What 5 rounds really trip your triggers?

Being a die-hard rifle fan, here are my top-five:

1. 250-3000 Savage
2. 6.5x57 Mauser
3. 9.3x62 Mauser
4. 7x57 Mauser
5. 7mm BR Remington

Always interested in the preferences of others.

If I had $5000.00 bucks to buy 5 rifles they would be
1- 22-250 rem vsss
2 -243 kimber
3- 270 win rem titanium
4- 300 ultra mag in rem alaskan
5- 375 h&h in a Sako

300 Wby-Sendero

7 Stw-Wby Accumark

7 Mag-Wby VGX

44 R-Hawk

45 Super-Spring Change in a 5in.Springfield

I like to pull the trigger on:
17 Remington
6MM Remington
270 Winchester
300 Savage
35 Whelen

Keep in mind that the 6MM is really worth 2 votes here!

1. 7mm Rem Mag
2. 308 win
3. 338-378Wby Mag
4. 375 H&H
5. 458 Lott

Those are my favorites. The 338-378 is the most impressive but also the most finicky. The 308 is just a joy in every rifle there is and the 7 mag gets it all done without beating you up. The 458 Lott is terribly versitile and a joy to work with. But if I could only have one round for the rest of my days, it would be Holland and Holland's grand old 375.


Joe

What the hell do you want to shoot with a 300 savage? by the time it's dead all the skin will be off your knuckles and on the lever of your model #99

I must have an extra smooth Savage 99. I have yet to ever loose any skin off my knuckles shooting it. Sure have seen my father drop a pile of whitetails with one shot from his.

I've got to go six:

Big bore ---- 500 NE
Medium bore - 375 H&H
Small bore -- 25/06
22 LR ------- all aspects
44 Rem mag -- hunting
45 ACP ------ defense

.223 Remington
.243 Ackley Improved 40 degree shoulder
.30-06 Springfield
.300 Weatherby
.375 H&H

George

These are mine, some I own some I will own one day

.22 (have)
.22-250AI (have)
6.5x55 (have, its my favorite!)
9.3x64 (have to get)
.416 Rigby (being built)

with that lot I have everything in Australia covered.

For Rifles:

.470 NE
.416 Rigby
.375 H&H
9.3x74R
.338 Win Mag

Rounds for handgun are a different matter:

.45 ACP
.44 Mag
.41 Mag
.40 S&W
.38 Super

Fortunately, we really don't have to choose!

I have to agree who could leave out the .22 rimfire

270 Winchester
375 H&H
378 Wby
460 Wby

Potetnial favourites would be the 338 Ultra and 338/378

Mike

9.3x62,
I will go back and read all of the posts after I do this. I suspect that the rounds will tend to lean towards those rounds most advantageous to the poster's local game animals. I know that mine will.

22.250
6.5 Rem mag (24" bbl)
300 Weatherby
338 Win mag
416 Rem

Best,
bhtr

My top 5 are 338-378 Weatherby for long range,416 Rem mag for stuff that is big and bites,338 win mag my plain old hunting gun,264 Win mag fun to shoot might use it for deer someday,and 454 in my ruger super redhawk

Bravo

1st round - a nice cold pilsner
2nd round - a glass of pinot grigio
3rd round - an old vine petite syrah
4th round - jamaican coffee
5th round - johnnie walker blue

Bakes,
After looking over the lists, yours seem to be the closest to my list. (With the exception to the .22 cal) Would love to have you post a list of the critters you would take with each round. I never get tired of hearing about Australia. It's still on my "to do" list!
best,
bhtr

Mike D.

best,
bhtr

.22 Long Rifle

.357 Mag

.308 win

.45 acp

45-70 Govt

22LR
.223
.243
30.06
.376 Steyr

.22LR
.270
.30-06
.338WM
.416 Remington (or Rigby)

Out of those five:
.22LR
.270
.338WM
.416

And out of those four:
.270
.338WM
.416

And the "all around" from these three, the Alaskan:
.338WM

.22
22-250
7-08
30-06
7mmRM
or
.22
.223
.300 savage
30-06
300WM
or............

1) .270 Win

2-5 in no particular order:

.280 Rem
.300 Win Mag
.35 Whelen
.308 Win

I have a sneaking suspicion that .270 WSM will eventually get into the top 5...time will tell as I haven't spent much time with mine yet.

-Lou

5 isnt enough. Too many fine rounds left out in such a list. But I could possibly be content with;

22 lr

223

257 r

300 savage (no knuckle problems here, mine shoot cast boolits and make versatile back up rifles )

8mm-06

Favorite 5 rifle rounds:

22LR
223
308
338WinMag
375HH

Haven't played with my 416 Rigby enough to know if it will bump one of the others out, looking pretty good so far, but the jury is still out.

Good Luck and Good Hunting,

EKM

.22 LR
.223 Rem
.270 Win
.300 Win Mag
.375 H&H

(Damn, no room for the .30-06, 6.5x55, .257 Roberts...)
- mike

22lr
22-250 rem
300 win mag
338 win mag
375 ultra mag

My choices:

.22 rf

.243

.270

Just about anything that says .300

.416 Rem.

16 ga. shotgun

I know that is more than 5 but I don't like thinking inside the box.

My choices:

1) .223
2) .25/06
3) .35 Griffin & Howe Imp.
4) 9.3 Dakota
5) 45/70

1. 338 Win. Mag.
2. 30-06
3. 270 WSM
4. 375 H&H
5. 223 Rem

My favourites are;

.416 Rigby
.375 H&H
.458 Lott
45/70.

The others I own are my favourites as well

bearhunt'r

I would add .22 mag to that list but it only calls for 5.

.22 (have)Rabbits

.22mag fox whistling < !--color-->

.22-250AI (have)long range bunny/crow/fox/cat busting

6.5x55 (have, its my favorite!)Goats to red deer

9.3x64 (have to get)Sambar to camel

.416 Rigby (being built)Buff and scrub bull.



The 9.3 and .416 are interchangeable.



This is PC's list

45/70. Rabbits< !--color-->

.375 H&H foxes,Roo's< !--color-->

416 Rigby Pig,goats,BIG Roo's< !--color-->

.458 Lott Deer to Buff and fox whistling in a pinch < !--color-->



How'd I go PC

1st - Gosling's Black Seal Rum
2nd - Bushmill's Black Bush
3rd - Shiner Bock
4th - Stone IPA
5th - Dr. Pepper

And for cartridges:

.257 Wby
.300 H&H
.338 Win Mag
.45 ACP
20 ga.

22LR
223Rem.
243Win.
270Win.
338Win.Mag or 375H&H

.257 Wby, .340 Wby, .338 Lapua, .358 STA, .416 Rigby.

1. 22 LR - 10,000 rounds a year from CZ 75 Kadet adapter and semi-auto carbines, just to stay sharp with #2.

2. 40 S&W - CZ 75 and Ruger P4 carbine. Security work and home defense. Handloads with Longshot powder duplicate the 10MM if you need it.

3. 12 GA - Gas, pump and double. What could be more fun than Sporting Clays or more tasty than Quail?

4. 300 WSM - Handloads only, cover 55 gr sabot 224s up to 220 gr RN...mice to moose. Duplicate 308 and 30-06 with fine accuracy...WSM case is insensitive to load density.

5. 375 RUM - the BIG Kahuna...most flexible of ALL big bores to reload...duplicate the 35 Whelen, 9.3X62, 9.3X64, 375 H&H with excellent accuracy, give up little to the 416s and 458s with 350 gr Woodleighs at 2650 fps.

Its funny, but we seem to take the mighty 12 GA for granted. If your 2 mission in life were to eat and defend yourself and you were limited to one gun, what else could you reach for?

I'll have to go with Mike D on this one and say

Richards Red beer
Crown Royal and ginger
Fat Bastard Shiraz
Glenn Livet
Drambuie (for after supper digestion)

As to rounds of ammunition I'd go with

22lr (of course)
20 guage
204 ruger (haven't got one but need a varmint gun)
300 wm
444 marlin

That pretty well takes care of longe range, heavy bush, small and big. I'd want my 12 guage if I visit the prairies but that's just about perfect for Prince George B.C.

Bellhender

I started as a combat pistol shooter, so my first favorite round must be:

.45 ACP

Among revolver rounds (also for pistol cartridge carbines), my developing favorite seems to be:

.45 Colt

I'm not much of a shotgunner, so none of those apply. In terms of rifle rounds, I'd have to pick these three to round out the list of my five favorite rounds:

.260 Rem
.308 Win
9.3x62