marksman13
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I’ve got extra time on my hand during my Coronacation, so I’ve had time to think about the rifle cartridges that I like the most. I’ve decided I could live with about five chamberings and be able to do anything that I want to do. I honestly would have some consternation about having to narrow the list to less than five and those five do not include 22LR. I own rifles in several different chamberings because I like variety, but if I had to downsize tomorrow the following five rounds are the ones that would stay in the stable.
1. 223 / 5.56 - Mostly because my defensive rifles are set up in this chambering. Secondly, I’ve got a good sized pile of ammo.
2. 6.8 SPC - I realize I may be the only person whom has this round in their Top 5, but I’ve killed a lot of pigs and deer with this round and I have the rifle set up EXACTLY the way I want it. For a handy rig set up to kill pigs at night, I don’t think it gets any better than my 6.8 and my results in the field have been great. Gotta keep that round in the stable.
3. 6.5 Creedmoor. I’ve got a couple rifles chambered in 6.5 CM and one of them is my favorite rifle. It does most anything I want to do out on the range and in the woods and fields that I hunt. Great all around cartridge for the southeast region that I call home. Ammo, and good ammo, is available every where.
4. 257 Weatherby Magnum. Another outlier here I’m sure, but I love the Ruger No 1 I have chambered in 257 WM. Extremely flat shooting, easy on the shoulder and absolutely flattens deer. With a 185 yard zero I can hold dead on a deer out past 300 yards with the Hornady Precision Hunter 110 gr load. Yes, it burns barrels. Yes, it’s loud. Yes, it’s expensive to shoot. No, it’s not going anywhere.
5. 300 Win Mag. This one is probably the toughest for me. I always said I’d never own a rifle chambered in a hard kicking, obnoxious round like the 300 WM. Then, I found myself wanting to shoot pigs further and further out in the bean fields. I bought a Bergara Ridgeback in 300 WM, topped it with a Zeiss Conquest V4 6-24x50 and bought several types of ammo to try. I stopped after I shot the first box of Federal Non-Typical 180 gr soft points. This rifle shoots the absolute snot out of this ammo.
That’s my five. What’s yours? We’ve had a bunch of contentious conversations about cartridges lately. I thought it would be fun just to see what everybody likes without a bunch of bickering back and forth. I think it’s good to see how varied our taste in cartridges can be without trying to convince each other that one is better than another. I’m looking forward to seeing who else has an oddball in their top five and why. Might just find a new favorite.
1. 223 / 5.56 - Mostly because my defensive rifles are set up in this chambering. Secondly, I’ve got a good sized pile of ammo.
2. 6.8 SPC - I realize I may be the only person whom has this round in their Top 5, but I’ve killed a lot of pigs and deer with this round and I have the rifle set up EXACTLY the way I want it. For a handy rig set up to kill pigs at night, I don’t think it gets any better than my 6.8 and my results in the field have been great. Gotta keep that round in the stable.
3. 6.5 Creedmoor. I’ve got a couple rifles chambered in 6.5 CM and one of them is my favorite rifle. It does most anything I want to do out on the range and in the woods and fields that I hunt. Great all around cartridge for the southeast region that I call home. Ammo, and good ammo, is available every where.
4. 257 Weatherby Magnum. Another outlier here I’m sure, but I love the Ruger No 1 I have chambered in 257 WM. Extremely flat shooting, easy on the shoulder and absolutely flattens deer. With a 185 yard zero I can hold dead on a deer out past 300 yards with the Hornady Precision Hunter 110 gr load. Yes, it burns barrels. Yes, it’s loud. Yes, it’s expensive to shoot. No, it’s not going anywhere.
5. 300 Win Mag. This one is probably the toughest for me. I always said I’d never own a rifle chambered in a hard kicking, obnoxious round like the 300 WM. Then, I found myself wanting to shoot pigs further and further out in the bean fields. I bought a Bergara Ridgeback in 300 WM, topped it with a Zeiss Conquest V4 6-24x50 and bought several types of ammo to try. I stopped after I shot the first box of Federal Non-Typical 180 gr soft points. This rifle shoots the absolute snot out of this ammo.
That’s my five. What’s yours? We’ve had a bunch of contentious conversations about cartridges lately. I thought it would be fun just to see what everybody likes without a bunch of bickering back and forth. I think it’s good to see how varied our taste in cartridges can be without trying to convince each other that one is better than another. I’m looking forward to seeing who else has an oddball in their top five and why. Might just find a new favorite.
