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    Posted: December/07/2007 at 12:55
What's everyones' favorite hunting calibers?  It would be interesting to see the mixed opinions.
 
Here is my rankings
 
Small Game:  Coyotes, Fox, Prairie Dogs, etc
1.  223  - cheap ammo, shoot all day, no recoil
2.   22-250
3.  220 Swift
 
Medium Large Game:  Deer, Antelope, etc
1.  270 WSM/Wthby
2.  257 Wthby
3.  30-06
 
Large Game:  Elk, Moose, etc
1.  300 Wthby - best long range, flat shooting, heavy hitter made
2.  Any of the other 300 MAGS
3.  338 Rem Mag
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varmints.....223 - 22-250 - 22 middlestead

medium game.....260 - 7mm-08 - 308

large game......308

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22-250, 7mm RM and .375H&H
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Originally posted by Focus Focus wrote:

varmints.....223 - 22-250 - 22 middlestead

medium game.....260 - 7mm-08 - 308

large game......308

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I like your selection.  All lighter "kickers", easy to watch game in scope after shot and quicker follow ups if needed
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Originally posted by SSvalhalla SSvalhalla wrote:

Originally posted by Focus Focus wrote:

varmints.....223 - 22-250 - 22 middlestead

medium game.....260 - 7mm-08 - 308

large game......308

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I like your selection.  All lighter "kickers", easy to watch game in scope after shot and quicker follow ups if needed
 
What do you mean, mine are tooWink
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Well I have to clarify, for me big game is moose and black bear, the 308 with paritions has always worked in that regard.

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Small Game - 22-250, 223
 
Medium - 270,  6.5, 264
 
Large - 300 wm, 375 ruger
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sm game 22-250
medium game 6.5 rem mag or .264 win mag
large game 300 winmag
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375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead"

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I think you mean, favorite chamberings, not calibers. I can't believe you guys don't have 1 6mm. listed for varmints. Mine would be:

varmint. any 6mm.

deer/antelope. .243 Ackley

elk/moose. any 30 caliber (with a fast twist bbl.) from .308 Win. and larger 

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Varmits,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Don`t hunt!
Pigs, hogs, deer, black bear, elk, moose,,,,,,,,,300 WSM
Bison, Big Bears, Lg. African plains, caped buffs,,,,,,,,,,a soon to purchase 375 Ruger Alaskan! I will wait to buy in`08 to see if Ruger makes any changes to the Alaskan!!........... Gotta maintain my shorter barreled compact reputation around here!!! 
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Small game: 223
Mediun  game: 270 & 30-06
Large game: 338 Win Mag & 45-70 (reloaded)
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Squirrel sized varmints:  1.  .17 Mach 2; 2.  .17HMR; 3.  .22LR
Long range and med. size varmints:  1. .204 Ruger; 2.  6mm BR; 3.  .223 / 6 - .284 / .22-250 (tied -- for entirely different reasons)
Medium size game:  1.  7mm-08; 2.  .260 & .25-06 (tied); 3.  .308
Large N. American game (not to include African dangerous game, which I've never hunted):
1.  .300 WM; 2.  7WSM; 3.  .338 WM; honorable mention:  7mm RM
Paper:  1.  6PPC; 2.  6mm BR; 3.  6.5 - .284 & .308 (tied)
 
I can't really select just 3.
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are we talking our favorite rifle rounds, hunting rounds, or just our favorites ? my favs would be
.22 lr - shoot all day long for $25, it fun and great for plinking and little critters
.45 APC - paired up with a good old fasion 1911, why would ya carry anything else ?
.308 - nuff said ... lol
 
ok it helps if ya read the post ... so the revision -
 
.308
.22 / .22wm for small game like rabbits,and critters
.223 - for critters that are past 100 yards....
 


Edited by sinsir - December/07/2007 at 17:27
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Favorite Hunters: 223, 30/06, (EDIT: Forgot my 260)
Favorite Shooter by far: 6.5x55 SE (Just purchased 500 rounds of Federal Classic )
 
EDIT: I took this quote from rifleshootermag.  "I have, for example, written several articles over the years about why I'd never choose the .30-06 for any kind of hunting, yet I never hesitate to recommend the caliber as being the very best choice for those who are not handloaders, who are not frequent shooters, who do not dote on guns and who want versatility from one rifle rather than a rack full of specialized ones."
 
My first high powered rifle was a 30/06 and most recent purchase is a 30/06.  I didn't hardly ever use the former for 25 years and I'm beginning to remember why.  Just a tad too much recoil and not quite flat enough for a distance shooter.  Because it's such a 'do everything cartridge' one wonders if it does anything really good.  I may just replace it on my favorites list with a 280.


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.17 HMR
 
.270 WIN
 
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Favourites based on what I currently have in the safe and my mood at the time:
 
Small game:
If I'm eating it  - 22LR
Destroying it - 22-250
 
Medium game (for me deer / bear)
Walking - 44 mag
Sitting 30-06/308
 
Large game (moose)
7mm RM/338
 
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For me, small game is squirrel  - 22LR
Deer - .260 Rem or .45 Colt
Big game is hogs - .260 Rem or ..45 Colt
I should say that my first preference for deer and hogs is a 100gr Muzzy broadhead
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For squirrel, Rabbit, I'll use a shotgun, or a 22 semi auto.
Turkey shotgun
Deer 300 winmag, 30-06, 308, 7mm mag, 357, 44 mag, 30-30, or a 35 depending on situation.
Bear 300 winmag, 30-06, or 7mm mag, and the 44 mag just in case, I spent four hours in a tree doing my best impersonation of an owl once, never again.
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that must have sucked
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My buddy Lowell and I were bear hunting, He's about 5'4" and he's married to the female wrestler Wendy Richter, she's about 6'1" FUNNY pair, anyways we were treed by this big bear, it came outta nowhere, no time to react except run to the nearest tree, and try to put some distance between us and it, neither of us was carrying a pistol, so in the tree we sat. 
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