Your 3 favorite hunting cartridges of all time

[Peter Radekevich]

@Peter Radekevich
Peter feel free to annoy me.
Try the Speer reloading site for the 250 grain hotcore, y our will need some Hogdon CFE223 as well
Bob.

Cfe223 and primers as well as dies are like unobtanium right now. I’ll be taking it for a test run with some Hornady 200 grain super formance or whatever they call them. Stay tuned

 

[RockSlinger404]

6mm (243, XC, CM, Dasher...)
30-06
404 Jeff

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Cfe223 and primers as well as dies are like unobtanium right now. I’ll be taking it for a test run with some Hornady 200 grain super formance or whatever they call them. Stay tuned

@Peter Radekevich
You are going to be in for a big surprise. Looking forward to seeing the results.
Bob

 

[White Man]

My 3 favorite rifle cartridges up until now have been the .30-30,.45-70 and my favorite of all time the .35 rem. I just added a 4th and it is the Three Seven Five- Ruger.

 

[CBH Australia]

Well, I don’t have to go and buy an action to make a rifle into .35 Whelen.
I have a Remington Sportsman 78 in .30-06 that I’ve been thinking about either switching the barrel out to .35 Whelen, or boring the barrel out to .35 cal.
Does anyone know how much either would cost roughly?
I’ve got the .35 Whelen bug bad now! GOTTA…HAVE…ONE!!!


Hawk

Only then will your life be complete.

 

[Rubberhead]

I could live the rest of my life pretty happy with a 12 gauge, 20 gauge and .30-'06.

But, if you had said four I'd drop the 20 gauge and split its duties amongst a 16 gauge (September teal and dove) and 28 gauge (coastal rail, woodcock and snipe).

And, if you had said five, I'd add the .375 H&H because I've long wanted one but I'm too practical to get one...

 

[ofbiro]

12 ga.
.30-06
7 Rem.Mag.

 

[Elton]

I am honestly surprised to see how many 30 06 are listed as apposed to 308.

 

[hawkeyesatx]

I am honestly surprised to see how many 30 06 are listed as apposed to 308.

.30-06 is just plain better!
It has more powder space, which means it can get better velocities with all the .308 cal bullets, especially when it comes to the heavy for cal bullets.
When hand loaded, the .30-06 hits harder, and shoots flatter than the .308, and can be as accurate as a .308!
This isn’t conjecture, it’s the truth.


Hawk

 

[Longwalker]

For most of my hunting a .308 is "Just Right" and I need no more.
The .30-06 is only "better" than a .308 if you can demonstrate that more is always "better" ... If that's true then fastest is "best". Many .30 caliber magnums beat the .30-06.
If I need "more" than a .308 I generally choose
- a 7mm for better ballistic efficiency at longer range, or
- a .35 Caliber or larger bore for more bullet weight and bone breaking penetration.

 

[Woodcarver]

Nice thing about the '06 is you can load it up and almost make .30 magnum type ballistics, or download it to .308 levels for a young hunter or someone a little adverse to recoil. While I don't use any of mine very much these days, if I were going to be restricted to 1 gun, the 30-06 will cover anything in North America. And most of the rest of the world, for that matter. Ammunition can be found in virtually every podunk store in the world that sells ammo. Thankfully, that restriction doesn't exist, so I get to play with whichever caliber strikes my fancy today!

 

[Hunter-Habib]

* 7 mm Mauser
* .375 Holland & Holland Magnum
* .505 Gibbs

If I can add one more , then .30-06 Springfield

 

[Frederik]

For the moment and it might change I have my favorite 3 in my safe.

204 Ruger with 32gr Monolithics - Super accurate and can do headshots on most plainsgame.

6.5 x 55 Swedish with 160gr Softs - Deadly and with proper shot placment will take a eland.

458 lott - for the stuff that can bite back and can be used for bigger plainsgame at shorter distances.

 

[8x68]

7x57, 8x68S, 375H&H

 

[Newboomer]

I just reread this post and can see some of us have changed calibers over the years. Mine were and still are 22LR
7RM
375HH
Maybe I'm just old school and resistant to change but I based my choices on experience, availability of ammo, and the right tool for the job. I believe I have a caliber for anything that lives. I have and use others but these are my alltime favorites.

 

[rdog]

222 rem
6.5x55
30/06
I could go on but will leave it a 3.

 

[Whitebear995]

Remington 700 in .308 Win or .30-06.

 

[375er]

25-06

30-06

375 H&H

 

[crs]

.22 long rifle
.308 WCF
.405 WCF

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

25-06

30-06

375 H&H

375er
Curiosity has got me what do you like about the 25 as not many people pick 25s. To me they are a great calibe that are sadly overlooked by many
Bob