Your 3 favorite hunting cartridges of all time

[505ED]

The 375 WBy thread got me thinking of my favorite hunting cartridges off all time.

Here are mine:

22 LR
9.3x62 (followed close my a 375 wby--less bark with the 9.3)
450/400 3" (really it was the gun it was in--but was a sweet shooting as they come)

Ed

 

[trigger creep]

I was about to start a thread similar to this one. It is hard for me to choose between the .222 Remington and the .22-250 for the .22's.

Here are my faves:

.222 Remington
.270 Win
.30-06 Spfld.

 

[Scott Spencer]

I enjoy these:

.280 Rem
.30-06
.338 Win Mag*

*I sold my .338 WM and am having a 338-06 built. I still get the use of .338 bullets but without the belt and the punishment.

 

[Kiwi505]

6.5X55 swedish Mauser
303 British
7MM remmington Mag
300 Win mag
375H&H
505 Gibbs

Sorry, I could not stop at three!

 

[sestoppelman]

.280 Rem/7x64
9.3x62
.375 H&H
.404 Jeffery

Me neither!

 

[milford]

6.5x55
7mm rem mag
375 H and H

 

[ndumo HUNTING SAFARIS]

If I HAVE to narrow it down to only 3, it would be:
8x68 S
9,3x64 mm
.450 Rigby Rimless

 

[LouisB]

7x57
375 H&H
470 nitro

 

[monish]

ED,

Mine are :

.300 Weatherby Magnum
. 375 H&H Weatherby Magnum ( in love with it )
.404 WR
& .470 JR

Monish

 

[andriesdeklerk]

I have hunted with a wide variety of calibres and rifles. But when it comes to the big ones their where the occasional shot besides my own 416Rigby and 404Jeffrey. Furthermore most of us I am sure also don’t get to hunt that ofthen with them. So to conclude even if I love my 416Rigby it comes down to two rifles.
300Win Mag
22-250
The perfect bean field couple loaded with Barnes X. From Springbuck to eland.

 

[enysse]

300 Win Mag, 7mm Mag, and 223 Win

 

[browningbbr]

300 Win Mag - with 165gn TSX or 180gn Nos Partitions
22-250 - with 53gn Sierra BTHP's
416 Rigby - with 400gn TSX

 

[TerryR]

in terms of African hunting:

375 H&H
30-06
404 Jeffery

I would take any two of them on a plains game/dangerous game hunt and feel very confident.

 

[trigger creep]

300 Win Mag, 7mm Mag, and 223 Win

.223 Win? Winchester wishes!

 

[daggaboyblog]

.308 Winchester
.300 Weatherby Magnum
.450 Ackley Magnum

I only left .22 Magnum and .220 Swift off the list out of respect for 505ED's limit!! And my .22lr's - can't be without them...

 

[Silent Bob]

7mm-08

.300 winmag

.375 H&H

 

[ThomasBeaham]

.22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer

.450 Watts Magnum

.700 Hubel 3.25

 

[nztimb]

It should be no surprise to anybody that my two all time favourites are the 7x57 and the 404J but I would have to add the 20VarTarg for the small stuff and nobody should be without a 22LR and a 12 guage sxs.

Von Gruff.

 

[BryceM]

.22-250
.300 Wby, love it - the ultimate all-round NA and plains game round
.416 Rigby, but I need more real-world experience with it still

Also it's hard to leave out the .257 Wby. Great pronghorn & deer round

 

[B9.3]

For me it has been the 300 Weatherby, 340 Weatherby and 9.3x62.