What calibers have you used?

[Robinhood21]

Not many but I mostly bowhunt deer.

30-30
.243
6.5CM
.223
22CM

22CM is all I use anymore If I'm gun hunting deer.

 

[rclouse79]

Yea, my 7 mag... I killed one deer with it, and sold it to a nephew. He killed one deer with it, and sold it to another nephew. He killed one deer with it, and I have no idea where it went from there.

Damn thing kicked like a mule!! The last time I shot it from a bench, I shot a dime sized group. But it had to go!!

I sold it before I received my education from the 223 thread and learned all that recoil is completely unnecessary. The kick wasn’t worth the “whollop” I thought I was getting and it turns out all I was really getting was crappy groups and a sore shoulder.

 

[TreeDux]

Not an incredibly exciting list but:
.22 lr
12 gauge ( various loads of buckshot)
.54 cal. Blackpowder
.270 & .300 win mag for most
7mm/08
30/30
6.5 Creed

 

[OneShot]

.224
.243
.264
.277
.284
.308

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

12 gauge slug
.45 cal muzzleloader
.50 cal muzzleloader
.35 Whelen

 

[spur60]

We need the ski-doo story!

We were riding on a stretch of river in MN. Came around a bend doing about 75, there's 15-20 deer RIGHT there. All I could do was mash the brake and duck. Smoked a yearling, it went over my head, taking out my windshield and bouncing my helmet off the handlebar riser. Broke three of it's legs and most of it's ribs. Luckily buddy had a carry gun with and we could put it down. By the time we got permission to retrieve it as a road kill and rode back down there, the coyotes had it half gone.

 

[dr.mooseknuckles]

I'll participate, but I'm going to add the model firearm too:

.270 Win
- father's Remington 700 (I own but leave at my mom's). Killed my first two deer with it at age 9.
- maternal grandfather's Pre-64 Winchester Model 70 (my uncle now owns)
- my Remington 700 given to me by paternal grandmother for Christmas (after my grandfather passed). LOTS OF DEER HAVE DIED BY THIS GUN. Killed a 120 lb doe with it this season after not hunting with it for a while

30-30
- Marlin 336 that my parent's gave me for Christmas when I was in college
- my sister's Marlin 336 that my uncle gave her when she got interested in hunting
- Remington 788 that above uncle found and my mom gave to me for Christmas in Vet School. My uncle collects this model and I believe has all available calibers it was chambered for.

.308 Winchester
- Browning X-bolt Hunter that I won at DU Sponsor Dinner in 2018. $350 well spent. Had to replace original stock after it cracked, got it Cerakoted at same time and I had it threaded this past Summer. Main deer hunting rifle for the last 7 seasons
- Unknown model Bergara of my uncle's this past season. 10 point buck at 30 yards. It was topped off with an old 3-9 Redfield scope, approximately 60 years old, of my maternal grandfather's. Grandaddy thought it was trashed and my uncle sent off to be refurbished. My uncle killed a couple of does at approximately 200 yards this season with same rifle.

Not much variety with calibers, but with a few different rifles. I have lost count of how many deer I've killed since I was 9. I will turn 39 in August and I lost count of how many white tail deer I've killed past 75 animals. I would guess I'm around 120-150.

Five does and a buck this season, all in Alabama. One doe with the .270, 4 does with my .308, and a buck with my uncle's .308 Bergara.

Lots of memories for sure. Just can't remember all of the does I've killed over the years.

 

[ianpadron]

every WT I've killed has been with a .243 Winchester, as the Good Lord intended.

 

[cole96]

.243
.257 westherby
6.5-300 weatherby
7mm-08
28 nosler (what I currently run)
300 win mag
7 prc
300 rum (will run it this year)

 

[Doc Holliday]

.30-30
.243
12 ga
16 ga
45 ACP
.270 win
.300 win
7 rem mag
7mm-08
PSE F2 Maxis
Bear Buckmasters G2
Diamond Iceman FLX
Elite Synergy

 

[J_Dahl]

22lr(culling/butchering)
243
6GT
12ga slug
280
6.5 creed
270
7mm-08
284
Compound bow
crossbow
50 cal round ball
50 cal inline
357
10mm

 

[Cherokeeguide]

.17 HMR
.22 LR
.22 WMR
.22 Hornet
.218 Bee
.223 Remington / 5.56 NAT0
6mm U.S.N.
.243 Winchester
.25-35 Winchester
.250 Savage
.257 Roberts
.256 M/S
.256 Newton
.270 Winchester
7mm TCU
7mm BR
7-30 Waters
7 X 57 Mauser
.280 Remington
.30-30 Winchester
.30 U.S. Army
.300 Savage
.308 Winchester / 7.62 NATO
.30-'03
.30-'06
.300 Holland and Holland
.300 Winchester Magnum
.300 Weatherby Magnum
.303 Savage
.303 British
.32 H&R Magnum
.38 Special
.357 Magnum
.380 ACP
9mm Parabellum
9.3 X 62
.375 Holland and Holland
.44 Magnum


.410 Bore
28 Gauge
20 Gauge
20 Gauge

I'm an old geezer. All of my hunting buddies were older than I am. They are all now too dead to hunt or shoot. Having seen, in every case, their guns and other equipment considered burdensome, useless junk by surviving family, I didn't want my wife to be saddled with the burden of getting rid of what was an embarrassingly large gun collection, so I liquidated it myself over a five-year span, with the goal of having ONE rifle, ONE shotgun, ONE recreational handgun, and ONE CCW pistol.

Rifle: Home-assembled AR-15 A4 style in 5.56 NATO and (inherited) Remington 740 BDL in .308 Winchester

Shotgun: Superposed 28 gauge Yildiz Legacy HP and (inherited) A y A No. 2 Side Lock in 28 gauge.

Recreational Handgun: ,22 LR / .22 WMR 6.5" Heritage Rough Rider single-action and (inherited) Ruger Mark 1 Target, Ruger Redhawk .44 Magnum, and Beretta 92F

EDC: Bersa .380 ACP