Rifle Cartridge You Love for No Real Reason

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Risky buisness said:
7.62x 54 R
Just cause it has a rim
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I have an affinity for old obsolete rounds, but that's actually one of the things I DON'T like about the .303 British.
I have an absolutely gorgeous No4 Mk1 scout rifle that I dearly love. Probably my favorite rifle. (or second)
I built it (OK gunsmith did the gun, I did the wood) because shorter, would be handier, and lighter. (16.5" barrel) However, I love the look of it as much as anything else, and it does shoot VERY well.
(and MUCH faster on target now with the red dot)
Would loved one in .308, just for easier loading (and finding ammo) but those I don't like the look of the receivers as much, and defiantly not the fore wood / front sight design as much. .
 
Mine would be the 222 Remington. There's just something satisfying about that little bullet's performance on paper and game, not to mention it's versatility. Sure, the 223 eclipsed it long ago and made it all but obsolete. It's essentially a handloading proposition nowadays, but the groundhogs and crows don't seem to complain. The little deuce came into my life a year ago, got me started down the road to hand loading, and now I imagine I'll have one until I die.

The 30WCF (30-30) is a close second; in my mind it is the only deer rifle a man in this area needs. When you don't shoot past 150 yards it's perfect, and when you start looking at handloads vs. factory ammo performance, it really opens your eyes. I'm using a 110gr Hornady bullet over H380, and get darn good accuracy from my 336 out to 150 yards; 200 isn't a big stretch. It's bang-flop on 'yotes, too. Haven't tried it on deer yet, will be looking forward to doing so this coming fall.

Mac
 
Rimmed cartridges like the .303 Enfield or Russian 7.62 x 54mm Rimmed.

The American home grown 30-30 is good as is the 45-70.
 
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I'd love to get (and probably will one of these first days) myself a 38-55 Winchester. When we first moved out here, I was rototilling up an area for a vegetable garden, and I actually churned up an old, corroded 38-55 Winchester case. I made up all kinds of stories in my head about where that case came from, as well as who fired it and what for. I never did find out of course.
At any rate, in my head, I can see myself using a 38-55 Winchester to kill a fairly close-range mule deer someday, even though I already have other rifles that work just as well for that and more.
 
6.5 Creedmoor. As Laurie Holland once said "not very exciting". I really the 6.5CM because they are great to reload for and fun to shoot.
 
someguy2800 said:
The first time I ever shot a 22 mag revolver I was shocked at how much flash and bang came out such a little thing.
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My dad was an "Anything 32" type of guy, and we bought him a 4&5/8" Ruger Blackhawk, 32 H&R for Christmas the first year they came out. It was no slouch in the "flash and bang" department either. But unlike a 22 Mag, at least he could load it down.:thumbup:
 
marksman13 said:
I like non-standard cartridges and to me, that 257 Weatherby Magnum is about as non-standard as it gets.
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Yes. For me it is my Winchester M70 Classic in .243 WSSM. Those tiny, short, fat rounds always seem to draw the quesion "WHAT is THAT!!?"
It's impractical as hell, except that with the extra short action and 20" barrel it points really quick. It has a particular liking for the 95 grain Nosler Combined Technologies bullets, but they have to seated deep to fit in the magazine.
 
Some pretty cool cartridges that have been posted. I've owned quite a few and my favorites are not main stream cartridges. My absolute favorite is the .25-06 and has been for over 40 years. Bought a 700 VS in this cartridge to hunt groundhogs in Ohio. Never failed me and has gone deer hunting and black bear hunting. Very versatile cartridge.

There have been others, like the .300 H&H that I had for many years but I passed it on because I no longer hunt big game. I do miss it though.

I'm enjoying hearing all your choices.
 
It's not much I pick up dud rounds from the range to break them down for the reusable components. When I found this one laying on the range I could see it was old from the German Swastika on it so I thought it would look good on my reloading shelf.
I pulled the bullet & tried to dump the powder but noticed it had a paper card over the powder. After pulling the paper card I noticed it didn't have normal powder in it. It had some plastic looking brown rods in it, this kicked my curiosity into high gear & I had to look it up. It's called Cordite from what i understand it's basically the same thing used in the cannons on battleships.
The primer was struck but it wasn't fired, if they tried it again I'm sure it would have fired. After getting the cordite out & I could see there wasn't anything to burn inside the case, I heated the case until the primer exploded.
I wanted to make it an inert round out of it, so I pushed the dent back out of the primer & pushed it back in. I polished the brass with 0000 steel wool & reset the bullet in to the place it was before then polished it the same way.
It now sits on my shelf over my reloading bench for a souvenir.
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kimberkid said:
I’m finding the older I get, the more I like the 22LR.
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Well yeah, but I can think of a whole host of real reasons I love the 22LR - starting with my first "real" gun, a Model 55 Winchester my folks gave me on my 10th birthday in 1958, and ending (so far) with the Glock 44 I bought a couple of years ago as a 22LR version of my Glock 19 9mm.:thumbup:
 
EIB0879 said:
When I was a kid I was fascinated with the .264 WM. I still get a little excited when I read about it. I may have to buy on before I croak.
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Oh yeah, me too! And at 73, I probably won't have enough time to burn the barrel out of it "before I croak" - unlike when I was daydreaming about the 264 WM when I was 14 and saw it in the 1962 Winchester/Western catalogs in my folk's country store/gas station.;)
 
.308 Norma said:
Oh yeah, me too! And at 73, I probably won't have enough time to burn the barrel out of it "before I croak" - unlike when I was daydreaming about the 264 WM when I was 14 and saw it in the 1962 Winchester/Western catalogs in my folk's country store/gas station.;)
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I use to get those catalogs and wear them out. Always got a Shooter's Bible for Christmas from age nine on.
 
EIB0879 said:
I use to get those catalogs and wear them out. Always got a Shooter's Bible for Christmas from age nine on.
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Yeppers, as I've said before, when I was 14 to 16 years old, if I would have spent half as much time studying my schoolbooks as I spent studying the gun catalogs in my folk's country store/gas station, I would have probably been valedictorian at my high school graduation - instead of just graduating by the skin of my teeth.:D
It doesn't matter now though. I'm 73, I've been married to the love of my life for 50+ years, and together we have more guns than I ever dreamed of having back in high school. Furthermore, I can afford a 264 Win Mag if I decide to get one.:thumbup:
 
AK Hunter said:
... When I found this one laying on the range I could see it was old from the German Swastika on it ...
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... and this is how they came ...

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... and this is what shoots it ...

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BTW - they still shoot. Most of them, most of the time. ;)
 
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