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19 November 2011, 18:30
scottfromdallas
Cool Cartridges
Which cartridges do you consider to have that "tight" factor. Hard to describe, but it's usually not the fastest, biggest, most popular. It's like that kid from high school that didn't really hang out with the popular kids but there was something mysterious and cool about him.

My list of cool cartridges I own or would like to own.

250 Savage
257 Roberts
6.5x55
7x57
338 Federal
358 Win
350 Rem Mag
35 Whelen
9.3x62



19 November 2011, 18:57
taylorce1
The ones I own and shoot are.

6x47 aka 6-222 RM
.250-3000 Savage
6.5X55 Swede
.300 Savage
.30-40 Krag
.300 H&H
8mm-06
.338-06
.358 Win
.35 Whelen

Rifles I'd like to own.

.20 Practical
6.5 Creedmore
.257 Roberts
.30-30 AI
.308 Norma
.375 Win
.357 H&H
.45-70 Govt
.458 Win
19 November 2011, 19:52
the jigger
My list is relatively short.
250/3000
250/3000AI
257 Roberts
220Swift
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19 November 2011, 19:56
ozark hunter
Two I would like to get 9.3x64 and a 350 Rigby Magnum.
19 November 2011, 20:21
bartsche
  • .222
  • .6mm Rem.
  • .250-3000
  • 6.5x55
  • 7x57
  • 30-30
  • 8x57
  • 35 Rem.
    beerroger


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    19 November 2011, 20:33
    prof242
    Oh boy:
    .17HMR
    .22 BR
    .6mm/284
    .25-06
    6.5WSM
    .338WSM
    .395 Max
    .450 Marlin


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    19 November 2011, 21:00
    rnovi
    Aren't they all cool?

    .22 LR. Seriously, nothing cooler than a handful of .22 LR's, a couple tin cans or walk in the field.

    .257 Roberts. Because my name is Robert. And it's a superb cartridge on deer!

    .300 H&H. The Grand-Daddy 30-mag. Long, streamlined, just gorgeous looking round. Even after 85 years it's still every bit as deadly and accurate as the day it was introduced.

    .375 H&H. Because I just loved showing up to deer camp with that one...


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    19 November 2011, 22:21
    Tom S
    The ones I'd like to own in no particular order
    338-06
    35 Whelen
    325 WSM
    350 Rem mag
    338 Federal
    375 H&H
    204 Ruger
    338 RUM
    19 November 2011, 22:49
    Mike_Dettorre
    308 win...just so freaking practical
    376 steyr the 308 win of the big bores
    338-06

    358 win


    Mike

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    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.
    20 November 2011, 00:23
    Von Gruff
    I have the 2 coolest cartridges ever designed (IM not so HO) in the 7x57 and the 404 Jeffery and with the 20VarTarg for the little stuff have the bases covered BUTI would love to have a 6.5 Grendel(527 - 23n bbl) and a 9.3x62 and or a 318WR, just because...

    Von Gruff.


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    20 November 2011, 01:23
    z1r
    I kinda like my 8x54, my 8x60, and my 8x68S.

    I like the 9,3x57, 9,3x62, and 9,3x64.

    I like the .375 Win, the .375 H&H and even the .376 Steyr.

    Of course, I love my .338-06 and have even grown to like the .35 Whelen.

    I'd like another 9x57.




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    20 November 2011, 01:28
    KurtC
    7x64, 8x60, 9.3x62 and .404
    20 November 2011, 01:48
    Pancho
    25-35 Win, 6.5x55, 7x64, 300 H&H, 375 H&H, 416 Rigby


    Pancho
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    20 November 2011, 02:14
    chuck375
    Cool rifle's I'd like to own

    pre-64 M70 in 220 Swift
    Southgate FN action Weatherby in 300 Weatherby


    Regards,

    Chuck



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    20 November 2011, 02:50
    PaulH
    I've always thought the 9.3x74r and 300 H&H were cool looking cartridges.


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    20 November 2011, 03:08
    boom stick
    Non wildcat or proprietary
    22 hornet
    22WMR
    22LR
    222
    221 FB
    250-3000
    257 Bob
    25 WSSM
    6.5x55
    6.5 Carcano
    6.5 Mannlicher
    260 Rem
    6.5 Rem Mag
    6.8 SPC
    270 Win
    7-08
    7x57
    284 Win
    30-30
    30-06
    30-40 Krag
    303 Brit
    318 WR
    8x57
    338 Lapua
    338-06
    338 Fed
    338 Win Mag
    333 Jeffery
    8 Lebel
    348 Win
    35 Rem
    358 Win
    35 Rem Mag
    35 Whelen
    35 Newton
    350 Rigby
    9,3x64
    9,5x56 MS
    375 HH
    375 Ruger
    400 Newton
    400 Whelen
    405 Win
    450/400
    400 NE
    416 Rigby
    416 Ruger
    404 Jeffery
    10.75x68
    444
    45-70
    458 Lott
    450 NE
    45-90
    45-120
    577/450
    505 Gibs
    50BMG
    50-70
    50-110
    500 NE
    500 Jeffery/Schuler
    577 NE
    20 gauge
    12 gauge
    8 gauge
    4 bore
    2 bore
    Also a few other obscure rounds.


    577 BME 3"500 KILL ALL 358 GREMLIN 404-375

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    20 November 2011, 03:12
    Ghubert
    Jesus Boomie, what cartridges do you think are uncool?! Big Grin
    20 November 2011, 03:16
    boom stick
    quote:
    Originally posted by Ghubert:
    Jesus Boomie, what cartridges do you think are uncool?! Big Grin

    I can list those too.
    I was limiting myself to non wildcat.
    Maybe start another thread.


    577 BME 3"500 KILL ALL 358 GREMLIN 404-375

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    20 November 2011, 03:20
    Ghubert
    You're what they all call a "gun-nut" eh? salute

    Carry on squire!
    20 November 2011, 03:26
    Crazyhorseconsulting
    I think the 25-20 30-40 Krag and the 9.3x74R are really neat cartridges. I also think a double rifle built to scale for either the 25-20 or 30-40 would be a fun gun to hunt with.


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    20 November 2011, 04:09
    Flags
    I think the 6.5x54 Mannlicher Schoenauer is cool. Especially when it is in the Model 1903 MS carbine with the set triggers. Also always had a soft spot for the 30-40 Krag in the Springfield.

    Thankfully, I've got one of each so I can scratch that itch whenever it hits.

    Used to have a William Evans double in 450/400 3 1/4 Nitro Express. That was way cool. It had hammers and was an underlever. Harken back to the days of WDM. Bell and Roosevelt. Sadly, in a fit of extreme stupidity I sold it to a guy that offered me a handful of green paper. I doubt I'll ever own another.

    I always thought a nice trim double in 30-40 Krag would be sweet. It could be built light and if regulated for 220 gr roundnose bullets it would be a great heavy cover deer and elk gun. Someday. Maybe someday.
    20 November 2011, 04:30
    Joe-S
    My cool cartridge are
    22LR
    220 swift
    6.8
    25-06 this one the coolest
    303
    joe
    20 November 2011, 05:05
    Nakihunter
    My cool list

    22RF
    222 Rem
    22-250 Rem
    6.5X54 MS
    6.5X55 Swe
    275 Rigby Wink
    280 AI
    318 WR - I would like one of those
    358 Win
    93X62
    9.5X57 MS

    Here are others I would like to own
    375 H&H
    450/400 NE
    10.75X68
    404 Jeffery
    416 Rigby
    450 NE
    577 NE


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    20 November 2011, 05:17
    jeffeosso
    i like em all, though i really like 22lr
    i think the 327 federal is neat.. i don't see myself building a 338 fed, though, as i have 358 wins...

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    20 November 2011, 05:40
    Greg K
    22 Hornet

    25/06

    7x57
    20 November 2011, 06:51
    hammer2506
    I want a 22hornet, just to say i have one, the ones I own
    22lr
    223 rem
    257roberts
    25-06
    30-06
    20 November 2011, 06:58
    Woodrow S
    On my list of cool ones I need yet:

    404 Jeffery
    505 Gibbs
    300 H&H
    416 Rigby
    257 AI Roberts
    20 November 2011, 06:59
    Grenadier
    Cool cartridges:




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    20 November 2011, 09:16
    buffybr
    Like Grenadier posted, any cartridge goes bang when I pull the trigger is Cool.

    Cartridges that I think are Cool before I pull the trigger are:
    .22-250
    .257 Ackley
    7mm Rem mag
    .30 Gibbs
    .300 Weatherby
    .375 RUM
    .44 Magnum

    And for nostalgia:
    .30-30
    .45 Long Colt
    .54 Hawken (I know, it's not a cartridge but it's a Cool rifle)


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    20 November 2011, 11:25
    Carolina Man
    Cartridges that I think are Cool: The ones I grew old with:

    220 Swift
    270 Win
    30-06
    300 H&H
    375 H&H

    and just for fun:
    40-70 Sharps
    45-100 Sharps
    45-110 Sharps
    50-90 Sharps "Big Fifty"


    "I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. To front only the essential facts of life and see if I could not learn what it had to teach and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived"- Thoreau
    20 November 2011, 13:45
    Brandon.Gleason
    Cool that I have:
    .375 H&H
    .470 NE
    10mm auto (ya, I know, not a rifle...)
    .41 Rem mag (same as above)

    Cool that I want:
    .25-06 Rem (in a Ruger 1)
    .257 Roberts (in a Win 70, maybe a Ruger 1)
    .300 H&H (in a Mauser 98 of some sort)
    .35 Whelen (in a Rem 740/760)
    .350 Rem Mag (in a Rem 600)
    .500 Jeffery (soon to be on one of my CZ550's)
    20 November 2011, 17:18
    RaySendero
    I've got several of the ones you guys listed above.

    So...I'd add:

    7.5x55 Swiss


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    20 November 2011, 17:31
    adamhunter
    My list of cool one that I want. Nothing crazy here with the only limiting factor being funds:

    6.5x54MS
    6.5x284
    300H&H
    8x68S
    9.3x62
    400 Whelen
    450 NE 3.25
    505 Gibbs


    30+ years experience tells me that perfection hit at .264. Others are adequate but anything before or after is wishful thinking.
    20 November 2011, 17:43
    TC1
    .223
    .270Win
    7X57
    .300 H&H
    9.3X62
    10.75X68

    Terry


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    20 November 2011, 17:50
    scottfromdallas
    I forgot to add a couple cool ones.

    6.5x284 Norma
    6.5 Creedmoor



    20 November 2011, 21:23
    JabaliHunter
    6.5x47 Lapua Cool
    20 November 2011, 21:51
    AfricanHunter
    Why didn't anyone list the .280 Dubiel Mag (full length 300 H&H necked), .350 Rigby and .334 OKH Mag or the .333 Jeffrey Rimless
    20 November 2011, 21:54
    Snellstrom
    "Cool Factor" is highly subjective, what is top on the cool chart for me is vanilla pudding to the rest of you. Some cartridges have special meaning and feelings for me because of thoughts or memories associated with them some go back to my childhood and stories I heard from family friends or relatives, some from things I read.
    This is my list and I'm sure everyone else with think some of my list are "not cool".

    Cool cartridges that I have:
    22/250
    257 Roberts (xtra cool)
    6.5x55
    30/06 (I think its cool)
    30/30
    30/40 Krag (xtra cool)
    9.3x62 (ya it's cool)
    375 H&H Mag
    45 Colt

    Cool cartridges I need:
    22 Hornet
    25 WSM (not WSSM)
    6.5 WSM
    6.5x 284
    .358 Win (not really sure why but here it is)
    35 Whelen
    358 Norma Mag
    400 Whelen or PDK
    404 Jeffery
    416 Rigby
    20 November 2011, 21:59
    RonE
    Still looking for one of the coolest: 7X61 S&H

    Also like the 5.6X50R


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    21 November 2011, 01:31
    kurtv
    I see many mentioned that I agree with, but no list of cool cartridges is complete without:

    5.6x61 vom Hofe Super Express
    .475 #2 Nitro Express