Your 3 favorite hunting cartridges of all time

[HWL]

I do not yet have a 9.3x62 but am so in love with the caliber it made the list
Still need to check out the rest of the Euoropean caliber .

6,5x57, 8x64S, 9,3x64.....



HWL

 

[Rule 303]

30-06
7 mm Mag
9.3x62

I do not yet have a 9.3x62 but am so in love with the caliber it made the list
Still need to check out the rest of the Euoropean caliber .

Seriously look at the 9.3X64 instead of the 62. Noticeable improvement.

 

[John Camp]

Seriously look at the 9.3X64 instead of the 62. Noticeable improvement.

That, and the 9.3x74R, will be next up. I want to start with the 9.3x62 because of the abundance of cheap factory ammo.

 

[John Camp]

6,5x57, 8x64S, 9,3x64.....



HWL

 

[Boomstick!]

270 Winchester
308 Winchester
375 Holland & Holland

This is as of today anything could happen in 5 minutes

 

[lwaters]

6.5 creedmor
30-06
375 ruger

 

[Fastrig]

That, and the 9.3x74R, will be next up. I want to start with the 9.3x62 because of the abundance of cheap factory ammo.

Love mine, quickly became my favorite rifle/caliber. Shoots even inexpensive ammo very accurately, about $1 a round.

 

[Tundra Tiger]

.22 LR... Thousands of cottontails, ptarmigan, spruce grouse and snowshoe hares would seem to indicate I like .22s. Also, all the furbearers dispatched over trapping a good portion of my life.

.300 WinMag... First rifle/caliber I bought when I moved to AK a long time ago. I didn't have a clue what I was doing; it was blind luck I got something that was so versatile when I got around to hand loading.

.338 Marlin Express... Yeah, it's dead now, and has been for several years. I bought mine in 2011. There is nothing I'd rather use for caribou and moose.

I don't own any big, big thumpers. My first Africa trip is a couple of months away; maybe some year after that on a subsequent trip I'll need something big.

 

[Badboymelvin]

1.) .458 Winchester

2.) .300 Weatherby

3.) .303 British

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

.22 LR... Thousands of cottontails, ptarmigan, spruce grouse and snowshoe hares would seem to indicate I like .22s. Also, all the furbearers dispatched over trapping a good portion of my life.

.300 WinMag... First rifle/caliber I bought when I moved to AK a long time ago. I didn't have a clue what I was doing; it was blind luck I got something that was so versatile when I got around to hand loading.

.338 Marlin Express... Yeah, it's dead now, and has been for several years. I bought mine in 2011. There is nothing I'd rather use for caribou and moose.

I don't own any big, big thumpers. My first Africa trip is a couple of months away; maybe some year after that on a subsequent trip I'll need something big.

Tundra Tiger
Don't need anything bigger for PG mate. Take the 338 Marlin express and bring your trophies home
Bob.

 

[Tundra Tiger]

Agreed Bob... but if there's a second trip, buffalo will be a goal... so something bigger will be needed.

 

[Paul Miller]

22 long rifle

30.06

416 Rigby

Squirrel to elephant

 

[Major Khan]

Taking all Indian game into account ( Dangerous or otherwise ) and based on calibres for which rifles and ammunition were being commercially manufactured during our time :
1) .375 Holland & Holland magnum
( For gaur, water buffalo , royal Bengal tiger , sambhur deer , Asian Sloth Bear , salt water crocodile )
2) .30-06 Springfield
( For cheetal deer , wild boars . Neelgai , forest panther . )
3) .243 Winchester
( For village panther , black buck , 4 horned buck , Barasingha , Kakar deer , mouse deer , Chinkara , hog deer , fresh water gharial . )

 

[autofire]

.308. ; .338 and .375 ruger

 

[C.W. Richter]

.22 Winchester Rimfire Magnum, .264 Richter Short Magnum, and .416 Chatfield-Taylor. That was easy! Good warm-down from a LONG day... (and .224 Wby Mag., .257 Ackley Improved, 7x57 Ackley Improved, .300 Win. Mag., .338-06 A-Sq., .338 A-Sq, et. al.) Why buy factory ammo when you can make 100 more accurate, harder-hitting rounds for the price of 20 at the store?!

 

[Surgeon1]

223 Rem
28 Nosler
375 H&H

But thank God that I don't live in a country that restricts how many guns I can own and use, 17WSM. 22-250, 22Creedmoor, 6.5 PRC, 270W, 280R, 284W, 308W 300RUM, 30-06, 338 lapua & RUM, 416 Rigby, 45/70, 458 WM, 50BMG, 470NE are both old and new favorites And I feel so lucky to have had that opportunity own,use or try them and others!

 

[dan donnelly]

.22 rimfire,
30-06
375 H&H
and a 12 gauge, gotta have a gun for birds or my dog will leave me and I am kinda fond of him.

 

[Ricardo Alvillar]

Greetings, all:
TOP 3
.25-06 Remington
.300 Weatherby
.416 Rigby
NEXT 3
.17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire
.22 Long Rifle
.223 Remington
BOTTOM 3
.35 Whelen
.45-70 Springfield
12 Gauge with rifled barrel

 

[Ravensview]

7x57
45/70
22-250

 

[Gert Odendaal]

I am a little bit bias:
404 Jeffery
10.75 x 73 cal
.423 x 2.87 cal
These are three brilliant hunting rifles , short distance to medium distance caliber rifles... history proofed them to be the best ever..