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Purchased:
.30-06 - dad, grandpa, JOC and mostly Larry Benoit.
7mmPRC - Joseph Von Benedikt, and if I'm honest, Mr. Stick.

On The List:
9.3x62 - Mule Deer.
.308 - Mule Deer.

257 roberts... mule deer
6.5x55... havilland

Everyone talks up the 35whelen and 9.3x62 so that interests me. A local person gave me a new set of Hornady 35whelan dies so I'm already kitted up for that. Trouble is I already have an 338RCM, 338win, 348win, 348 ackley imp, 375 Ruger, and 375h&h. It's one of those things where I don't "need" anything but another middle bore would be cool.

For me it was a savage 99 in .300sav from an article in pa game news.

That article has cost me allot of money over the last fifteen years

This and the 45-70. Although I can’t remember the rancher dude who wrote about taking the 45-70 to Africa.

Instead of the CHeetah, either one, I had a Savage 112 chambered for 22-243 AI. It was an interesting round. I ran 60 gr Hornadys in a 14 twist. I did not stand on it as hard as it was capable. The barrel did not last long anyway.

It shall be resurrected as a 22 Creed.

Reading Jack O Connor in the 60’s I had to have a .270 and a 30-06, still have both. And a .44 mag from Elmer Keith

Since I've always been a gun nut, and none of my friends or relatives were as enthusiastic as me, I got most of my inspiration about new hunting rifle cartridges from reading about them. That's what led me to the .222 Rem, .257 Roberts, .25-06, 7x57, 7x64, .35 Whelen, 9.3x62, 9.3x74R, .375 H&H, and .450-400 3" Nitro Express. The 9.3x62 and .375 are also used by my brother. Other than those two, NONE are used by friends or relatives, but I like and use them all.

.222 because of anybody I read that talked about its accuracy.

7/08 - Carmichel

308 Win - I think that was Wooters.

45-70 - Brian Pierce

Jamison had me hot for a short mag for a while. Never did get one though.

44 mag - Keith

44 special - Skeeter

back when Col. Boddington (2000 ?) wrote about the 7.82 Warbird, I absolutely had to have one and it didn't dissapoint, it was the 30 caliber velocity king and still is, although the brass was the weak link (and still is)

there is something magical about 180 gr bullets zipping out at 3500 fps and 200 gr bullets at 3350 fps

1k moose & black bear killing is precision drilling

It's been fun reading though the first 6 pages of this thread - brought back a lot of memories:

.25-06—Milek
6.5x55—Aagaard
.270 Winchester—O’Connor
7x57 Mauser—O’Connor, Aagaard
.280 Remington—Carmichel
7mm RM—Hagel
30-06—My Dad, and a bunch of others
.35 Whelen AI—Sitton (and also responsible for my one and only blown primer - back in the day)
9.3x62 Mauser—Aagaard, Barsness
.375 H&H—Everyone and his brother
.45 LC—Seyfried

i told you about my 35/30-30, now i can tell you about a rifle that my family has. it is a 1898 Springfield Armory (1903) in 30-40 Krag. my great grandfather bought it. he killed deer with that rifle. then my grandfather (Pappy) had it and he killed deer with it until the early 1950s when he bought a Remington m760 (pistol grip and ribbed forearm) on '06. my dad (RIP), when he was young, had it and he killed deer until the 1970-71 Remington m760 in '06. then his brother (my late uncle) when he was young had it, until he got a Remington m7600 in '06. Pappy kept it and the Krag was given to me (2013) a year before he died. the rifle will be given to one of my sons, i'll let them decide.

i looked the rifle up and i found out that it was made in 1903. then Bannerman or the NRA cut the barrel to 22", put the front sight on, cut off the stock and then sold it to my great grandfather. sometime in the early 1960s, my Pappy had a Bishop or Fajen stock put on it. i didn't find the "original" stock a few weeks after he died. it was in the basement and he put it up in floor joists. i tried to wash it off, but i ended up with black stock, so i refinished it with 4 or 5 coats on Minwax Antique Oil and 3 coats of Poly oil/mineral spirits. i put on a Redfield 102K aperture sight before i found the "original" stock.





i wanted to shoot cast bullets, so i did clean the barrel down to bare steel. 6 or 7 days (throughout the 2 or 3 weeks i had it), 8 - 10 hours using Sweets, Shooter Choice and Gunslick foaming bore cleaner. i scrubbed out black gunk, copper, black gunk, burned powder, black gunk, spirals of copper, black gunk, cupronickel, black gunk and some black gunk. after i and my arm were done, i did a lead slug and it measured .3085" or a .311" cast bullet. i shoot a 165gr Ranch Dog (173gr avg) and H4198 going 1930fps. i have killed about 13 or 14 deer with the Krag, while my oldest son has killed 8 deer, including 173 yard shot, the furthest cast bullet shot (my sons and me). the youngest son has about 2 or 3 deer. i mostly take deer around 30 - 40 yards, but i shot a doe in the overgrown field that was at 154 yards.


mostly i don't go off on what the gun writer says, but i liked John Wooters, Kieth McCafferty, John Barsness, Ed Zern, Gary Sitton, Pat McManus, Brain Pierce.....the old timers who used to tell a story, instead of crap they write today. "how good is the Remchester 297 Super Dooper Magnumitis with a 300gr Noseerday Super ballistic bullet with platuim in it and it goes faster than speed of light," that kinda crap. thats the reason why i have not bought a gun rag for 25 some years.

7mm-08 Remington
.44 Special
.375 Ruger (good luck finding brass for it)

Now passively on the lookout for a S&W .41 Magnum, just because I want one. I have zero need for one, but whats that got to do with it?

Allways wanted a Shiloh Sharps Long Range Express chambered for 50-140 3.25". Followed the adds in the gun magazines for years allways just a little more money than I could afford and of course the price just kept going up. One afternoon when I was done working I slid by my lgs. Knew all the guys there. At the counter one of them showed me a cartridge and said bet you don't know what this is? I said you'd lose because it is a 50-140 Sharps that some dipshit put a greaser in. He shook his head and laughed hard " you're right it is". I said to bad you don't have the rifle we could do a deal. He laughed , reached behind him and picked up the rifle and handed it to me. Awe struck I finally said how much? He couldn't quote me one yet as that was up to the boss. I asked for first right of refusal. That he granted. I ended up with it at a price I really couldn't afford but sometimes in life it will pass you by if you don't jump on it. I jumped. That was 32 years ago thousands of rounds out the barrel , hundreds of pounds of lead and with less than 50 shots to a pound of powder several cases of that. Mule deer, antelope and a cow buffalo. Targets to 800 yds what a cartridge it is the one I still marvel at. 10 lbs 3 oz that 34" Shiloh let's you know when it goes off, you never have a problem spotting your misses. It was just an add in the back of a magazine no one writing about it.
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Cool story Bob. That has to be a helluva case!

Not so much a cartridge, but for years I have read about Carlos Hatchcock and the evolution of the Winchester and Remington sniper rifles in the U.S. and have always wanted one.
I owned a CAF Parker Hale sniper rifle for a bit years ago and liked it, but it and the T model Lee Enfield do not hold the same attraction for me- probably because to build a T model is out of my budget! LOL!
I may build a M70 clone this winter however......
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Anything I've ever got an interest in something, I got one or had one built.

I can't give credit to any gun writer, or magazine.

If I was ever motivated by any gun writer, it would have been Finn Aagard.

I had thought about doing a Marlin 1894 in one sone years ago, before they got stupid expensive as a donor.

If I were to do one now, I'd probably use a Ruger #1 or a repro 1885.

The Martini does have a real panache factor, though. I've thought having one in 300 Rook or 300 Sherwood would be cool for small game. I just ended up getting a Henry BBS carbine in 32 a few years ago instead because it's cheaper and way less hassle to load for.

The .250-3000 and the .257 Roberts for me.
My experience with the .250 has been great; I've owned several and all but one, a 1953 99F, were very accurate and easy to load for.
The Roberts, much as I love it on paper, has been less satisfactory; I've owned several, but never one that was as easy to load for as the Savage round.

For me, it's basically every cartridge Finn Aagaard ever wrote about, up to and including the 300 WinMag.

I don't have a 22 Hornet or a 7mm-08 yet, but I'll get there.