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Since the woodchucks are gone from the meadows most of my rifle use has been .30".

When I shot in centerfire competition at 200 yds I used a 6mm.



My rifles at the range that day. From the top.

Pre. 64 M70 custom 300 Win
Kimber 8400 270 WSM
Mauser 30-06
Ruger 77 Express 270

.223. Especially in a .22-250.

Mr Battue, I have a killer 22-250 if you need another,I have had some super accurate guns in my day and I put this one in the top 5!I have no idea who made barrel for Winchester but its not hammer forged and its hand lapped to perfection as is all the moving parts! It is a Custom Shop Sporter Varmint (1988 I think) and it puts any load Ive ever stuck in it in one ragged hole, the metal and wood is Killer! I have all paperwork, box even shipping sleeve and the original order form, then Custom shop work sheet and Letter. It had 9 rounds when I got it , less than 60 and Ive never hot rodded,, it all factory ammo, I will sell for whatever I have in it,AND throw in all ammo Ive accumulated.You will not believe how it shoots Winchester white box 40 round box cheap ammo..I give a 3 day SHOOTING check out as well! I'm starting a new cattle feeding operation and have a 100 long guns to move!!!Mr GSP can't buy em all!! the very best WinPoor

I'm sure yours is a shooter, but the Nula is a LW and shoots better than I can hold it with TTSX bullets and may shoot NBT's even better.

Good luck with the new operation.

99, you have some nice rifles there.. By your handle, I expected only 99's?

My favorite bore dia. would have to be .30... from the .30-30 to the various .300's those are my favorites...

But I in the course of a year, I shoot far more .224's than any other dia.. of those my .222, 223, .22-250 and Swift are my favorites..

Next in line would be my .25-06, but the .270 is a fine selection also... Had I found this .270 35 years ago, who knows..

.30 for me. I'm a cast bullet shooter and the selection of molds in that caliber far outweighs all the others. .22 is a close runner-up as favorite. Come to think of it, with 30-40 guns at hand, there are is only one between .22 and .30- a .25-35 Savage barrel for on my swap-barrel 1899 custom takedown, and that barrel gets cast bullets only also.

I tried, I can't do it...I love em all!

I have killed the most game in my life with the following in order. There are others but these are my top three most used calibers.

1) 30.cal .308
2) 270 .277
3) 7mm .284

My favorite in My Savage is .358 or 308,, never 303

I can make 100 arguments in favor of 284 dia and try to convince myself it's best but you just can't beat the 308 bullet selection and endless size cases to fill with powder and drive them..

I believe my favorite caliber is the .338... It is very closely followed by the .358.

I was wondering if that was the case... I'm thinking the cartridges are 338 win mag, mostly because of what it's harnessed in, and 35 Newton...

30 caliber for me.

I think that if I had started with the 270, then it would easily have been my favorite.

.338 all day, every day, and three times on Sunday for me GSP.

.277 closely followed by .308

.308 just because I really like that diameter and I'm trying to simplify down to .30 caliber.

Spot on. Love the 35 Newton. Both of them are just about the same for my purposes.

Have a 243 Featherweight, 308 Featherweight, 264wm Featherweight, 1950 270 standard and a 1952 300 h&h standard, all Winchester pre 64 model 70's. If I HAD to get rid of four of them, I would keep my 270. But I love them all.

Based on how many .35s have taken up residence at my house, .358. I'm very fond of 8mms and 9.3s these days as well.

You need a good 338 Alaskan...