One caliber away from contentment... who else?

[CoElkHunter]

I mostly agree. The one or so exception would be the .300 win mag.

+ the .338 Winchester Magnum! This could be the start of another thread? LOL

 

[CBH Australia]

+ the .338 Winchester Magnum! This could be the start of another thread? LOL

There's probably been a few good ones, along with the unnecessary ones.

Russ has/had a .338w.m.
Probably why he is content.

 

[sgt_zim]

How very true. Mine may be (or certainly is) an unpopular opinion, but I'd venture to say that by 1925 all useful sporting cartridges had been invented and perfected. Anything that came afterwards--with perhaps one or two exceptions--either duplicated the performance of something that already existed, or created a new "need" that until then nobody had realized they had.

The power of marketing, ammo companies' imperative to bring something novel every year, and consumers' voracity for the new have given us--and continue to give us--the latest must-have cartridge that somehow few if any missed 100 years ago.

Not that there's anything wrong with any post-1925 introductions, just making an observation. And yes, I'm somewhat of a Luddite.

<Ducks for cover>

Hard to disagree, especially when you look at my battery of rifles, though I do have 2 "new" calibers in 280AI and 308 Win.

 

[Dewald]

I currently own:

1. Weihrauch HW97K .177
2. Brno mod 1 .22
3. Brno Mod 2 .22
4. Sako L461 .222 rem
5. Tikka Supervarmint .243
6. FN .250 Savage
7. Tikka M695 6,5x55 SE
8. Brno Mod 22 6,5x57
9. Brno Mod 21 7x57
10. FN 7x57
11. Tikka CTR .308 with thermal
12. Brno ZG47 8x60S
13. Mauser Type A 9,3x62
14. Ruger Alaskan .375 Ruger
15. George Gibbs .450-.400 3&14”
16. Ruger Alaskan .416 Ruger
17. Belgian SxS Guild gun 16 Gauge
18. FN SxS 12 Gauge
19. Miroku 3700 O/U 12 Gauge
20. Beretta S56E O/U 12 Gauge
21. Winchester Defender 12 Gauge
22. Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 Magnum
23. Glock 19 Gen 4 9mm
24. Sig P320 9mm

I would like to add a 6,5x54 Mannlicher carbine, a Pre-64 .300 H&H and a .450 Dakota to the collection, as well as replace the Sig with a Glock 43x for easier concealed carry. Then I will stop. Until that matching Gibbs .400-360 or .450 NE crosses my path… Or the mint condition Pre-64 .257 Roberts…

I guess one goes through phases, and at the moment I enjoy getting old firearms to shoot well more than hunting. Perhaps in 5 years I sell most of them off, pillage an investment and go shoot a LDE…

 

[cash_tx]

I currently own:

1. Weihrauch HW97K .177
2. Brno mod 1 .22
3. Brno Mod 2 .22
4. Sako L461 .222 rem
5. Tikka Supervarmint .243
6. FN .250 Savage
7. Tikka M695 6,5x55 SE
8. Brno Mod 22 6,5x57
9. Brno Mod 21 7x57
10. FN 7x57
11. Tikka CTR .308 with thermal
12. Brno ZG47 8x60S
13. Mauser Type A 9,3x62
14. Ruger Alaskan .375 Ruger
15. George Gibbs .450-.400 3&14”
16. Ruger Alaskan .416 Ruger
17. Belgian SxS Guild gun 16 Gauge
18. FN SxS 12 Gauge
19. Miroku 3700 O/U 12 Gauge
20. Beretta S56E O/U 12 Gauge
21. Winchester Defender 12 Gauge
22. Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 Magnum
23. Glock 19 Gen 4 9mm
24. Sig P320 9mm

I would like to add a 6,5x54 Mannlicher carbine, a Pre-64 .300 H&H and a .450 Dakota to the collection, as well as replace the Sig with a Glock 43x for easier concealed carry. Then I will stop. Until that matching Gibbs .400-360 or .450 NE crosses my path… Or the mint condition Pre-64 .257 Roberts…

I guess one goes through phases, and at the moment I enjoy getting old firearms to shoot well more than hunting. Perhaps in 5 years I sell most of them off, pillage an investment and go shoot a LDE…

I just picked up the 43X from a neighbor, and it's hella comfortable. My G19 is much better at the 100 yard shots, but the 43X does great for warm weather casual carry.

 

[Dewald]

I just picked up the 43X from a neighbor, and it's hella comfortable. My G19 is much better at the 100 yard shots, but the 43X does great for warm weather casual carry.

Yip, and living in Zululand I work in shorts and a casual neat shirt 9 months of the year. The G19 is just a tad to big. Lovely for home defence though.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

As a few other posters have mentioned I'm headed the other direction. Less is more. I've owned many calibers and still have plenty but I'm thinning the herd. I will keep a few I like even though I don't have a specific need for them but I'm seriously moving towards 3-4 primary calibers.

@Bonk
I've done the same thing mate. Got older not necessarily wiser but my 22 Bruno, 22K Hornet, fast 25 and my Whelen cover ALL my bases along with my 12 gauge.
Contentment.
Happy to play with others that people own but just don't need them.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

I would tend to agree with multiple other posters here and lean towards 25-06, 257 Roberts or possibly a 257 WBY. I recently bought a custom heavy barrel 25-06 and am going to work up a load with a light bullet and use it for Varmint hunting. We do not have wood chucks in the North East like we use to and I will not mind burning a little more powder to take a poke at a coyote or crow. At the same time 25-06 make a very nice little deer round as long as you pick your shots.

@ecall91
A nice speer 100gn btsp at 3,400fps for reach out coyotes and a 117grain SST at 3,000 for deer and your set.
H4350 is a great powder for the 100s.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Seems pretty normal to me Bob!

@Hunt anything
The only thing I know that's normal is a cycle on a washing machine.
I'm far from normal but then again define normal.
Bob

 

[matt85]

A .600 Nitro Express. I briefly owned a clamshell action boxlock ejector in this caliber, which was built by Auguste Schuler for Suhler Waffen Export Haus prior to 1912. But I was forced to sell it, because it had bores which were too undersized for using with modern .620 caliber bullets (without swaging).

Someday, I dream of owning either a Heym Jumbo or a James Purdey & Sons sidelock ejector in this caliber.

Ouch, I'm assuming this was many years ago. These days it wouldn't be hard to get bullets made for such a gun.

I've handled a few 600s and got to shoot one at a double rifle shoot a few years back. It's a neat cartridge that I certainly wouldn't mind having in my own stable .

-Matt

 

[Rare Breed]

The 'going back to Africa' bit I understand.

But, can you please explain this other concept you have raised ...

'need'

Lol! I should say want not need. My 375 H&H and 470 NE leave no “need” for a 404 but I “want” one. A few of my friends on here have sorely tempted me very kindly with having one they would sell me

 

[RockSlinger404]

Only two more... 28g and 260AI. Nice to have, 275Rigby.

Then the process starts of upgrading the quality. I would love to switch my Beretta 486 for a Dickson round body and my Browning Citori for a B25. CZ550 for a real Holland & Holland in 375H&H and a Jeffery rifle in 404Jeff.

 

[mdwest]

so for me it's not really about the next caliber, but rather the next beautiful rifle or killer deal that catches my eye.

That’s what seems to always get me…

I’m happy with the calibers I’ve got and the platforms I shoot them from… don’t don’t need anything else to adequately hunt pretty much any animal on the planet at any reasonable distance..

But damn if I can’t resist a great buy… especially if I know it’s a diamond in the rough sort of thing…

Let me find a beautifully stocked, well made rifle that’s got surface rust on it, a million scratches and dents on the wood, that’s clearly been abused and is in need of a loving home… but has a cheap price on it because it looks like hell… and my wallet comes out of my pocket every single time…

3 months later and another $1000 invested.. I’ll have a nice rifle that’s worth about $800 added to the safe that I’ll likely never use lol…

 

[cash_tx]

That’s what seems to always get me…

I’m happy with the calibers I’ve got and the platforms I shoot them from… don’t don’t need anything else to adequately hunt pretty much any animal on the planet at any reasonable distance..

But damn if I can’t resist a great buy… especially if I know it’s a diamond in the rough sort of thing…

Let me find a beautifully stocked, well made rifle that’s got surface rust on it, a million scratches and dents on the wood, that’s clearly been abused and is in need of a loving home… but has a cheap price on it because it looks like hell… and my wallet comes out of my pocket every single time…

3 months later and another $1000 invested.. I’ll have a nice rifle that’s worth about $800 added to the safe that I’ll likely never use lol…

If I'm being honest, the next rifle find is my favorite type of hunt.

 

[Flewis]

That’s what seems to always get me…

I’m happy with the calibers I’ve got and the platforms I shoot them from… don’t don’t need anything else to adequately hunt pretty much any animal on the planet at any reasonable distance..

But damn if I can’t resist a great buy… especially if I know it’s a diamond in the rough sort of thing…

Let me find a beautifully stocked, well made rifle that’s got surface rust on it, a million scratches and dents on the wood, that’s clearly been abused and is in need of a loving home… but has a cheap price on it because it looks like hell… and my wallet comes out of my pocket every single time…

3 months later and another $1000 invested.. I’ll have a nice rifle that’s worth about $800 added to the safe that I’ll likely never use lol…

Who would do such an insane thing? Oh wait ME.

 

[Doug3006]

I’ve gotten comfortable with the notion that I only need one more rifle. The next one.

 

[fourfive8]

Been there done that- calibers A-Z. However the one caliber I no longer have that I truly miss, having had three guns so chambered, is the 22 Hornet. The only one that shot tongue potential was a handgun!! Unfortunately, the manufacturers seem to have never gotten the twist right with these in carbines and rifles. The cartridge itself is fall off a stump easy to load for for accuracy but manufacturers insist on using inadequate twist rates in their barrels cambered in the Hornet. I guess I could just go the custom build route but why pay three times for something that should be so easy to build correctly as standard factory production to begin with?

 

[Zambezi]

I think we are all one more calibre away... like every addict... just one more hit

 

[colorado]

Well I'm good with hunting rifles, though I wouldn't mind a BLR in 358 Win. I do want 2 Daniel Defense M4s and a 50 cal Barrett thoug

 

[krish]

All I need is a 270 winchester, 30-06, 340 wby for this side of the pond. Then A 375 wby, 450 Rigby, and a 500gibbs or 500jeff for the other side of the pond. All the rest can go. No new ones.
Krish