Cartridges you just hate

[Neophyte]

Two cartridges I don’t particularly care for are .357 Remington Magnum and .300 Winchester Magnum.

I’ll take the .41 Remington Magnum and .338 Winchester Magnum thank you.

 

[Inkgardener]

My youngest is 6 and a lefty. I came across a zastava m70 left hand model in 6.5 swede and laid it in storage for him.

...

You treated him well with this one!

 

[ftrovato]

Two cartridges I don’t particularly care for are .357 Remington Magnum and .300 Winchester Magnum.

I’ll take the .41 Remington Magnum and .338 Winchester Magnum thank you.

Nice I'll raise you to the 44 Rem Mag & the 340 WM.

 

[Inkgardener]

Nice I'll raise you to the 44 Rem Mag & the 340 WM.

I’m all in!

460 S&W and 416 Weatherby…

 

[ftrovato]

I’m all in!

460 S&W and 416 Weatherby…

Nice!

 

[Milan]

Any beer with light in it, or fruit. The Germans still make the best beer. Surprisingly the Japanese make some pretty good brews also.

Oh I totally missed this. I will concede, Germans make very good beer. Czechs make the best.
Actually that is probably not true anymore. Our beer industry was ruiined by Heineken, SAB and some other big conglomerate and they made our beer into Euro-beer. Tastes like Heineken, so total shit. But there are still some of the old brands going and some too small to had been picked up by the big corps and they still make good beer. But the best has been ruined. I hate EU. More than some of the cartridges I do not like.

 

[Viral_SIGness]

I despise the .30-06 and any of the off spring. Growing up I had an uncle thats all you heard. .30-06 drops all animals in their tracks, field dress it, and quarter it for you. .30-06 can take down planes and stop a M1A tank. Ok, maybe Im exaggerating a little, but you get the idea.

The 6.5 Creedmoor, hate it. It was pushed so hard in every gun rag, that people were buying them that had no firearm knowledge, because they expected it to be the most accurate thing made. It does nothing the .260 Remington hadn't been doing for years.

 

[MS 9x56]

I despise the .30-06 and any of the off spring. Growing up I had an uncle thats all you heard. .30-06 drops all animals in their tracks, field dress it, and quarter it for you. .30-06 can take down planes and stop a M1A tank. Ok, maybe Im exaggerating a little, but you get the idea.

The 6.5 Creedmoor, hate it. It was pushed so hard in every gun rag, that people were buying them that had no firearm knowledge, because they expected it to be the most accurate thing made. It does nothing the .260 Remington hadn't been doing for years.

It does nothing the Mannlicher Schoenauer 6.5x54 had been doing for over 100 years.

 

[Bob Reed]

Hello,

While I don't really hate any particular cartridge, I do have an odd aversion towards short-action cartridges, but only in bolt-action rifles. And I don't care to own any of the Post-1980 designs.

However, we own 2 Super Grades chambered for 7mm-08 and we look forward to adding a third. But still, even though I'm well aware of the 7mm-08s good performance - every time I look at the cartridge, I can't help but think of the movie line when the Road House owner told Swayze, I thought you'd be bigger.

 

[colorado]

I hate the 454 Casuul in the Super Redhawk Alaskan. (2.5") barrel Ouch ouch ouch

 

[CoElkHunter]

I hate the 454 Casuul in the Super Redhawk Alaskan. (2.5") barrel Ouch ouch ouch

My 9" barreled Ruger Casull is enough recoil for me. I would use Buffalo Bore .45 Colt +P hardcasts in the 2.5".

 

[Flewis]

I only hate the ones I don’t own. YET.

 

[daxter11]

I'm not a fan of the 6.5 Needmore Manbun. While it's a decent mid range hunting cartridge and a decent paper puncher, it's the people who go out and buy it thinking they have a rifle capable of taking Elk at a 1000yds.
My CZ 550 in 6.5X55 SE does what the Needmore does and I don't have to over load it to beat it.

 

[HookMeUpII]

I honestly can't say I hate any rifle cartridges. If anything, I'd own them all. Right down to 22LR all the way up 500NE or whatever the largest is. There are ones I wouldn't be excited or likely to purchase.

For example, the Ruger's are one of them. There was no need for a 375 Ruger or a 416 Ruger. As much as I love Ruger, from where I see it, it was a money grab. The new Hawkeye's in those rounds would have been 10x better served in 375HH, 416 Rigby, or at least if you can't do the Rigby, a 416 Remington. I'll probably never buy one. It just doesn't do it for me.

Another is the WSM's. Kind of weird niche to fill. Somewhere between a 300/7mm/270 (respectively) and their magnum equivalent counterparts? What for? I haven't been able to figure it out.

Handgun rounds, that's a different story. I despise the .40 and .357 Sig.

 

[CoElkHunter]

I only hate the ones I don’t own. YET.

GCC. Get a Creedmoor Coming. Kinda like GMC. Get a Mechanic Coming. LOL

 

[Flewis]

GCC. Get a Creedmoor Coming. Kinda like GMC. Get a Mechanic Coming. LOL

Government motor company. Don’t tell anyone but I even have a cripple more.

 

[CoElkHunter]

Government motor company. Don’t tell anyone but I even have a cripple more.

Maybe then a .243AI (Australian Improved)? LOL

 

[steve white]

Guess I will add the 220 swift--makes a bloody crater around the wound on deer. Just a mess.

 

[Longwalker]

I don't hate any of them, but choose not to use any cartridge with a belt - except of course the .375 H&H. That one gets a full endorsement. I suppose the .416 Remington is OK too, I never owned one, but I would prefer the Rigby.

 

[Vinootz]

Well, hate may be a strong word. But it makes for a good click-bait.

In any case, lately I have been running into people who, when asked, what rifle caliber they would like to buy now, reply .308 Winchester. Now, do not get me wrong, I not only like the .308 fundamentally as a cartridge and always wanted a rifle chambered in one, but I even own a few. However, having had and still owning several, every time I get one, I wonder why I bothered. I need one for Palma style/FTR matches. But for hunting, if I shoot .30 cal, I shoot .30-06. If I wanted more power and recoil, I'd shoot .300WM or .300WSM or .300 PRC. I do not want/need that. So ought-six it is. Pretty much same availability as .308, pretty much the same price, pretty much the same choice of bullets. Actually better I'd say. So why would anyone need or want the .308? Ugly ass, short cartridge.

I also do not like .243 Win. And when I remember it is based on .308, I dislike it even more. What do you need 6mm for anyway? If I was hunting smaller animals in Europe, I'd use 6.5 of some kind. Probably 6.5x57. Or 6.5x55. Or maybe even that 6.5 Creedmoor.

I hate .25-06, yet my buddy kills deer and elk with it at distance on regular basis.

I hate .270 Win. Just Weird caliber to me. Too much recoil and blast for what it is. Plus everyone loves it "sooo much".

I used to hate 6.5 Creedmoor without ever even firing or seeing one. Probably because everyone liked it "sooo much", like the .270. So, I decided to get one to be able to substantiate my "hate". Well, it turns out, it's falling into the same bucket as the .308. Nice, yet nothing special. Wanted to hunt with it this season but did not get out enough, so was not successful in filling my tags. So, jury is still out. But it only sends 140gr bullet at 2625 out of my 20" barrel. Switching to 130gr Terminal Ascent, I can send it at 2718fps, so good enough to 400m or so. But even if it kills deer well, I hate Short Actions and will go back to 7mm for hunting...wait, maybe that is why I do not like the .308 or .243. Maybe it's that one is really limited by the COAL of these. But at least I like the 6.5CM more than the .308 and will probably use it to replace 6.5x55 to punch paper and shoot occasional coyote.

I dunno. I also hate .416 Rigby. I like how it looks, I hate the recoil, muzzle blast and concussion.

I also do not like Weatherby cartridges, belted cartridges (except .375H&H, .458 Lott), magnum cartridges, big kickers - like the .416 (except .458 Lott and have yet to try .404 Jeffery), rimmed cartridges, any weird ones. I almost wonder why I like anything at all. Maybe I'm getting old and crusty.

I used to like .458 Lott but it's no longer with me. Same with .338WM and .300 WM. Who needs all that recoil and blast anyway? That .338 sure killed good though.

I do like .22 LR, 7x57, 7x64, 280 AI, 8x57, 9.3x62, 9.3x64, .375H&H (though once I shoot up all the ammo it's gone).

I also like 8mm-06, 338-06and 35 Whelen never even firing one of these - so you could say I like things based on 30-06, rather than .308. But I kind of like the 6.5CM, yet do hate that .25-06 and .25 or .277 anything.

I also like .505 Gibbs, .50 BMG not having fired either of these. So how do I know if I like them? Would probably hate the recoil and concussive blast.

I might like 7mm-08 even though it's based on .308, but then I'd probably go for 7mm SAW or 7 SAUM if I wanted a SA 7mm.

Now...Do NOT take this post as criticism of YOUR favorite cartridge (should it happen to be one of the ones I do not favor) but rather as a statement that I recognize I may have completely irrational dislike for some cartridges and still end up owning them, shooting them, but for some unknown reason still hating them. Then one tries to figure it out and comes up with some reasons or rationalizations behind the dislike. Yet it all seems false in some way. In the end I like that we have so many different cartridges to choose from.

However, the main reason for this post:
Do you also hate or dislike some specific cartridge or class of cartridges? For real reasons or just so? Are we nuts? Am I?

Yes hate seems to be a strong word. The only time I can remember using that word is when someone did unwarranted,unjust,or unfair things to me or something that directly affects me, just because they elect to be ugly acting minds. Otherwise it seems to be a childish emotion,in particular when it’s a so called grown up.