For me

.22 Rimfire Magnum & a 12 gauge side by side - use them almost every day;
.222 Remington;
.30-06;
.375 H&H Magnum.

And with them I do 99% of my shooting and hunting.

[ 03-18-2003, 15:57: Message edited by: NitroX ]

Not in any particular order. 308 win , 300 win mag, 338 win mag, 22-250.

358 NORMA!!!!! 45-70, 3006 22lr and 12ga shot gun

Ooohhhh ... one I can't get wrong!

.223 and .308 ... perfect for light game where noise matters and buzz guns!

.338 Win Mag ... when you're serious about NA game except big bear

.375 H&H and .416 Rigby ... when you're serious about pretty much any game

.38 Super ... great open competition caliber
.40 S&W ... great limited competition caliber
.41 Rem Mag ... invincible for deer

.45 ACP ... good for carry

12 gauge ... birds and rabbits and ...



[ 03-18-2003, 10:07: Message edited by: mstarling ]

7x57, .30-06, .405WCF, 10,75x68,.45-70, .450Marlin

6PPC - I have done a lot more with it than I though it could be capable of!

This will be my first post to a forum I just registered for. Here goes, in the order that I like them.

1. 45-70 Govt. I love lobbing cannonballs.
2. 45 ACP I shoot these the most.
3. 20 ga. My dad gave me his old Auto 5.
4. 44 Mag. Lotsa bears in Alaska.
5. 12 ga. Lotsa ducks in Alaska.
6. 223 Lotsa targets in Alaska. hehe.
7. 338 Win.
8. 22LR

I have more but these are my favorites.
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For my god, my soul
For my king, my life
For my lady, my heart
For my self, my honor.

The ones I Love:

22-250- a coyote's worst nightmare

.284 Win.- hottest short action round in lever guns

.270 Weatherby Mag.- hottest long range load in a semi-auto

45-70- fun to load with big, fat bullets. Put's big ugly bruises on my shoulder

.348 Winchester- introduced me to the Winchester/Browning 71 and expanded my shooting experience

.450 Alaskan & .50 Alaskan- the results of my introduction to the .348

.338 Win Mag- comes in a semi-auto for big things that walk the earth

.375 H&H- don't actually have one yet, but have always loved it

.45 acp- favorite home defense round, went AWOL when the military switched to the 9mm and never looked back

8mm Mauser - the only thing I had as a kid. The Rem 170 grain load is just about the perfect deer load

338 win mag - Just like me, common, plain and dependable

22 WMR - just right for all the things that pester my garden

Favorite cartridge...
6.5X55 - for no good reason except nostalgia, and well, OK, it really performs...

I presently own, love and shoot extensively the following. .22 mag, .257 Wby, 30-30, 7mm STW, .300 Win, .340 Wby, .358 STA, .416 Rem. I am casting my eyes longingly on .416 Rigby, .270 WSM, .470 NE. Happiness is tweaking a new chambering and one hole groups. Good shooting.

[ 03-18-2003, 19:12: Message edited by: phurley ]

I would have to go:
22lr
243
6.5x55 (or anything else that begins 6.5)
264Win Mag. the only rifle magnum I own or want.
30-06
308

9mm
357 mag
41mag

That will do it for me.

And here we go,

22LR
25-06 Rem.
260 Rem
270 Win
7MM STW
30-06
300 Win. Mag.
300 RUM
356 Win.
444 Marlin
45-70

Just call me boring

22LR
.223 (FMJ surplus)
.243
.308 (FMJ surplus)
30.06 - my favorite
375H&H

12gauge - my favorite

.22LR - my favorite
.357mag
.45acp

Love 'em all

-250-3000 Savage
-303 British
-30-06
-375 H&H
-416 Rem

6,5x55
7x57
7x64
.308 Norma magnum
.358 Norma magnum
9,3x62
9,3x63
9,3x74R
.404 Rimless Nitro Express
.470 Nitro Express

/Husky

Here are mine,
.22long rifle hollow point. Great for taking out the pests that come in the back yard, possums, skunks etc.
22-250 the most accurate rifle I have ever owned. Great for prairie dogs etc. out to what for me are long ranges. Five shot group that can be covered with your little finger nail.
7MM mag. Takes just about everything in North America.
.338 Win. Mag. for taking larger game and everything I have every tried for in Africa.
12 gage shotgun. Turkeys, pheasants you name it.
M1 Garand, just plain fun to shoot
.38 revolver for competition
.45 ACP for semi auto competition

22 CB cap
22RF
22Mag
41 Mag
243 Win
30-06 (of course)
7MM mag
28 guage

[ 03-18-2003, 23:10: Message edited by: Pa.Frank ]

.40 S&W

.300 Win Mag

12 gauge

.22LR for all the reasons mentioned here. Cheap, pleasent, and not much it can't do
7.62x39-great plinking round, cheap and available
.270 Win-my first hunting rifle, special place in my heart. IMO underrated as a hunting cartridge. It can take with authority anything up to and including elk and moose at ranges most of us should be shooting, and do it without punishing the shooter as well.
.30/06-just cause my family has exponded on and proven it's merits. A true classic and one no rifle collection is complete without.
7mm Rem Mag-current favorite and the cartridge I hutn with now. To my liking, more versitile than the 06--combines the trajectory of the .270 with the recoil of the 06 and downrange energy that approaches the .300 Win. With a 175 Partition, nothing on this continent it can't handle, though I would be hesitant to use it on bigger bears.
.44 Rem-powerful enough for most game with recoil most shooters can handle. May not be the most powerful anymore, but it will always be among our most useful.

Also the 12 gauge and for defense, the .45 ACP.

how about I just post the ones I
DONT like
6.5 carcano

favorites
22lr
708
358winnie
416 rigby
45lc
500 jeffe

would be well equiped with a 22 or 45 pistol, and a 358 rifle

jeffe

Must have's:
22lr, '06, 12 ga, 45 ACP.
Then (and only then)
6.5x55, 7x57, 8mm (A Mauser in each)
280 Rem, 358 STA, 416 Dakota (Win 70's, of course!)
308 Win (FAL (someday maybe AR-10!!)
45-70 (Marlin methinks)

That's the plan, anyway!

I'm afraid I'm missing the 3/8ths bore somehow.

My favorite of all would be a smoothbore 12ga shotgun with 2-3/4" rifled slugs. Kills'em dead and leaves a big hole (as long as your gun can shoot them good).

As far as rifles I like the 30-06, a little boring but it gets the job done. I also like the
30-30
243
444
45-70
50 bp
303
308
7mm rem mag

.416 Rigby
45/70
.44 rem mag
30/06
6.5x55
.22 hornet
22/250
.585 Nyati
.375 H&H

These are ones I own and love but there are so many on my want list.

30-30 Because it's not on this list enough, and it works.
303 British because it works on damn near anything
45-70 because it drops game as fast as it's trajectory drops it's bullets
338WM Because it's a long range thumper, that works up close too.
6.5X55, because it's so effective, it's surprising.
308, because it's not a 30-06, but works just as well

270 Win
300 Win
338 Win
9.3x62 mauser

.40 S&W
.45 ACP
.44 mag
.45 colt
45-70 govt

22lr
45ACP
38
45LC
375 HH
270
300wsn
416 rigby
577/450
577
450/400 NE
6.5X55
450 NE
12 bore
20 bore

URDUBOB

Easy List -
22-250
243
250-3000
7mm-08
300WSM

woods

I like alot of different chamberings but my favs are:

280 rem...........probably the perfect 7mm!

375H&H............a true all around cartridge.

Maybe its because I've killed about 90% of all my animals with one or the other!

I'm currently having a ball with the 7.62x54r, after that;
8x57JS
.30-30
.22mag, in the new loadings with "real" bullets.
7mm Rem mag
.223

Okay the ones I own & love in order of preference
9.3x62
45-70
6.5x55
30-30
308
223
44 mag
30-06
50 mz
12ga

the ones I want
20ga
12 s\s muzzle loader
308 bench rifle
223 semi auto
223 savage 112
9.3x62 for my encore

Jpb,

Well, there is certainly nothing wrong with the 7mag! I've started to use mine more and more lately as it is the most accurate rifle I own. Also, I can appreciate its flatter shooting with the heavier bullets. Thats why I said the 280 is PROBABLY the best 7mm. Just depends what day of the week it is!

I have 30 plus center fire rifles, and the calibers range from .223s to a.45-70. Although I only care to hunt deer and elk, I am fortunate that I generally have the opportunity to chase them in multiples states every year. I have killed a few of these critters with .270s, .30-30s, .30-06s, .444s etc., but the vast majority of the deer and elk that I have taken over the past 44 years have fell to either a .308 Win. or .300 Win. mag. Of late, I started to use a .35 Whelen, and it is a heck of a cartridge.

So, for my purposes, the following can get all my work done:

.308 Win.
.300 Win. mag.
.35 Whelen

CP.

[ 03-23-2003, 19:56: Message edited by: CP ]

22LR
223Rem.
243Win.
270Win.
7mmRem.Mag.
338Win.Mag.
45-70Gov't

I be a simple and poor man:

22 short
22lr in both pistol and rifle
223, 308, 7.62 x39, cheap, mil sup, but, since I don't have any of em, the
30-06 (for nearly anything)suffices.

375 H&H when shot placement is king.
Pistol:

22lr
45 ACP Plus P carry
45 Super home defense along with
45 Linebaugh for hunting(325 grains at 1550, or, light hunting load, 260 grains at 1450 +)

I think about buying a 458 Lott, and a 38 mag titanium, and figure the press is a better idea,...plus, if the 375 won't put it away, I still have 5 more rounds...

I would like to have a 458 Lott, but wonder if I can shoot it as well as the 375. Puppy kicks with full house factory ammo, period.

s

All of them but the ones I have now or in the past
300 wm ***
358 win ***
30 gibbs
30-06
308
6mm mag
25-06
25-06 ai
270 pre 64 win
257 roberts pre 64 win
243
22 rim fire
410 g
20g
16g
12g
and pellet and bb guns

I want a 338 wsm in a hand gun and a 6mm-284

When it comes right down to it,from a performance standpoint, there is pratically no need for any cartridges developed after 1930. With a couple of exceptions.
Everything from 25caliber and up was pretty well covered by that time. Military cartridges provided excellent performance on game as well. The 303, 30/40Krag, 30/06 and 8x57 are all fine medium bores. The 6.5x55 and 7x57 are good enough that newer cartridges were introduced to duplicate their performance.
In the commercial cartridge arena 1930 had seen the introduction of everything we needed by that time. Heavy medium bore? it doesn't get much better than the 375 H&H. The American offering in this class was the 35 Newton which, if it were introduced today and called the rimless Magnum, would be a success.
The 270 is still one of the finest long range cartridges. It was matched in performance by the 256 Newton.
As I said there were some exceptions. The 22 centerfire class was populated mostly by wildcats until the advent of the 222. Legitimizing the 22-250 was definitely a good move.
The 6mm caliber was ignored although the 25s accomplished the same thing.
The other great later cartridge would have to be the 458 Winchester. It truly filled a gap in the market.
I can hunt and compete with nothing but pre 1930 cartridges and not be handicapped at all. The only exception is in short range BR where a PPC or BR is just about mandatory. Regards, Bill.

I always like reading the responses on these threads. Very entertaining to see the different preferences!

Rimfire -
22 LR - My all-time favorite!
22 WMR

Military -
223 Rem
7.62x39 - cheap fun!
308 Win

Non-mags
22-250 Rem
25-06 Rem
270 Win
280 Rem
30-06

Magnums -
257 Wby
300 Win
300 Wby
338 RUM

Fun ones to own someday -
257 Roberts
264 Win Mag
7mm-08
7mm Rem
375 H&H
375 RUM
416 Rem
458 Lott