Your 3 favorite hunting cartridges of all time

[Tommen]

500NE
375H&H
7*65R

 

[HWL]

38/55, 303 savage, and 6.5R Sauer

As a Mannlicher collector, you should consider 6,5mm, 8mm and 9,5mm Mannlicher!!!



HWL

 

[Brian Rothhammer]

As a Mannlicher collector, you should consider 6,5mm, 8mm and 9,5mm Mannlicher!!!



HWL

.

 

[7MAG]

.270
7mm rem mag
338 RUM
375 H&H

I couldn’t just do 3 either

 

[Fred Gunner]

20ga
308 win
375 Ruger

 

[Tommy_Fontaine]

223 Remington
30/06 Springfield
44 Remington Magnum

 

[Colorado Luckydog]

223
6.5 Creedmoor
300 WSM

 

[Jota Efe]

.22
.30-06
.375

 

[assasinator]

350 REMINGTON MAGNUM
243 WSSM
.30-30 SUPER14 SPIRE POINT

 

[gajie270]

220 swift
270 Winchester
458 win mag

Though recently I may replace the 458 with the 375 Weatherby. The rest stand

 

[Vinootz]

Whatever will get the job done. Too much variety in life to pick favorites.

 

[geoff rath]

I agree with Vinootz to a large extent, but if pushed: 22.250 AI (fast twist); 30.06AI; 416 Rigby.

 

[Dewald]

7x57
9,3x62
.450-400 3&1/4”

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I hunted these three extensively this year.

Koedoe and buff with the 450-400 3&2/4”
4 x impala with the 7mm FN
Didnd fire the 9,3x62, but dit 30 odd km with her.

Nowadays most hunting happens with my Tikka CTR .308 - client rifle and bushpig rig with a thermal followed by my .416 Ruger for everything and my 6,5x57 Brno Mod 21.

The first three are still the favourites.

 

[Anthony George]

416 Remington Magnum would have to be the most versatile cartridge



Run the lighter projectiles for small game like rabbits and foxes then step it up to 400s and 450s for heavy game



Shoots as flat with a 400 as the 375HH does with the 300



And lighter to carry when compared to 375 HH in same rifle



Mild to shoot in a well set up rifle



What’s not to love

 

[Clodo Ferreira]

Hello Dewald,

GREAT RIFLES for two of my favorite cartridges you have!!!! If I would be able to choose, your FN 7x57 and your Original Sporting Oberndorf Model A Mauser 9,3x62 would be my choice, indeed!!!
Congratulations
By the way, and after have other top binoculares, all 10x42, like my formers Leica BA and Zeiss Victory HT, and after selling a Swarovski Habicht WGA 10x40, because seems redundant...I ended buying, again, a new Habicht (made in 2019) and selling the Victory HT...To me, one of the best all around hunting binoculares. Made like a tank and with optics second to none! Seems you agree...

 

[BeeMaa]

350 REMINGTON MAGNUM
243 WSSM
.30-30 SUPER14 SPIRE POINT

Can't believe @Bob Nelson 35Whelen gave a "like" to a .243 caliber without a comment.

 

[AHughes]

17hmr
35 remington
375hh

Only picking 3 is harder than I thought

 

[Kalthoff]

My choice for hunting in Northern Europe:

.22LR
.270WIN
9x3x62

(12 bore shotgun)

 

[Hillcountry63]

Best all around choices for hunting in the mountains and southern swamps of Georgia….

22 mag

44 mag

30-06

 

[Rule 303]

Can't believe @Bob Nelson 35Whelen gave a "like" to a .243 caliber without a comment.

He saw the 35 number and nothing else