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beeenbag
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Kinda makes me want to get a 458 socom
Let's see what the most commonly owned rifle cartridge on THR is
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My whole collection of rifles is based on the idea that I can walk into just about any store in the country that sells ammo and find what I need.
I see no reason to own anything else.I am not disparaging the people who want something different. Also I do not reload.
I think for me 223/556, 30 30, 308, 3006 and 7.62X39 are the ticket.
I see no reason to own anything else.I am not disparaging the people who want something different. Also I do not reload.
I think for me 223/556, 30 30, 308, 3006 and 7.62X39 are the ticket.
someguy2800
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I own a few oddballs and wildcats but the cartridges I really like are ones with really common brass or ones that are formed from really common cases like 30 Herrett and 6tcu which are formed from 30-30 and 223. I don't like $2 each proprietary case type of stuff that can't be formed.
Howland
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It could be that most of us have one or both that we would never part with. My '06 will hold minute of deer lung out to 600 yards. I'm actually trying to replace it with something that will reach further, but until I do, it's a keeper.
Shanghai McCoy
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My "oddball" is a 32 Winchester Special but I can just re-size 30-30 brass up for it.
Carl N. Brown
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I keep fighting the temptation to buy/build a 5.56 AR M4gery to participate in the local modern military matches just because decent .223/5.56 ammo is often reasonably priced. A full season is 210 rounds for score, not counting practice, sighters and function tests. Sometimes .223 is less expensive than .30 carbine, 7.63x54R or even 7.62x39mm, the guns I usually shoot in a season. (.223 is still a varmint caliber practically.)
Driftwood Johnson
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44-40. Five of them at last count.
Uberti 1860 Henry
Uberti 1873
Winchester Model 1892, rifle and saddle ring carbine
Marlin Model 1894
44-40. Five of them at last count.
Uberti 1860 Henry
Uberti 1873
Winchester Model 1892, rifle and saddle ring carbine
Marlin Model 1894
marksman13
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List would probably look a lot different if you had asked which CF rifle rounds we actually shoot. I own my dad's old deer rifle, but I doubt that old 30-06 ever sees the outside of the safe again.
Driftwood Johnson
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Hands down, that 44-40 Henry gets shot more than any other rifle I own. It is my CAS Main Match rifle, gets shot at every match, on average 60 shots per match.
Black Powder only. Other than when it was proofed, it has never seen a Smokeless round.
Black Powder only. Other than when it was proofed, it has never seen a Smokeless round.
Didn't surprise me, but then I AM a geezer. I just think the 30-06 is a more versatile cartridge, despite the extra length. I have a Garand and a couple of 03s I shoot for fun (well, one I don't, it's a single heat treat made in about 1906-10). I don't hunt with 30-06 anymore. My dad gave me his sporterized 03 about 50 years ago and I hunted with it for years until I had the bore checked out a few years ago and found out it was shot out. I had it rebarreled to a .270 Win Ackley Improved with a heavy sporter 26" barrel, so now it's a range gun or maybe a long range coyote rifle.
I'm surprised the 25-06 isn't more popular. A lot of people are missing out on a great caliber. I built mine on a 1903 action in the 80s (don't get excited, Sarco had never barreled WWII actions for $99 dollars back then, so I didn't cut up a surplus rifle). It's a great antelope rifle, and I've killed several coyotes with it at ranges out to 550 yards. 22-250 would do it, sure, but I'm a believer in overkill.
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I'm a little surprised the 270 didn't have higher numbers. It's kind of like the 06, everyone I know has one
theotherwaldo
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I only own and shoot eight out of the twenty in the poll, but that's probably because I'm mostly interested in milsurps.
george d dennis
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Thanks for putting up the poll. Interesting.
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beeenbag
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My pleasure, definitely some interesting results. Seems to have started a trend as well, I think we now have this one, a handgun round poll, a milsurp round poll and an "obsolete" rifle round poll.
After owning one for 39 years I agree, it's a great cartridge. But, I believe the bullet makers would like to kill it off as well as a few other cartridges. No matter to me, I have the brass and bullets to last the rest of my life.I'm surprised the 25-06 isn't more popular. A lot of people are missing out on a great caliber. I built mine on a 1903 action in the 80s (don't get excited, Sarco had never barreled WWII actions for $99 dollars back then, so I didn't cut up a surplus rifle). It's a great antelope rifle, and I've killed several coyotes with it at ranges out to 550 yards. 22-250 would do it, sure, but I'm a believer in overkill.
I've never been a follower of trends, I picked the .25-06 because it wasn't something owned by the masses.
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beeenbag
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Unfortunately there is a limit on the amount of poll options. Several more I'd liked to have entered as well.
mokin
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Those are great rifles sir. I congratulate you on your collection. "It is said that the it has killed more game, large and small, and more people, good and bad, than any other commercial cartridge ever developed. (Cartridges of the world, 11th edition).
One of those is way down on my (short) list of rifles to own.
CoalTrain49
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That was a glaring omission. Pretty standard cartridge when I started hunting. Probably generation related.
CoalTrain49
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.223 is the only CF rifle I shoot and I shoot a bunch of it. Easy to load and cheap. I don't own an AR but I can easily shoot 100 rds. a day. My neighbor shoots more than that and he buys his ammo by the case. The main reason I shoot a .223 exclusively is because I can shoot it cheaper than any other cartridge, including 7.62 x 39. Free brass and 8 cent bullets help. And yes, it's nothing more than a varmint cartridge, too bad it's been pressed into different roles.
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