Cartridges you just hate

[Creigh]

man oh man, the hate for .243 is jarring. I don't run mine hot (2700fps)'ish and can grab it out the safe now and shoot 0.300 moa with it. It is fussy and took me a while to get right, about 100 rounds and 4 charge weight changes. But I'll stick to 100-grain interlock. Keeping everything very plain and standard. It's used for small to medium game, and most important, practice. Much cheaper to run and can hunt.

My .375 H&H has the same scope as the .243 and does most of the killing, sorry, harvesting, and I hardly take it to the range. Big saving on my part. Did a final check at the range for this year's hunt, shooting 1 inch groups @ 200 meters. What more could you want.

All you chaps that don't like the belted case realise the 300 PRC isn't belted right? Your answer is right there. I have one and I can't wait to get familiar with it like I am with the others. Still fairly new to me.

I have noticed something, we seem to be looking for a cartridge around 7mm that does what 30 cals do. If you compare the number of variations between .243 and .300 with the number of variations between .300 and .400+ it's clear we want small size big bang.
Personally, I've been looking for something to fill the gap between my .243 and .375. The 300 prc was an attempt to do that but I've probably biased too much towards the .375. It would've been a .270 but after reading some of the comments, I'm having doubts. Will probably be a 7mm-08 or 7mm prc. Was at my local shop this morning, guy said he brought in five 7mm prc last week and they're all sold. South Africans aren't going to buy the 7 BC.

 

[Badjer]

I have read through every post and love the different reasons given for each persons cartridge "hate"
After 22 days I decided to throw in my .02
First let me say I have spent some time with the 6.5 manbun. It is good for what it was designed for, a long range paper puncher. Like what has been said earlier. Just because you can hunt with it doesn't mean you should.
Much of the creedmoor hate is due to the fact it's pushed as a "do it all" cartridge.
This is why .308 is next to the 6.5 cm on this list for me.
Last 2 are more broad: anything Weatherby. overpriced marginally better ballistic status symbols
and I will stand on the hill beside BourbonTrail:

Please don’t ban me from the forum, but I irrationally hate metric cartridges.

If its name is ## x ##, it drives me nuts. It’s not a fkn bolt, it’s a cartridge, give it a name it deserves.

I would never own a 7x57, but a 275 Rigby is fine by me.

commence the rotten vegetable throwing...

 

[Brian]

Some of you may have noticed that I have built up strong feelings about the .375 for cape buffalo over the years. Yes, I own two .375 and have killed some buffalo with them ... six, to be exact.

Some for you say the .375 has killed more cape buffalo than any other cartridge.

Well, I say that the .375 has got more cape buffalo hunters injured or killed that any other cartridge.

I have tried in the past to explain why I hate the .375 for cape buffalo so much but my well meaning words have just fallen on deaf ears.

I have tried, in the kindest and gentlest way possible why to convey why the .375 is so over rated by the hunting industry. I have gone far out of my way to not offend anybody, especially any of my good friends on this forum. But it's been all for naught. Pity



The .375 is notorious for it's poor killing power on cape buffalo but, strangely, it is highly rated by the entire hunting industry for the purpose.

I will try and explain, in the most humble, non-judgement terms that I can assemble. Pleas try to take my words in the good spirit with which I offer them to you. I hope that at least some of you can appreciate how satisfying it is to me to contemplate the lives that I save by sharing my thoughts with you about the .375 for cape buffalo.
( I got hell on another forum for posting the following. I am glad you guys are not so touchy. )

THE .375 IS NFG FOR KILLING CAPE BUFFALO. DAMMIT.

YOU ARE ALL A BUNCH OF 'EFFING GD PUSSIES WHEN IT COMES TO RECOIL !! AND THE WHOLE INDUSTRY KNOWS IT.

The industry knows that folks would not hunt cape buffalo with a girly-man .375 if they realized how dangerous it is. They know that most hunter would not hunt cape buffalo at all if they couldn't use their piss-ant little .375 mouse guns for buffalo because the are too candy assed to cowboy up and shoot a real buffalo gun. And that would cost the industry millions of dollars. DAMMIT-to-HELL!

I hope that I didn't go too far this time. Just my opinion.Brian

Thanks to all for taking this post in good fun. That is how I meant it. Brian

 

[375er]

Thanks to all for taking this post in good fun. That is how I meant it. Brian

Have you considered switching to decaf????

 

[MS 9x56]

Please don’t ban me from the forum, but I irrationally hate metric cartridges.

If its name is ## x ##, it drives me nuts. It’s not a fkn bolt, it’s a cartridge, give it a name it deserves.

I would never own a 7x57, but a 275 Rigby is fine by me.

You are definitely on the wrong forum to be dissing metric calibers. Say forty hail the 7x57 greatest cartridge ever invented and all will be forgiven.

 

[Milan]

You are definitely on the wrong forum to be dissing metric calibers. Say forty hail the 7x57 greatest cartridge ever invented and all will be forgiven.

I know. How dare he?! How dare he hates the cartridges I love. Sounds irrational to me.

 

[HankBuck]

Frankly, I hate my 338 win mag. It may just be the rifle (BAR safari mark ii) or the fit, but I"d much rather spend the day shooting my 375 h&h or my 416 or even 450 rigby. The 338 just hits wrong, it's uncomfortable, and if I run the muzzle break, obnoxious.

@Dukeisok - I AGREE, if you need more then a .30-06 then go to a .375 H&H….or there about. Fine tune a Piano or a Bench Rest Rifle round —- No hunting round will ever be “perfect”, accept that and shoot what you have (within “reason”) for what you are hunting. Most important - shoot it accurately

 

[WyoBull]

A couple of days ago I listened to a a podcast called LRP (Long Range Pursuit). On Episode 182, named Science of Bullet Selection, the host interviewed Aaron Davidson at the DSC convention. As you probably know, Aaron is the founder of Gunwerks here in Cody, WY. It made me think of this post as I was listening to what Aaron had to say about bullet selection with different calibers.
I won't even try to repeat what he said but I think everyone could be enlightened by listening to this episode. And, it was not specific to long range shooting/hunting.