I like flat trajectory. Cartridges offering the
longest dead point of aim, while not sacrificing
too much barrel life (-1000 rounds unacceptable)
are the coolest to me. Some examples:

Tactical 20, .204 Ruger, Practical 20 (started
life long ago as .204/.223).

.22-250
.243
.25-06
7mm WSM

There are many others, but these are some in
which I have experience.

I lean towards the rifle not the round but my list is short. I like a Rem 700 platform, Ruger 77, Browning A Bolts and Kimber 84M or 84L

.22 LR My fav
.223
.270 Win
30-06
.270 WSM
7-08 Rem

I would like a .280 AI but just for the hell of it.....I have what it will do covered.

.22 Hornet
.25 Remington
7x57R
30-06
35 Whelen
9.3x74R
.375 H&H
.405
.45-70
.50-70
.44 Special
.44 Magnum
.45 Colt

.275 rigby
9.3x62mm
.404 jeffery

I have tried about everything commonly available.
I kind of like oddballs and unique rifles and cartridges just to learn something new or even something old and obsolete.

Anyone up for shooting a 6.5 Arisaka in a Type I rifle. It has a modified Carcano action with a Mauser type double stack magazine. The rifling is segmental like a Lee-Metford.

257 Roberts
6.5x47 Lapua x 2
30-06 AI
9.3x62

Alan

Here is my list:
.250 Savage
.300 Savage
.257 Roberts
6.5x55
.275 Rigby
8x57
9.3x62
.35 Rem
.300 H&H
.375 H&H

Well now, cool or not the old 303 Brtish has likly despatched countless hundreds of thousands if not millions of game around the world and as such deserves a mention. No longer popular it will still do the job on most animals it's pointed at. The much quoted Bell used it to knock off a few elephants.
If memory serves Bell liked his 303 rifle but mainly due to it's 10 shot magazine.
There are many better cartridges but the 303 British did what was needed

I ones I own and Think cool are

.243win
.25-06rem
.270win
300wsm

The ones I would like to try are

6XC
.25x47
25 souper
6.5wssm
.27-08
280
9.3 wsm

Of these I only have the .22Lr and 7x57
.22 Lr
.222
.257 Rob
7x57
30-30
.300 H&H
.338 Win
.375 H&H
.416
Obviously I need to buy some more guns!

How about...
22 L.R.
222 Rem
257 Roberts
7X57 Mauser
270 Win.
30/06
338 Federal
375 H&H
404 Jeffrey
45/70
and to be fair to handguns
357 Mag.

I have a pretty short list:

1. 22 lr - With ammo prices where they are this is about the only thing I can shoot on a regular basis and that's cool.

2. 7.62x54R -Great to handload for and shoot out of my $20.00 M-N. Cool!

3. 350 Rem Mag- Love it! Saw one for sale,673 Guide Gun, and bought it on the spot. Don't know why, I have others that will do the same thing but the overall look is waaayy cool.

4. 376 Steyr- As Mike Dettorre says, the 308 of the big bores. Accurate, smooth, and in the factory Pro-hunter good to go for anything in North America and most likely the world. The Rodney Dangerfield of the big bores. So uncool it's cool.

Sorry, almost forgot:

5. 30-40 Krag - My father gave it to me and the slickest, coolest action ever, very accurate. I'm a realtor and I gave it to a young couple that had just lost their home to foreclosure. The husband had expressed interest in hunting but didn't have any money for a rifle. I gave it to his wife to put under the tree for Christmas two years ago. How cool is that?!!

Some cool cartidges I would like to be able to shoot are

.218 Bee (Marlin lever action)

.219 Zipper (Marlin lever action)

.22 Jet ( H&R Handi-barrel)

.256 Win Mag (Marlin lever action)

6.5 Rem mag (Ruger bolt action)

.348 Win (Winchester lever action)

.356 Win (Marlin lever action)

.358 Win ( Marlin lever action)

hmmm....

257 Weatherby
300 Weatherby
6.5x68 RWS
8x68 RWS
350 Rem Mag

They are many more that I like, but these are a handful that have a major "x-factor" that draws my attention.

Ray, thanks for the Swiss mention. Boom, how could you not have a Swiss or an uncool commie 7.62R (7.62X54) in that lit.

quote:

Originally posted by lonniemike:
Ray, thanks for the Swiss mention. Boom, how could you not have a Swiss or an uncool commie 7.62R (7.62X54) in that lit.

My sincere apologies. I missed that one.
That is a dope OG bangin round.

Super 88 Your alright

I dig anything with 400 in the name.
Or anything I can roll paper patch bullets for.

Cheers, John

Some of you guys have too many toys, you need to send them to me immediately!
I only have
7-22LR
3_223's
1-6MM
1-25-06
2-30-06's
2-300WM
2-300RUM
1-338WM
3-375's
2-416Rem
2-458WM
1-458 Lott
1-470NE
and
2-Barrett 50BMG's
I need help. My therapist is going crazy

quote:

Originally posted by 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.

Here's my short list.
22 short
308 Win
350 Rem mag
375 Chatfield-Taylor

I always thought the 416 Taylor was a cool cartridge also. I still have an inkling to build one. But what would I use it for.....

7x57 R

8x68S

.450 N.E. 3,25

.221
.222
7x57
6.5x55
.35 Whelan
.405
.45-70

I had to add the 6.8 SPC to the list of cool cartridges. Super efficient round good for coyotes, deer and hogs. Turns my mini 14 in to the gun I always wanted.

I have
.22lr. .22wmr.,.270win,.308win,.30-06,.338win mag. .375H&H, 44 mah, 9mm,.40s&w


Cool cartridges I need .17hmr,.22-250,.300H&H,.348
450Alaskan,.458Lott

17 Hornet
Cool.

"Coolest" I own is a 9.3x74r.

.22lr
.22 Hornet
.257 Roberts
6.5X55
.275 Rigby
.30/06
9.3X62/74R
.416 Rigby
.470NE

And

.404/.375 JS/The one Saeed shoots.

Best-
Locksley,R

Mine are simple:
358 Win
7mm-08

6.5x55
7mm Mauser
.30-40 Krag
7.5 Swiss
The coolest cat ever .30 Gov't 06

Any cartridge chambered in a vintage Winchester M70 is cool.

318 Westley Richards in a Westley built Mauser. It sounds and even smells like an African safari. As much as I like Winchester, nothing has the Africa charm like an old school British rifle with the dark stocks in their makers trunk.

45-90 or 45-110 Shiloh Sharps to shoot and a matching old Sharps.

45-70 in Winchester 1886.

Great topic!

My personal "cool factor" cartridges for which I have rifles:

22 WRF (22 Rem Special)
22 Hornet
257 Rbts
7x57
300 Savage
35 Remington
35 Whelen
350 Rem Mag
38-55 Winchester
9.3x72R

Ones I'd like to have:

25-20
25 or 30 Remington
300 H&H
338-06
348 Winchester
9.3x62
450/400 NE or even BPE

Anyone want to donate to a worthy cause?

-WSJ

22lr
22hornet
222 rem
243 win
30-06
44 rem mag Marlin lever
444 marlin lever
458 win

Uncool
223wssm
6.5 carcano

I fell in love with the 22lr when I was a kid on my grandparents farm. They would shoot beef cows in the head with it, it was the first bang flop I had ever seen.
22lr
223
7x57
3006
9.3x62
Bryan

Wow!

The coolest cartridge of all is the .225 Win., which I believe has not been mentioned in this thread up 'til now.

I have one.

Does that make me the coolest respondent?

Cool:

221FB
218Bee
250-3000
6.5x54MS
7x57
H&H Super Thirty
.333Jeffrey
.404J
500/465 H&H

Not Cool

.243 Because it is a jack of everything
7mmRM Marketing exceeds capability
9.3x62 Was cool but now everyone has one
.375H&H For the trophy shooter who can't hunt
.416Rigby Celebrity PH round
.458WM Doesn't do what it should

quote:

Does that make me the coolest respondent?

Got my vote!

I think tops for me is the
360No.2
Then
350 Rigby rimless
350 Rigby No.2
333 Jeffery
404 Jeffery
500 Jeffery
And those I don't have yet
318 WR
505 Gibbs
369 Purdey
450 No.2
476 Westley
500/450 and 500/465 H&H

.22 rimfire
22/250
6mm Rem.
257 Roberts
270 Winchester
7x57
30/06
300 Weatherby Mag
338 Winchester Mag
375 H&H

In shotguns:
12 gauge
20 gauge
28 gauge (the coolest of shotgun gauges)
410 bore

Cool shotguns need to have two barrels, one above the other, and only one trigger.

But I have to admit that the coolest shotgun I've ever seen was a Winchester Model 21 (SXS double) in 16 gauge. It had been redone, with a colored case-hardened receiver and flawless wood. I don't remember whether it had one trigger or two.