Most visually-appealing cartridges.

[Armored farmer]

I don't have one yet, but I like the looks of the ol' .45-70.

Lots of history too.

 

[Sulaco]

I'm also partial to the 7mm-08. My deer rifle is chambered for it as well.

 

[mudguts]

Generally speaking, the most appealing cartridges (to me) are the ones I've loaded.



I am a sucker for linked ammo, though, even if it was made in a dismal factory behind the iron curtain.



I also find spent casings attractive. Not sure why that is.



Sometimes it's not the cartridge, but the packaging that makes me drool.



Sometimes it's the scenery.



Other times, it's the quantity, and colorful boxes.



Then again, there's also heritage; handling the works of passed away family members.



Other times it's just for shock and awe.





And sometimes I just like to line them up and admire my handiwork.



But more than anything, I like it when they go "BANG"!!!!

I don't have quite the firepower you do, but I can relate in every way.
Awesome post.

 

[TarDevil]

I'll have to throw my lot in with all the others voting for the 6.5x55 Swede.

 

[Rushthezeppelin]

Pretty hard to be this honking peice of brass:

.950 JDJ

Also a fan of this new cartridge, looks like a midget (I mean little people) .223:

.22 TCM


Edit: anyone know how to downsize that massive image Granted it's a massive cratridge anyway so maybe its best if I leave it that way for extra effect

 

[jim in Anchorage]

Better?

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[Trent]

Jim -

If you use imgur for images, you can add a letter to the link before .jpg. "h" will give you a bigger image, "L" will give you a somewhat smaller image, etc. Not sure if there is anything similar with Photobucket (I switched from it to imgur).

E.g.

mypicture.jpg - original sized image
mypictureh.jpg - 'huge' thumbnail image
mypicturel.jpg - 'large' thumbnail image

When I copy links in off imgur to embed photos I can switch the size around just by adding one letter before finishing my post.

Here's an actual example:

(Original image http://i.imgur.com/mNz6RKK.jpg)

medium thumbnail (http://i.imgur.com/mNz6RKKm.jpg)


large thumbnail (http://i.imgur.com/mNz6RKKl.jpg)


huge thumbnail (http://i.imgur.com/mNz6RKKh.jpg)