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martin3175
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Posted: June/12/2008 at 11:41 |
Just to open up another can of proverbial worms.....What's you favorite cartridge??? For me , I am a big fan of the 45/70. I really get a kick out of launching 350grains downrange at 2150fps ( Buffalo bore stuff) from a lever action ( my favorite style of firearm-- another topic for another day) . I've taken everything from Fox to Black bear with this classic old round, and never had to take a second shot. You can try black powder style loads, all the way up to the Hornadys new Leverevolution rounds, plus Buffalo Bore and Garrett hot loads. I met a feller at the range that has an exposed hammer double rifle in 45/70 that he uses to take hogs , and it is too cool. So whether it be a Guide Gun Squeezer special, or my XLR with a 24" inch barrel, it's useful up close for just about anything or out to 250 yd.s plus .
Chime in .... 270's ( okay ,,maybe not Pyro), 30-06's, Wby's ..name your poison...... Edited by martin3175 - June/12/2008 at 11:47 |
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Big Squeeze
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..........Here we go!!...........We can`t have two favorites???.............
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Dogger
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Like your style martin3175, always loved the 45-70. Will have to vote for my 44 mag though - all I have used for deer hunting for the last 35 years (have fun with many others but this is my dogging rifle). |
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Big Squeeze
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Ok!...........Trying to name one favorite cartridge for some, is like trying to eat only one chip with dip, one chocolate chip cookie, drinking only one beer or eating only one bite of a juicy thick steak when hungry!! ..................300 WSM & 300 Win.....and.......only one .375!...........The .375 Ruger!.....................Sorry! I couldn`t keep it at just one!!
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mwyates
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.260 Rem is all I need.
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No man on his deathbed ever said "I wish I'd made more money".
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martin3175
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Don't get me wrong ,,variety is the spice of life ( don't tell the Mrs. ),,, but if I had to just keep one,,it'd be my 45/70
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Big Squeeze
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Steelbenz
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.308 45/70 on a fox? Jezzz, cleaned, gutted and skined all in one stroke. LOL
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300S&W
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.25-06 !!
til later
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ckk1106
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I only own 3 different rifles, so I'm gonna have to go with the only one that I've ever killed anything with. 338 win mag.
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Ironhorse
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One of my favorites.... My Marlin .50 Alaskan... 2100 with a 450grain bullet!!
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"If you ever find that you only have an hour to live ....
spend it with a liberal and it will seem like a year." - Rush Limbaugh |
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pyro6999
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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Average Joe
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7mm rem magnum
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I'm classic shag nasty type.
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BeltFed
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Hmmm. Naming a favorite cartridge is like a auto mechanic saying his favorite tool is the 9/16" wrench. It might be the tool he uses most, but he can't perform every repair with just that tool. I probably shoot more 22lr than anything but it don't give me that tingly feeling like a 190gr SMK launched at a plate 500yds away from a 300Win Mag. The 223 is next in use because I'm using it in more matches now and I have to practice. The 7.62NATO is next because it's the most versitile for me but it's not as easy to reload as the 223.
We are talking about just rifle cartridges; right.
OK, OK, it's the three oh twentythree ought fifty seven special. Dang it, sorry, just can't answer this one.
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Life's concerns should be about the 120lb pack your trying to get to the top of the mountain, and not the rock in your boot.
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RifleDude
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7mm-08... this week.
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Ted
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Roy Finn
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Favorite cartridge for what???
Roy
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helo18
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I would have to go with the 300 Win Mag.
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OLRVRAT
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22-250
Own more of them than any other cartridge, so it must be my favorite!
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martin3175
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45/70 on a fox..Bullet never expanded--straight through ( 350 gr penetrator from Buffalo Bore) dropped like a rock..
Roy-- Not necessarily a specific round for a specific purpose ,, just the one that conjures up the most grins ... ..For instance-- you work out a day to go to the range, and not for any reason other than to put a few downrange,,what do you take just for the fun of it ?
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Roy Finn
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Probably my 300WM, but my 280 Ackley is a pleasure to shoot as well. Can't say my Husky custom 06 is falling out of favor either. Not trying to be a smart azz, but those are my top picks. I guess it's kind of like what Ted stated, well this week it would be..............
Roy
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