Your 3 favorite hunting cartridges of all time

505ED · Sep 22, 2010

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 · Sep 22, 2010

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 · Sep 22, 2010

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 · Sep 22, 2010

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

Sorry, I could not stop at three!

sestoppelman · Sep 22, 2010

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

Me neither!

milford · Sep 22, 2010

6.5x55
7mm rem mag
375 H and H

ndumo HUNTING SAFARIS · Sep 23, 2010

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

LouisB · Sep 23, 2010

7x57
375 H&H
470 nitro

monish · Sep 23, 2010

ED,

Mine are :

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

Monish

andriesdeklerk · Sep 23, 2010

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 · Sep 23, 2010

300 Win Mag, 7mm Mag, and 223 Win

browningbbr · Sep 23, 2010

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

TerryR · Sep 23, 2010

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 · Sep 23, 2010

enysse said:
300 Win Mag, 7mm Mag, and 223 Win

.223 Win? Winchester wishes!

daggaboyblog · Sep 23, 2010

.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 · Sep 23, 2010

7mm-08

.300 winmag

.375 H&H

ThomasBeaham · Sep 25, 2010

.22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer

.450 Watts Magnum

.700 Hubel 3.25

nztimb · Oct 9, 2010

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 · Oct 10, 2010

.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 · Apr 22, 2011

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

Your 3 favorite hunting cartridges of all time

505ED

trigger creep

Scott Spencer

Kiwi505

sestoppelman

milford

ndumo HUNTING SAFARIS

LouisB

monish

andriesdeklerk

enysse

browningbbr

TerryR

trigger creep

daggaboyblog

Silent Bob

ThomasBeaham

nztimb

BryceM

B9.3

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