what caliber do you shoot

I shoot a 300 WSM on most big game animals. Yes I know its too big for antelope I shoot it anyway. It will reach out an I shoot it better than most of my other rifles. I've used it twice in Africa so I think it gave me more confidence than my other rifles. For yotes and other varmits I shoot a .243.
 
270 WSM, 257 Weatherby Mag, and a Mathews Drenalin. The Mathews is my favorite. There is something about a 435 grn arrow at 295 fps.
 
.270 for most stuff, a .338 Win Mag for the big stuff and a .223 for varmints and plinking. Each is my favorite for its intended purpose.
 
I have several big-game rifles and calibers.

For many years, I used my .270 model 70 Winchester.

I finally "made the switch" and use a .300 Weatherby; (180 grain hand loads and when I provided the velocity last time this conversation came around, I had an argument. I'll simply say it's loaded very hot.)

I use it on everything from rock chucks to elk. (IF I ever shoot a moose or sheep, I'll use it for them, as well.) Trust me, the rock chucks are never "wounded".


Within the shadows, go quietly.
 
Varmints. 17 remington fireball. 223. 243.
Deer. 25-06
elk and bigger. 300 ultra
 
ruger 300wsm- big game
ruger 22-250- small game
springfield xdm 9mm- concealed












So if guns kill people, I suppose pencils misspell words, cars drive drunk, and spoons make people fat...
 
LAST EDITED ON Dec-21-11 AT 02:16PM (MST)[p]7MM Rem Mag, .257 Ackley, .222 Rem these three take care of most of my rifle needs. 9MM, .38, .357 mag, .44 mag take care of my handgun needs.
 
300 win mag for big game, unless I feel like taking my old 270 for a deer hunt! 22-250 for varmints down to p-dogs. 17 for p-dogs and down. Love plinking with my 22. Xdm 40 for concealed.


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#55 @29 Black Widow recurve and around 600 grain fmj's.
22-250 for predators.
I haven't rifle hunted for big game since I was 14.


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interesting...

the reason i ask, i work with a guy that is a shooter. never hunted a day in his life and has dozens of guns. he's really big into .308 and it has been proven yes, but i told him that most guys i know dont hunt with 308. we also got to talking about 300rum's. i am surprised to see more guys dont shoot those. not for any particular reason but thought they were more popular than what im seeing here.

Travis
www.RidgelineOutdoors.com
 
>interesting...
>
>the reason i ask, i work
>with a guy that is
>a shooter. never hunted
>a day in his life
>and has dozens of guns.
> he's really big into
>.308 and it has been
>proven yes, but i told
>him that most guys i
>know dont hunt with 308.
> we also got to
>talking about 300rum's. i
>am surprised to see more
>guys dont shoot those.
>not for any particular reason
>but thought they were more
>popular than what im seeing
>here.
>
>Travis
>www.RidgelineOutdoors.com

Check this thread for pics that Scenarshooter has posted... He's killed fair number of critters with a .308
http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/5682340/3


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.264 Win Mag...My goto rifle
.300 Win Mag...Elk and larger
220 Swift for predators
.17 HMR for plinking and small game
.257 Roberts just cuz
.300 WSM cuz I told my wife I needed one!!!
.44 Mag Super Blackhawk cuz it's big!!!

Later, L.T.
 
Ruger 204 Everything small
300 RUM Everything big... :)

CSO

It's all about the good times...

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>>interesting...
>>
>>the reason i ask, i work
>>with a guy that is
>>a shooter. never hunted
>>a day in his life
>>and has dozens of guns.
>> he's really big into
>>.308 and it has been
>>proven yes, but i told
>>him that most guys i
>>know dont hunt with 308.
>> we also got to
>>talking about 300rum's. i
>>am surprised to see more
>>guys dont shoot those.
>>not for any particular reason
>>but thought they were more
>>popular than what im seeing
>>here.
>>
>>Travis
>>www.RidgelineOutdoors.com
>
>Check this thread for pics that
>Scenarshooter has posted... He's killed
>fair number of critters with
>a .308
>http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/5682340/3
>
>
>
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>Disclaimer:
>The poster does not take any
>responsibility for any hurt or
>bad feelings. Reading threads poses
>inherent risks. The poster would
>like to remind readers to
>make sure they have a
>functional sense of humor before
>they visit any discussion board.
>

No doubt it has been proven. Hell, he even talked me into buying the Remington 5R in 308. love that gun and it shoots sweet.

he just found it hard to believe that a ton of guys dont hunt with them and I dont think they do. i think guys like the newer calibers / short mags and such. ....even tho 308 and 30-06 have been proven. Just an observation.. would you agree.

i do see a couple more 300 rum's now too.

Travis
www.RidgelineOutdoors.com
 
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Different day, different caliber?

.17
222 (nope, not 223)
243
270
30-06
7mm mag
338 win mag
50 cal muzzy

My go to gun for game in Texas and for mule deer out of state: 270

2nd used 243 for meat does

50 cal muzzy for elk

that doesn't even start on my bows or shotguns.......

txhunter58

venor, ergo sum (I hunt, therefore I am)
 
Shot stuff with...and have one or two in the safe.

22lr
17hmr
222
204
223
243
6mm
260
6.5x284
270
270wsm
308
30.06
7mm
300wsm
300Rum
338Rum

375 H&H is next in line.



If I had to pick one it'd be the 300RUM.
 
Fox and yotes 22-250.
Deer to Elk 7MM Rem Mag.


For fun. 375 ruger
223 Larue custom.
243 AI
25-06 AI
6.5-284
6mm-284
243wssm
223wssm
204 ruger
338-378 wthby
223 AI
6mm-06
257 wthby mag
30-378 wthby
7mm STW
8mm Rem Mag
308
and so on........
 
.300 mag------elk
30-06----------deer
45-70----------bear
22-250---------coyotes

bow-------any thing in archery season


rest of my calibers are for fun
 
1961 .303 British Enfield

1970 .308 Winchester Semi Auto

1976 7mm Browning BAR

2000 .300 Remington Win. Mag.

All kinds of other calibers that never became my go to hunting rifle. From 1975 through 1995 I killed most of my deer and elk with a .50 Hawken with a Green River barrel that Cannonball built in this basement.

I'm a left eyed shooter, hence the period of semi-autos. I was very unhappy with the .308 but a lot of guys born before 1950 used that caliber and love it. My neighbor still kills elk every year with his and will never hunt with anything else.

DC
 
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Winchester .338 Rarely hunt with this gun.
Remington .300WSM (Favorite)Hunt with this most of the time



Savage .243 Hunt with this gun some of the time.

Looks like I've got a couple of caliber gaps to fill! :D :D

Is it to late to get my list to the jolly old elf!

Future purchase may include, but not limited too.
7mm
.270
25.06
 
Many rifles and muzzles too choose from but if had to pick one it would be my 30-378 wby 210 grain vld at 105gn retumbo love the combo.
 
270WSM

.280AI, strong second!
25-06
.280 Remington
6MM

many others...

...to me, the 270WSM is about as good as it gets for the shooting and hunting that i like to do.

Joey


"It's all about knowing what your firearms practical limitations are and combining that with your own personal limitations!"
 
338 RUM 700 XCR with custom barrel is my favorite.

300 WSM A-Bolt has killed everything I've pulled the rigger on.

308 Savage is the best shooter.

270 has never let me down, but haven't used it since 2000.

6.5x284 is in the works to be my go to for deer and smaller.

25 WSM A-Bolt is my favorite to pack and has dropped bucks at 400+ and great on dogs.



"You'll never get a big one if you shoot a little one"
 
1985-1992 one of 2lumpys Browning Bars 7mm Rem Mag

1992-Current- Abolt 300 win mag.

2lumpy-I know that you dont shoot it as much as you would like but your 300 win mag is actually a Browning Abolt. Ha Ha
 
All single shots---

Reflex bow

T/C Encore .50 call

T/C Prohunter 7mag.

No favorite---all 3 are 'meat on the table' efficient.

Robb
 
Winchester Model 70 270 favorite

Rem. Model 700 300 win mag Elk and up

Rem. Model 700 22/250 Varmits


Also have and shoot some
7mm/06
280 rem
257 rob
243
223
 
Here is an interesting read.

The 20th Century's Top Rifle Cartridge
By Layne Simpson, Field Editor, Shooting Times.

There can be only one top rifle cartridge of the 20th century, and Field Editor Layne Simpson has a handle on what it is. Here is his selection along with its 11 runners-up.

The greatest centerfire cartridge of the 20th century? Even though the answer to that question should have come to me as easily as falling off a greased log, I found it difficult to single out one among so many great ones. An early example among great cartridges is the .300 Savage, which offered original .30-06 performance in a package small enough to cycle through popular rifles such as the Savage 99 and Remington 81. But is it the greatest of the great? Hardly. Then we have other candidates. Although ignored to death by American hunters, the .307 Winchester is a great cartridge simply because it squeezes .300 Savage performance from America?s favorite deer rifle, the Winchester 94. But that alone does not place it among the list of top candidates for it is now a dying cartridge. And what about the .22-250? It began life as one of the most popular wildcats ever created, was available in Browning rifles before Remington started factory loading it, and is now one of our two most popular varmint cartridges. Great though it is, the .22-250 has yet to earn a big shot at the No. 1 position like other cartridges.
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The .17 Remington is a favorite I hated to eliminate from my short list, mainly because it is uniquely American and so much fun to shoot. Then we have others like the .22 Hornet (my first varmint cartridge), the .35 Remington (my first store-bought deer cartridge), and the .225 Winchester (which accounted for my first sub-minute-of-angle group). Sentimental fellow that I am, I could very easily have listed either of those among the greatest of the great. Other favorites I hated to weed out are the .280 Remington (almost as good as the .270), 6mm Remington (actually better than the .243), .257 Roberts (better than the 6mm or .243), .25-06 (I used it a lot when it was a wildcat), 7x57mm Mauser (which will do anything the 7mm-08 will do), 7mm-08 Remington (which will do anything the 7x57mm Mauser will do), and the .416 Weatherby Magnum (my favorite cartridge for the big stuff of Africa). But they too had to go. As for new cartridges on the scene, the 7mm STW and .300 Remington Ultra Mag might eventually earn enough stripes to be included in such a list by another writer at the end of the 21st century, but as I write this neither has proven capable of weathering the test of time.

As it turned out, I simply could not come up with the single greatest cartridge without at least mentioning those that have given it a run for its money in not only popularity but usefulness as well. So I took the easy way out by naming not only the cartridge of the century but, as they say in beauty contests, its 11 runners-up as well. Here, then, in the order of their introduction are all too brief comments on what I consider to be the fantastic dozen of the 20th century, with the 11 runners-up first and the winner last.

.375 Holland & Holland Magnum
I chose the .375 H&H Magnum as one of the top dozen of the 20th century simply because few other cartridges do so many things so well. It is just powerful enough to handle game too nasty for smaller cartridges, yet it is not ridiculously overpowered for nondangerous North American game such as elk and moose. I also chose it because the level of recoil it generates represents about the upper limit most hunters can tolerate. Even though the .375 H&H Magnum was introduced by Holland & Holland in 1925, most American hunters ignored it due to the high cost of imported rifles chambered for it. But that changed for the better in 1937 when Winchester added the chambering to its list of options for the Model 70 rifle. When loaded with good bullets and fired in an accurate rifle, this old English cartridge is capable of remarkable accuracy. It's good too; I would not hesitate to hunt any big-game animal presently walking the face of the earth with the .375 H&H Magnum.

.270 Winchester
What can I say about the .270 Winchester that was not said far more eloquently by Jack O?Connor, the greatest firearms writer of the 20th century? The most famous and by far the most successful full-length offspring of the .30-06 Springfield, the .270 had it all back in 1925 when it was introduced and still has it all today. Need a flat-shooting, mild-recoiling, super-accurate cartridge for shooting deer-size game at long range? The .270 loaded with a good 130-grain bullet fills the bill with room to spare. Heading out west for an elk or moose hunt? Don?t overlook the .270 loaded with a premium-grade bullet weighing 150 grains. Does your shoulder scream out in protest each time you squeeze the trigger on that new .409 Pooper-Scooper Magnum? If so, relief in the form of a .270-caliber rifle is no further away than your friendly gunshop.

.220 Swift
Exceeding 4000 feet per second with a rifle bullet seemed about as far out of reach as man?s first step on the moon back in the 1930s, but Winchester accomplished the impossible in 1935 by introducing the great .220 Swift. Loaded with a 48-grain bullet at the previously unheard of velocity of 4110 fps, the Swift made plenty of noise, shot flatter than a moonbeam, and electrocuted a varmint in its tracks. And if that alone wasn?t enough, the new cartridge was extremely accurate in the Winchester Model 70 rifle. During its heyday the Swift took its licks from critics who were obviously jealous of its success, but those of us who use it today recognize it for what it is?the greatest varmint cartridge of all time. True, the .22-250 is more popular, but it simply follows the trail blazed over half a century ago by the .220 Swift.

.300 Weatherby Magnum
Roy Weatherby didn't invent the .30-caliber magnum cartridge; among Americans that honor goes to a fellow by the name of Charles Newton. Weatherby did, however, cause more hunters to want to own .30 magnum rifles than anyone before or since his time. More important to the success of his company, those hunters wanted Weatherby rifles in .300 Magnum. I saw my first Weatherby rifle while still in high school and swore then and there that I would someday own one, and sure enough I eventually did. I'm sure many other youngsters my age shared the same dream. Roy?s .300 Magnum with its distinctive double-radius shoulder has long been and probably always will be the belted magnum by which all others of its caliber are measured. You can say what you want about its recoil and muzzle blast, but no one who has used the .300 Weatherby Magnum on big game will deny that the hunt almost always ends quickly just after the first trigger squeeze.

.222 Remington
A brainchild of Remington?s Mike Walker, the .222 was made possible by the introduction of the Remington Model 722 bolt-action rifle. That combination, the .222 and the 722, ruled the accuracy roost among varmint shooters during the 1950s, and the little cartridge even went on to absolutely dominate registered benchrest competition until the 6mm PPC came along in 1975. In addition, the .222 eventually spawned the .17 Remington, .221 Fireball, .222 Remington Magnum, .223 Remington, and the European 5.6x50mm Magnum, making it one of the more prolific cartridges introduced during the 20th century. Today, the .223 is more popular, but when all is said and done it really won't do a lot that can't be done about as well with the .222 Remington. If ever I decide to build the six most accurate rifles in the world, one of them will be chambered for the .222 Remington.

.308 Winchester
The .308 Winchester, or 7.62x51mm NATO as it is also called, was not the first high-intensity centerfire cartridge designed for short-action rifles; that distinction goes to the .300 Savage. The .308 was, however, the first cartridge of its kind to enjoy worldwide popularity. On several occasions I have hunted moose in Sweden and am always surprised to see how many of the local hunters are armed with rifles in .308 Winchester. Among calibers larger than 6mm, the .308 is by far the most popular short-action big-game cartridge among hunters worldwide. The .308 has also fathered a rather large clan of offspring with names like .243 Winchester, .260 Remington, 7mm-08 Remington, and .358 Winchester. Probably the best thing to be said of the .308 is it is capable of phenomenal accuracy; it is possibly the single most inherently accurate cartridge of a caliber larger than 6mm ever designed.

.243 Winchester
The .243 Winchester was not the first cartridge of its caliber, but it was the first cartridge to really put the caliber on the map among varmint shooters and deer hunters. The .243 plays its dual role as a combination varmint/big-game cartridge like few other cartridges are capable of, and it possesses incredible accuracy potential. Mild manners combined with energy delivery quite adequate for game up to the size of whitetail deer and pronghorn antelope make the .243 as close to ideal as we are likely to ever get for those who are sensitive to recoil. The 6mm Remington (alias .244 Remington) might be just a tad better and the .240 Weatherby most definitely is, but neither has enjoyed anywhere near the popularity of the .243 Winchester.

.458 Winchester Magnum
The .458 Winchester was America?s first factory-loaded elephant cartridge. Prior to its introduction in 1956, American hunters who ventured to Africa either used American-built rifles in .375 H&H (which some considered a bit small for elephant and such), a custom-built rifle chambered for a wildcat such as the .450 Watts, or they bought an expensive English-built rifle chambered for a cartridge of English design. Then along came the Model 70 in .458 Magnum, which not only duplicated the performance of the ever-popular .470 Nitro Express, it cost but a fraction of the price of a British double in that caliber. The .458 Winchester went on to become the most popular backup cartridge among African professional hunters, and to this day it is the dangerous game cartridge by which all others are judged.
The 12 Greatest
20th-Century
Rifle Cartridges
(Listed In Order Of Introduction)
Cartridge

Year Of
Introduction
.30-06 Springfield
1906
.375 H&H Magnum
1912
.270 Winchester
1925
.220 Swift
1935
.300 Weatherby
Magnum
1948
.222 Remington
1950
.308 Winchester
1952
.243 Winchester
1955
.458 Winchester
Magnum
1956
.338 Winchester
Magnum
1958
7mm Remington
Magnum
1962
6mm PPC
1975

.338 Winchester Magnum
I like the .338 Winchester Magnum but not quite as much as the .375 H&H Magnum. It is a good cartridge, but I'm not sure it is a lot better than one of the .300 magnums loaded with a 200-grain bullet. The .338 shoots flat but not quite as flat as one of the 7mm magnums. The .338 hits hard downrange, but it also hits hard back behind the recoil pad. Through the years I have heard all those statements used to describe the .338 Winchester Magnum, but the fact remains that it has enjoyed and continues to enjoy more popularity among big-game hunters than all other medium-bore cartridges combined. The last time I looked at ammunition sales reports from Winchester, Remington, and Federal, the .338 ranked 10th among all big-game cartridges, reason enough to include it among the 12 greatest centerfire rifle cartridges of the 20th century.

7mm Remington Magnum
The 7mm Remington Magnum and I go back to 1962, the year Remington introduced it, so it has long been one of my favorite cartridges. Other cartridges of the same caliber came before Remington?s version, but all combined did not cause as much excitement among American hunters. In fact, prior to its introduction, most Americans ignored 7mm cartridges. Not so for the new one from Remington. For several years after it was introduced, the demand for Model 700 rifles chambered for the ?Big Seven? far outpaced Remington?s ability to produce them. Even today, over three decades after its introduction, only the .30-30, .30-06, .270, and .308 are more popular among big-game hunters. Why the 7mm Remington Magnum enjoys such popularity is no big mystery?it shoots flatter and hits harder than the .30-06 but generates only slightly more recoil. It is truly one of the 20th century?s greats.

6mm PPC
Chances are the 6mm PPC has never killed a single deer, and it most definitely ranks near the bottom of the heap among varmint hunters. It doesn't shoot as flat as a banjo string, and it doesn't deliver gobs of energy downrange, make a lot of noise, or pound one?s shoulder to a pulp. The 6mm PPC is anything but cheap to shoot; last time I looked, cases were selling at 75 cents each, and they still had to be fine-tuned before being used. Even though Americans Lou Palmisano and Ferris Pindell created the little cartridge, it is foreign to most American shooters. On top of all that, while the 6mm PPC has been around for over 20 years not a single American ammo manufacturer has chosen to load it. What the 6mm PPC has done and continues to do is break more world accuracy records in registered benchrest shooting than any other cartridge, and it shows no sign of slowing down. When firearms correspondents of the future write about such things, the 6mm PPC will be mentioned most often as the accuracy cartridge of the 20th century.

And The Winner Is... The .30-06 Springfield
Then we come to the .30-06 Springfield, my pick as the greatest rifle cartridge of the 20th century .Before you disagree, take a look at its track record. For starters, the .30-06 was the primary battle cartridge of American military forces from its introduction in 1903 until it was replaced by the 7.62mm NATO in 1954. That's over half a century of military duty. During that time the United States and its allies won the two greatest wars in the history of modern mankind, and while they would likely have done so had the .30-06 not been around, the cartridge played a key role nevertheless. Long before the old soldier retired from military duty it was enjoying tremendous popularity among hunters and target shooters. Today, the .30-06 is No. 1 in sales among all big-game cartridges with the major ammunition manufacturers, and it is seldom out of the top five most popular chamberings among builders of bolt-action rifles. The grand old cartridge has long been available in all types of rifles: bolt actions, slide actions, single shots, autoloaders, and even a few lever actions. A great abundance of factory loadings are available not only from U.S. manufacturers but from those in other countries as well. Federal alone, as an example, offers almost two-dozen different loadings of the .30-06 Springfield with bullet weights ranging from 125 to 220 grains. Handloaders who load the cartridge have a great variety of brands, styles, and weights of bullets from which to choose, and dozens are suitable for this grand old cartridge. The popularity of the .30-06 is worldwide; it accounts for a big chunk of sales among many foreign manufacturers of sporting ammunition, and any foreign rifle manufacturer who is anybody (and even some who aren't) offer the .30-06 chambering. The .30-06 got a head start on its competition by being adopted by the US Military, same as the .45-70 Government, .30-40 Krag, .308 Winchester, and .223 Remington. Today, it is a benchmark by which big-game cartridge performance is compared.

So there you have the greatest cartridge of the 20th century along with its 11 runners-up. I'm sure everyone won't agree with all of my picks, but that was one of the great things about 20th-century America?we could disagree and still be friends.

This article was originally published in Shooting Times magazine in February, 2000.
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270 Remmington, 300 Weatherby mag.


Government doesn't fix anything and has spent trillions proving it!!!
Let's face it...After Monday and Tuesday, even the calender says WTF!
 
>270 Remmington, 300 Weatherby mag.
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300wsm, have others but I get comfortable and know where it shoots so I use it for everything.

Mntman

"Hunting is where you prove yourself"
 
My old stand by .257 Roberts. I have 4 in different brands and models, killed everything from prarie dogs to elk with them.
This year was the .325 wsm killed 2 elk 200 grn accubond factory very impressed with performance.
Other calibers I use.
.270 wsm (great gun for everything)
.300 wsm (great gun for everything)
.270 win
.300 win
.338 win
.35 wehlen
As you can tell I am a short mag fan but still use some of the other calibers and love all the guns I own.
I have leaned to the wsm's for the short action and lighter rifle.
Thank You
Rick
 
Savage 25-06
Browning SS Stalker .280 Rem
Custom Built Mauser 7x57mm
Weatherby Mark V .300 Magnum
Winchester Model 98 30-30
Kimber 45 Auto


Brian
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Pellet Gun for all big game.

"I have found if you go the extra mile it's Never crowded".
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338 Rum...coues deer
470 nitro... mule deer
50 Bmg...elk

joking

270 win. for elk-antelope
50 cal. muzz for elk-antelope
 
Winchester Model 70 in 7mm Remington Magnum

Mark
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My hunting spot is so secret, not even the elk have found it yet.
 
LAST EDITED ON Dec-23-11 AT 12:09PM (MST)[p]My go to gun is my .300 win mag, Model 70
I am trying to use my .338 win mag model 70 more but always fall back to the .300 win mag.
I have .22 cal., .270, 7mm mag, 30-30 winchester, 22-250, 12 guage, 50 cal, 54 cal, .44 mag .45 auto. One or more of each is still not enough, but why do I still fondle and drool over them at the stores and gun shows?
 
22 mag for very small stuff

22-250 for small stuff farther out

7mm-08 for local blacktail deer

7mag for western big game (mule deer/elk)

375 H&H for things that want to hurt me

40 S&W for concealed carry

Venison and Zinfandel are GOOD!
 
A 300 tejas
But a 338 win mag most of my adult life. Loaded w/barnes 185 grain bullets. Flattens out that bad boy very nicely.
A 22-250 for smaller critters.
 
.243 for Coyotes.

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.257 wby mag for all deer sized animals, man, I love that chambering!
Favorite!

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Ultralight Weatherby mk v in .300 wby mag for the big stuff.

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.300 Win mag - deer, elk, moose, etc.
45-70 - just cause it's cool to shoot
6BR - 600 yard competition
.300 WSM - 1000 yard competition
6.5-284 - haven't shot it yet but it's coming
.243 - land rockets, coyotes and other vermin
.17 HMR - campfire gun

all time favorite is the .300 win mag but the .300 WSM is a really close second.


It's always an adventure!!!
 
.338 win mag, my #1 go to gun.
.264 win mag, my 2nd favorite, love it for long range shooting
.270, love the caliber, don't hunt with it enough
.416 Hoffman, for big, dangerous game. A 400 grain bullet at 2,510 fps really kills big stuff well.
Also shoot a .243, .25-06, .30-06 and like them all but the 338 and 264 get the bulk of my attention.

I really want a .257 Roberts.
 
7mm Rem Mag for Mule Deer and Elk. No better combination of ballistics and reasonable recoil for me. Plus my rifle shoots tennis ball sized groups out to 600yards when I don't screw it up.
 
I shoot a .300 Wby pretty much exclusively but I am getting ready to build a new gun and can't decide on Cal. just thinking of something smaller for deer only.

Bill

Kill the buck that makes YOU happy!
 
Hmmmm... Where to start.

Big game
.308 --- for those two legged critters
270 wsm --- thought this one would be my last until the 300 rum
300 rum --- last 2 deer
338 lapua --- can't wait for next hunt!!!

Small game
22 lr lots of range time probably 20000 rounds a year easy.. Squirrels beware
17 hmr --- makes potguts have multiple personalities
.204 --- good yote gun
.222 --- fell in love and bought 3 of these.....
.223 --- Autoloaders..... A yote or bunny now and then

Handguns
22 lr
9mm
40 auto
357 mag
 
I shoot and play with a lot of different calibers / cartridges, but definitely have a few favorites.

30.06 of course, my go to gun for just about anything, and I shoot severl rifles in this chambering

300 Win Mag - love this for elk and long range deer
270 Win - perfect for deer and sheep, even antelope
.416 Rigby - Love this gun mostly because I am hunting Dangerous Game when carrying this rifle
.375 H+H for big bears or moose in grizzly country
.308 for brush country deer
.257 Roberts for single purpose antelope hunting
.22 long rifle - let's not forget this great little round. I shoot thousands each year, mostly at paper or pot-guts, in everything from pistols to super accurate bolt guns. Surprised to see so few mentions of this round.

300 WSM may someday make this list, and I have been using it a lot lately, trying to make myself fall in love with it, but so far it just doesn't turn me on...
.223 for small game falls into the same category - gets the job done, but it isn't a favorite.

Bill
 

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