Also for a custom rifle what cartridge would you choose?

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Originally posted by Don Martin29:
...for a custom rifle what cartridge would you choose?

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you know, the answer to that question shouldn't be a s disturbingly difficult to come up with as it is...Let's just say for any number of custom jobs, that i'll never in my life be able to afford, and sticking soley to medium bore rounds, it's still too many to count

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When in doubt, do a nuclear strike.

Year in and year out I bet it's probably something dull and boring like 270 or 30-06.

Wildcats can't get too popular or some manufacturer will adopt 'em. Then the mainstream gun buyers will buy them off the rack rather than pay a premium for a custom.

One gunsmith I know of probably turns out more rifles for a certain wildcat cartridge of his own creation than anything else. Makers who are tinkerers, and more of an experimental, theoretical bent often times build a lot of rifles for wildcat calibers, and they attract clients who embrace the same philosophy

Riflemakers who are from the traditional, "Classic" school tend to build a lot of .257 Roberts, 7X57, .300 H&H, and .416 Rigby rifles.

Craftsmen who are out to build high-performance hunting rifles, yet who are conservative by nature tend to build quite a few .300 Winchester, .300 Weatherby, 7mm Remington, .338 Winchester, and .416 Remington rifles.

It seems like gunmakers from the last two groups also share the same commonality in that they create a great many rifles in .270 Win., .30-06, and .375 H&H

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