What's your favorite caliber?

[Choupique]

.338 win mag is still my favorite. I shot a deer last year at 150 yards that flopped over, and I could see little smoke curley Q's coming out of the entrance hole for a good 2-3 seconds immediately after. Just about the coolest thing ever. Pieces of lung and rib and blood all over the place behind where it had been standing. Doesn't make a meat jelly mess like smaller/faster rounds I've used in the past (.270, .30-06, 7 mag, etc).

I'm well aware that it's full blown Fudd logic. I hadn't been introduced to the modern smaller is better mantra when I got it. I use a .223 sometimes now. I keep breaking my plate hangers with the .338. It makes me giggle. I can't quit shooting stuff with it.

 

[JAC8504]

There is a distinct advantage to shooting what everyone else at camp shoots. As long as your friends have shells then you’ll never run out.

I have a 30-06 and now I want to build a custom in 30-06

I don’t know, the more I dive down rabbit holes of calibers/ cartridges that I am to the point where I think “KISS” just use the 30-06 and reload it to do what you want plus if you ever forget ammo or lose it or whatever… you can pick factory offerings up.

I use to have a mixture of larger game cartridges.

243, 25-06, 260, 7x57, 7mm08, 7mm rem mag, 300WM, 300wsm, multiple 308, 338WM, 375hh, 30/30, 45/70

Now I have
(1) 308
(1) 30-06
(1) 338 WM
(1) 30/30
(1) 45/70 and I feel great about the decision

I get to enjoy my rifles a lot more.

 

[coyotekilla]

Very cool. Thanks for the info. It would be a very fun way to hunt stealthy areas. Unfortunately, where I hunt in the plains of Wyoming, even a supersonic .300 BLK has a trajectory like a rainbow.

Oh, it drops like a bad rock, scope can adjust for like 25 moa and its limited from 50 to 156 yards with this shell. This gives me a 165 to 175 yd max range. Its about as quiet as a crossbow.

I hunt alot of fields here in pa, 300 yard shots aren't uncommon so I understand your Wyoming hunting, and I'm not gonna take it for every whitetail hunt, but it's a nice tool to have

 

[MT_Fin]

Generally a 6.5 or some flavor has been my favorite deer caliber. But anything thats on hand will suffice for me.

 

[tesilential]

I like 6.5cm with hornady precision hunter ammo. It’s my only rifle but I researched a lot prior to buying a few heads ago. I’d do it again or just get a .308 for ammo availability. There were times during Covid when local shops had no 6.5cm for months but had 5-10 different bullets in stock for .308.

 

[flotech79]

223 rem with a 77tmk going 2800 fps, suppressed.

 

[TonySkyline]

I have a bunch I use for deer and it varies by situation and what glass I’ll need for the area I’m hunting. If I’m in Ohio (or any straightwall state) it’s the 450 bush. I also use a 6.5 man bun, 300wsm, 30/06, 270, and 7mm rem. 90% of the time I’m using my 7mm rem mag. It’s a laser beam and shoots flat with not much drop, and it hits like a freight train… especially on shots over 300 yards (they typically drop).


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[06 SB]

338 Federal with 200s or 185s.

 

[JRS3]

90% of WT hunts = 7mm-08 with 140 NABs.

Tag or Guided Hunts= 7mm RM

 

[mtnbound]

6 Creed never fails to impress me.

 

[JRS3]

6 Creed never fails to impress me.

I have been using one as well the past few years and feel the exact same way.

 

[Pilarczyk85]

Im looking hard at 7 PRC for my next whitetail cartridge.

 

[Nightstandx]

Howdy, my favorite caliber is anything .264 . For close to 40 years my favorite was 264Wm. still right there with the 6.5-300Weatherby. I smile every time I shoot either one or any of them. If I want to put a smile on my face or as you put it everyday shooter it would definitely be my custom built 264 Wm.

 

[Ringbill27]

I have a 30-06 and now I want to build a custom in 30-06

I don’t know, the more I dive down rabbit holes of calibers/ cartridges that I am to the point where I think “KISS” just use the 30-06 and reload it to do what you want plus if you ever forget ammo or lose it or whatever… you can pick factory offerings up.

I use to have a mixture of larger game cartridges.

243, 25-06, 260, 7x57, 7mm08, 7mm rem mag, 300WM, 300wsm, multiple 308, 338WM, 375hh, 30/30, 45/70

Now I have
(1) 308
(1) 30-06
(1) 338 WM
(1) 30/30
(1) 45/70 and I feel great about the decision

I get to enjoy my rifles a lot more.

If this rifle is intended to be mainly a deer rifle I’d go 7mm08. It’s a fantastic cartridge on whitetail.
It would be my one deer gun forever cartridge if I ever had to.

 

[flotech79]

308 18" with a suppressor