (barrowed) 3030 308 300 win mag 300 H&H 338-3006 (barrowed) 416 rigby " 400-450 " 44 rem mag 550 mag (Barrowed) JD DRSS 9.3X74 tika 512 9.3X74 SXS Merkel 140 in 470 Nitro | |||
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I'm a simple man: 270 Win (whitetails, mule deer, antelope, all NZ species) 7X30 (axis) 300 WM (lots of plains game and deer) 300 WSM (lots of deer and elk) 3006 (roe deer, water deer) 375 H&H (buff, leopard, lots of PG) 458 WM (buff) The work horses of the above list being the 270 and the 375. Will J. Parks, III | |||
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My list: 1. 17HM2 (several axis does shot in the back of the head from about 15 yards for meat.. All dropped like they were electrocuted) 2. .22lr Same as above 3. .32-20 (my great great grandfather's 1873win. Took a deer with it last year) 4. .223 5. 22-250. 6. 243 7. 25-06 8. 270Win 9. 270WSMS 10.308 11. 30-06 12. 7MM Rem 13. 300win 14. 300WSM 15. 300WHBY 16. 45-70 17. 50 Blk Powder 18. 357 Sig (dropped a couple of hogs with head shots using Speeder Gold Dots) 19. .357 20. .44Rem 21. .454 Casull (sp?) 22. 12ga Slug 23. 20ga Slug Paper punchers 17HMR .222 7x37 .45 Blk Powder Healthy is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die "Men don't change. The only thing that should surprise a man in his life is the history he doesn't know." Harry Truman | |||
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I know I'm not going to be high up here. Big Game: .25-06 .30-06 .308 Win .375 H&H .416 Rigby .470 NE * when I shot the buff 12 Ga 50 Muzzzleloader Small game/birds/varmints .17 M2 .17 HMR .22 short .22 lr .22 WMR .380 Auto 9x19 9x23 .38 Super .38 Spl .357 Mag .40 S&W 10mm Auto .41 Mag .44 Mag .454 Casull .50 AE .222 * .223 .223 WSSM .22-250 * .25-06 Ackley Imp * 6x45 * 6.5x284 Norma * 6.5 Rem Mag 30 Carbine 30-30 300 Win Mag 300 Weatherby * 45-70 .50 BMG .410 Shotgun 28 Ga 24 Ga * 20 Ga 16 Ga 10 Ga Paper Only More pistols than I can count. .220 Swift * .243 * .25 Roberts * .257 Wby * 6.5 Carcano 7 mm Mag * 7 x 57 * .280 Rem * 7.7 Jap * 7.62 x 39 .30-378 Wby * and never again 8mm Mauser 7.92 Kurz * .330 Dakota .338 Win Mag * .338 Lapua * .35 Whelen * .375 Dakota * .404 Jeffery * .416 Rem * .416 Dakota * .458 Win * .458 Lott * .50-90 * .500 NE * Anything with a * was borrowed. | |||
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Game/Other Taken: 22LR - various Birds, squirrels, various snakes, soda & beer cans 257 Wby - White Tails, Steenbok, Nyala 30-30 Win- White Tails, Gar-fish & related beer cans, blazing Coleman fuel can & related beer cans 30-06 - White Tails 300 Wby - Coyote, Impalas, Zebras, Gemsbok, Bleshbok, Leoaprd 338 Win - White Tails 375 H&H - Blue Wildebeast, Zebra, Kudu 378 Wby - Kudus, Gemsbok, Eland, Bushbuck, Waterbuck, Black Wildebeast, Baboon 20GA - Dove, Quail, Ducks, Canada geese, squirrels, gopher 16 Ga - Dove, Quail, Ducks, Canada geese, squirrels 12 Ga - Dove, Quail, Ducks, Canada geese, Swan, squirrels, Turkeys Targets: 223 Rem 458 Lott | |||
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Not counting the Sheridan Blue Streak from my childhood, or the shotguns used on birds and small game, I've only killed mammals with: 243 300 Win Mag 375 H&H 404 Jeff Caleb | |||
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Shot animals pigs and bigger with: .222 Rem. 7mm STW .30-30 .30-06 - Most of my animals in the first 10 years of hunting .300 Win. Mag. .300 Wby. Mag. - A few deer and a few plains game .32-20 - One pig with an antique revolver .340 Wby. Mag. - Lots of plains game. .348 Win. .357 Mag. .375 H&H Mag. - Lots of local stuff, most of my plains game and buffalo - most of my animals in the last 15 years 10mm .416 Rem. Mag. - Elephant .41 Mag. .44 Mag. .458 Win. Mag. .460 Wby. Mag.- Buffalo .50 caliber muzzleloader - Mule deer and whitetail deer Shot paper, steel, small game, etc. with: .410 28 ga. 20 ga. 12 ga. 17 Mach 2 17 HMR 17 Rem. 5mm Rimfire .20 PPC .20 BR .20 Vartarg .204 Ruger .22 LR .22 Mag. .22 Hornet .22 K Hornet .22 Savage .223 .222 Mag. .221 Fireball .22 PPC .22 BR .225 Win. .224 Wby. Mag. .22-250 .220 Swift .243 Win. 6mm PPC 6mm BR 6mm Rem. .240 Wby. Mag. .25-35 .257 Rob. .25-06 .257 Wby. Mag. .260 Rem. .264. Win. Mag. 6.8 Rem SPC .270 Win. .270 WSM .270 Wby. Mag. 7x30 Waters .280 Rem. .284 Win. 7mm WSM 7mm Rem. Mag. 7mm Wby. Mag. 7.62x39 .308 Win. .300 Sav. .300 WSM .300 Patriot .300 H&H Mag. .300 Rem. Ultra Mag. 7.82 Warbird .30-378 Wby. Mag. 8mm Mauser 8mm Rem. Mag. .338 Win. Mag. .330 Dakota .338 Rem. Ultra Mag. .338 Lapua .350 Rem. Mag. 9mm air rifle 9mm Luger 32 ACP 9.3x62 9.3x64 .376 Steyr .35/348 .38 Spec. .357 Max. .375 Win. .375 Flanged .375 Rem. Ultra Mag. .378 Wby. Mag. .40 S&W .405 Win. .404 Jeffery .416 Rigby .444 Marlin .45 ACP .45 Auto Rim .45 Win. Mag. .45 Colt .454 Casual .45-70 .450 Marlin .45-120 .458 Lott .460 S&W .480 Ruger .50 AE .500 S&W 500 BP - Purdy double 500 NE .50 BMG - Bolt gun that a client was using on a hunt Have had in my hands... but didn't have the ammo to shoot: .577 Tyrannosaur & .600 NE. Darn! Maybe I'm cheating because I've gotten to shoot most of these because clients brought them and offered to let me shoot them. With well over 2,000 clients in the last 21 years, I'm sure I'm forgetting a whole bunch. | |||
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I guess I should also count ducks, quail and pheasant with a 12 gauge. Are we supposed to count pigeons with a .17 air rifle? _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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Another simple man Big game: 243 Win 270 Win 308 Win 30-06 Sprg 338 Winmag 35 Whelen 375 H&H Bird and small game: 20 guage 12 guage 22 LR Paper and steel: 22LR 7,62 Nato 9 mm Parabellum 38 Special 357 Rem mag 45 ACP 44 Rem mag Arild Iversen. | |||
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This is a good post. Here is my humble list, no african game yet, but deer, elk, pigs etc: Rifles 22LR 223 243 270 280 7MM RM 30-30 303 7.62x54R 308 30-06 300 Wthby 444 50 cal ML Shotgun: 12 ga Pistols: 41 Mag 44 Mag Probably missing a few that I have taken a deer with. Can't even begin to count all the different calibers I have shot. 30+ years experience tells me that perfection hit at .264. Others are adequate but anything before or after is wishful thinking. | |||
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Surprised not to see these on the lists: 303 British 7mm STW and this one only once: 7.62x54R another one: 7mm Special Express vom Hoffe | |||
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