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If You Had to Live with Six Rifle Calibers

13 Aug 2017
@ 12:26 am (GMT)

Lane Salvato

This sort of post shows how desperate I am for hunting season to arrive. If you could only have six calibers to live with for the rest of your life, which would they be? One of my friends asked me this the other day, and I chose the following:

223

243

30-06

7 mm Rem. Mag.

35 Whelen

45-70

I could have just as easily gone with the 375 H & H over the 45-70, but thought that I might as well have one lever action rifle. What do you guys think? What's funny, is that my actual rifles are the 223, 25-06, 270, 7 mm-08, and 338 Win. Mag. Not much difference except for the 25-06 doesn't have the bullet availability that the 243 does.

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18 Feb 2018 @ 04:25 am (GMT)	Quote this Paul Leverman Re: If You Had to Live with Six Rifle Calibers 22LR .243 .308 .338 .458 12 ga. If there was only one it would have to be the 12 ga.
05 Mar 2018 @ 05:43 pm (GMT)	Quote this David Hartley Re: If You Had to Live with Six Rifle Calibers One each from the main calibres up to .30cal works well for me in NZ. Each rifle has a specific task, shoots a specific bullet, from a woods gun to a long-ranger, and everything in between. I've had great success with the ELD-X, has performed well from close to long range, haven't felt the need to switch to something more frangible for long range. Rimfire: .22LR - 10/22 rabbit and possum gun, various CCI Centrefire .223 Rem (24" barrel, 1:12" twist - 50gr VMax varminter) .243 Win (20" barrel, 1:10" twist - 100gr ProHunter, up to 350m) 6.5 Creedmoor (24" barrel, 1:8" twist - 143gr ELD-X medium ranger to 600m) 7mm Rem Mag (26" barrel, 1:9" twist - 175gr ELD-X long ranger to 1000m) .308 Win (20" barrel - 178gr ELD-X woods gun, effective close range but good for 300m)
11 Apr 2018 @ 02:58 am (GMT)	Quote this Iain Rathie Re: If You Had to Live with Six Rifle Calibers 1. 22LR 2. 222 3. 243 or 257 Roberts 4. 270 5. 30/30 lever action 6. 12 Guage OU
20 Apr 2018 @ 12:34 pm (GMT)	Quote this Stuart Talbot Re: If You Had to Live with Six Rifle Calibers I don't think I'd require that many... .22LR .270 Win .45-70
20 Apr 2018 @ 09:20 pm (GMT)	Quote this Justshootit Re: If You Had to Live with Six Rifle Calibers 22lr 12 gauge with interchangeable rifled slug barrel 7mm rem mag.
03 May 2018 @ 09:54 am (GMT)	Quote this Marcos García Re: If You Had to Live with Six Rifle Calibers 1. 270 Win 2. 7mm Rem Mag 3. 308 Win 4. 338 Win Mag 5. 35 Whelen 6. 375 H & H
03 May 2018 @ 03:19 pm (GMT)	Quote this Luis Vazquez Re: If You Had to Live with Six Rifle Calibers 22 LR 223 7x08 7mm Rem Mag 12 GA 45-70