Posted on 11/22/2016 5:24:01 PM PST by MtnClimber
I have all, but three of these. Is this why I have multiple personalities? My most challenging to shoot well is 375 H&H Magnum. I can shoot it OK, but not from a bench. Too much recoil in benchrest position.
None of my favorites made the list, except .223...And I generally despise the tacticool community that exists around that cartridge.
I am absolutely fickle. My favorite keeps changing. Its currently the 6.5 Grendel.
8. (my favorite)
.45/70 Government
You sir, were born a century too late. You find solace in a fat, stubby, fire hydrant of a cartridge that throws projectiles larger than the batteries for the remote control.
You have a serious man-crush on Yosemite Sam. When you shave that tiny part of your face that doesnt sport facial hair, you finish with Looking good, pardner. The Cleveland Indians mascot makes you reach for your fetchin-iron, and you dont mind carrying enough lead in your cartridge belt to make your pants drop at light speed.
Oh, you can also work a lever action with your feet.
I like revolvers.
I shoot the .223 and I’ll probably pick up a .308 but in big bore generally I shoot 8MM Mauser - not on the list.
I don’t have a 45-70, but I do have an old 50-70. It is a Sharps Carbine chambered for the metallic cartridge and was manufactured in the mid 1800s. It fires a 500 grain bullet. I have had it over 30 years, but never fired it.
270 man myself. But my favorite is .257 Weatherby Mag. I know, not an off the shelf cartridge and expensive relatively speaking. But a delight to shoot and a mpbr of 342 yards.
Mine is 22-250.
Jack Hammer is definitely a .30-’06 guy.
It is a wood stock. It is a CZ550 American Magnum.
The most generally useful caliber of those which are common and easy to shoot is probably the 243. Fairly easy to load an 85 - 100 grain bullet to move at 3000 fps or thereabouts and still no meaningful recoil.
I live in rolling hills with Whitetail Deer being the biggest game. If I’m going to bring home meat, I like my old cowboy rifle. Marlin lever action in .44 magnum. I can hit a paper plate with it at 150 yards all day and that is the longest shot you need.
For sport, hard to beat a nicely equipped AR-15 and some fun targets.
Killed more deer than I can count with my Daddy’s .270 Rem 700.
I have 4 30-06 rifles. A model 1917, 1903-A3, Garand, Remington 742 Woodsmaster.
I always preferred peep sights on my lever actions.
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