Favorite Caliber (s)

[k80Titus]

You have shot a lot, tested many, come to firm conclusions and are thinning out your gun herd to two only because your better half said so.
When it is all said and done what two rifles would you build? What two calibers would you choose? Is there one that you feel does both well?

CXP2 class game are generally light framed animals with relatively thin skin and light muscles and bones. These are primarily deer, antelope, sheep, goats and black bear. They typically range from about 51 pounds to perhaps 300 pounds.

CXP3 class game are large framed, heavy animals with tough skin, heavy muscle tissue and large bones. Would guess that these animals range from 301 to over 1000 pounds, and would be represented by such game as alg, elk, moose, zebra, kudu, eland, and brown bear.

 

[tt_johnsclist]

25-06 and 280 Rem here, if I was limited to your description above.

 

[Luvbowhuntn]

7mm-08 and 280 Ackley


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[TN2shot07]

25-06 and the boring old 30-06

 

[mt100gr.]

.264 and .308 caliber rifles.

 

[k80Titus]

25-06 and 280 Rem here, if I was limited to your description above.

It is such a complex question, can be looked at in so many ways, that i felt it needed some structure.

 

[drchesler]

243 Winchester and a 300 WM.

 

[MidGAHunter]

Easy choice in calibers for me....264 and .308. Now, if you want to talk only two cartridges, well that gets a little tougher...

 

[InTheWoods]

7mm-08

 

[Anobody]

50 cal muzzy. Simple and versatile.

 

[wyosam]

280ai and 6 dasher.


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[FLS]

270 Winchester and 338 Winchester.
If I could only have one, 270 Winchester.

 

[ericwh]

6.5mm for 130-40 gr
7mm for 165-180gr

 

[N2TRKYS]

7mm and 30 are probably the most popular calibers. There’s a bunch of cartridges in each of those.

 

[Bsnyder]

6.5 Sherman short, 338 edge.

 

[Finn16]

270 Win and 300 Win. Geez I sound like a boring old timer.

 

[Squincher]

I'd get rid of the "better half" who thinks it's her job to place an arbitrary number on the number of rifles I can keep. If I decided for some reason to have only two rifles, it would be a 7mm-08 and a .338WM or a .375 H&H depending on recoil tolerance.

 

[k80Titus]

I'd get rid of the "better half" who thinks it's her job to place an arbitrary number on the number of rifles I can keep. If I decided for some reason to have only two rifles, it would be a 7mm-08 and a .338WM or a .375 H&H depending on recoil tolerance.

That is funny. This is me trying to self impose some discipline on my proven ocd. She is lovely and has put up with my cigars, knives, books, boots, jacket and shotgun collecting.

 

[pk_]

I don’t have a 270 but I think I would choose that caliber if I had to only have 1 rifle to do anything/everything.

picking out of the calibers/guns I have, I would keep a 30-06 and certainly would keep my grandfathers old .32 wspl. I don’t think there is a game animal in N America that would want to be on the business end of either of those calibers at their proper ranges.

I would also start hand loading so that I could dial those guns into what I prefer for different circumstances. The misses would be upset when she realized that the little space cleared out by getting rid of some guns is quickly replaced and them some by a reloading bench. Thems the breaks Tutts.

 

[robtattoo]

.358 win & 6.5x55
For 99% of my hunting, i'll grab one or the other of these two.

It's a tough choice between the .358 & .30-06 & honestly comes down to the rifle. If I had one of each built identical to my .358 Rem 700, i'd probably go '06.