Personal preference rifle cartridge poll

[Hog huntin Harry]

This is just a little poll for y'all to share your preference in a few listed cartridges and to explain why you made your choice.

 

[Boattale]

.270 Winchester. Because of Jack O'Connor's writings.

 

[WestKentucky]

My .270 has served me well for a long time. I can’t imagine finding anything “better”. All the other rounds listed are fine, 223 on the small side for me though. If I had it to do over I might go 7-08, I hear it’s a touch more versatile for heavier game, but I doubt it would actually do “better” than the .270.

 

[LoonWulf]

.30-06, Keith....and because you forgot the .280

 

[SharpDog]

6.5 CM because the rest of them no longer work, don't ye know

 

[NMachine]

30-06 because BLM—big lead matters

 

[Archie]

Of the rounds you list, the 6.5x55mm is probably the most versatile. Based on what I can see of results.

 

[billtool]

Love the .270. O'Connor and all that jazz. I choose the .308 as it's more likely to be found at 3 in the afternoon, while rooting through the remnants of a burned out National Guard Armory. You're not going to find a 6.5 Creed there either. But that probably will never happen...

 

[KsSkaEnthusiast]

Real happy to see 30-06 and 270 topping this one off. Old but Gold as they say.

 

[Rexster]

I have rifles chambering two of these, .223 and .308, and, I would go with .308 Winchester, due to seniority, and versatility.

 

[Hog huntin Harry]

.30-06, Keith....and because you forgot the .280

Let me fix that

 

[earlthegoat2]

If everything in NA is is a goal then 30-06 hands down.

Everything in the lower 48, 7mm-08.

 

[Hog huntin Harry]

.270 Winchester. Because of Jack O'Connor's writings.

Speaking of Mr O'Connor, yesterday I went to the local bookstore and ordered "The art of hunting big game in North America". Should get it around September 16-23rd

 

[JPIMBO]

I like the 243 for medium and small game from here in Kalif. Accurate, rangy enough, varmints.

 

[troy fairweather]

I'd like 7x57 on the list lol,k picked 280rem because I like it. But the 3006 would be a better choice.

 

[3Crows]

The .270 Winchester, still king after all this time.

 

[Riomouse911]

I picked the trusty .270. I find it to be a dang nice combination of power, range-trajectory and ammo versatility combined with a recoil level that isn’t abusive.

The only other one I would pick that wasn’t on the list is the 7mm Rem Mag. Very similar to the ,270 but with heavier bullets available for bigger critters.

Stay safe.

 

[Mr. Zorg]

The 30-06 for its versatility for your Highlander type poll (There can be only one!) but agree with @earlthegoat2 here.

 

[Corpral_Agarn]

Only one...

My M1 is chambered in 308 and AR10's are available.

Common, big enough, recoil light enough, distance capable, bullet selection pretty decent...

So 308 for me...

IF I only get one...

 

[MikeInOr]

No 45-70?

 

[.455_Hunter]

.30-06 for the ability to kill all large and medium game in NA, plus social functions. 220 gr to 150 gr gives huge performance window with effective factory ammo, and you can stretch that out to 250 gr and 110 gr with handloads. I stockpile factory 220 gr RNSP and 150 gr FMJ M2 Ball for my needs.

2nd place for .308 for almost as good of performance and a close 3rd for my sentimental favorite- 7x57mm.

 

[LoonWulf]

Switched vote to .280, tho I'd prefer, and own the AI version. It's slowly dethroning the 7mm rem mag as my all time favorite cartridge.

 

[Steve S.]

.308 because that is what I own; if I owned other calibers listed, I would select one of them. In a marksman’s hands, they all do about the same thing. If you can’t shoot, it really doesn’t matter which caliber you pick; if you can shoot, it really doesn’t matter which caliber you pick.

 

[Varminterror]

If a person wants to hunt a diverse spectrum of species, compromising means compromising, so by default, I’d go with the largest cartridge available to ensure appropriate power is available for the largest of species. Of the list then, I pick 7RM. Given a 30cal magnum choice, I would have chosen that instead.

But that’s not a reflection of which cartridge I enjoy the most, or would prefer to own, or would even prefer for most of the huntable species I pursue. It’s simply a concession to the choosing the most powerful cartridge available on the list to suit the largest of game I would pursue. An overall uninteresting and dispassionate choice based on systematic objectivity rather than actual subjective preference. My answer being reflective of how I think rather than what I think. Boring.

 

[dieselchief]

deer/bear/elk etc or big game season is usually two weeks out of the year in a lot of areas. what are you gonna shoot for the rest of the the year?
.....dc