Which caliber (that you OWN) gives you the greatest FUN factor from a shooting/loading/accuracy/etc... stand point????

[ 08-29-2002, 06:58: Message edited by: mssmagnum ]

If you had asked this anytime before this past Spring, without a doubt I would have said the 6mm-.223 (6x45). It's been a "fun" favorite of mine for many years now. But since I acquired a 7mm Bullberry a while back, it gives the 6x45 a run for its money. It is extremely user-friendly; in other words, almost any load I concoct seems to produce excellent accuracy, and certain loads are just amazing. I can't wait to get to hunt with it this season...

.45 lc.,250 grn cast bullet,8.5 gr.clays,wlr primer.It's accurate,mild recoil,and inside of 50 yd.,will knock a white tail into next week.Delivered via. a 10" contender

All of them.......
Bulldog...

The .223, 22lr, and the 22magnum. They are great fun for varminting and plinking, and great fun to shoot in terms of noise, recoil, cost, availability, etc.

The 22Short is going to be right up there as well, once my exotic 14" T/C Contender 22Short project is complete, and I also expect great things from the 17hrm 14" T/C Contender project I have going. I'll keep you all posted as these projects near their fruition

Maybe we should list the ones that AREN'T fun? Wouldn't that be easier?

Sean - if it isn't top secret, can you tell me what barrel you started with? I'm thinking this one might be fun! :-)

I'd have to say the 44 Mag shorty barrel. It's amazing how simply cropping this barrel to 8" makes the Contender into a different gun altogether. Balance and Handling are excellent.

All in all, a very fun gun to play with at the range. Even more so "Brakeless"

My 38-55 14" Contender (TCA Bbl.)
I giggle like a school girl every time I pull that trigger, then I hear what sounds like someboby dropping pumpkin out there when the bullet hits the target. Then again when I walk out and see those holes all clustered up nice and neat.
Wes

My 30-06 Encore 15" is more fun than a circus pony!

My 15" 7mm DLH. I had Mike custom chamber this one for me. It's basically his 7mm Bellm #2 with a little longer neck. Ringing the 18" hanging steel plates at 500yds. is an absolute blast!

I would have to agree with with Bulldog on all of them.
But for a fun day of loading and shooting, I really like the 14 7/8" 222Rem. made for me by Mike Bellm.
It's a very accurate barrel and I haven't shot anything in it that it didn't like so far.

Like Sean, I have one of those 14" 22mag rechambers done by Mike also. With groups comming in at under 3/4" at 100 with at least 4 different types of ammo, and that's with a 2x6 power scope, and i'm not that great of a shooter.
Some day i'll spring for one of those 32X scopes and see what these barrels will really do when I can see the bull on the target.

I really do like them all though, and can't wait till i'll be able to get my 2, 4 year old grandsons out with them.

For me, at the moment, it is my 32-20 barrel for my Contender. I use a Lee cast bullet, it has almost no recoil, and it is a vary accurate round. A lot of fun on the field pistol range too.

Oh man. The drooling has shorted out part of my keyboard.

Can you give us some details on the "liner"? I have heard of this, but with no details and haven't seen any of 'em either. Gotta love something that reuses a good chunk of steel. How does the price compare between lining and just a new or used barrel?

Thanks - and yes, I'm envious - but in a good way.
steve

While not a single shot, the 480 ruger SRHK has been the funnest to me. When I got mine, there was little to no load data available, so I did a rather exhaustive work up of over 1/2 dozen different cast bullets, and 4 different powders. The 400 gr slugs @ 600 fps are fun as there is no recoil, the 310's @ 950 fps are fun because they are so accurate, and the big 460's @ 1100 fps are fun because they thump.

I'm expecting my 357 max to provide similar versitility in my contender. I plan to only shoot cast, 150, 158 and 200 gr, from 600 fps on up to around 2000 fps. I'm hoping for great accuracy, ease of loading, and general enjoyment.

If it is a single shot then it is my 284 Win. XP-100 hands down. It can do everything I want a specialty pistol to do and do it accurately.
If it is a standard handgun, then it is probably my 6 inch 586 Smith & Wesson that I mainly use for plinking with 38 special loads. I don't have to chase brass and I can practice either single or double action. On top of all of that it is just plain accurate.
xphunter

has to be .223 and 6mm calibers in tc's

.223;30-06;6.6X55..............Don't ask me to choose. I simply do not have enough barrels to make an honest comparison!
Rick