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What is your pet caliber? In which caliber do you own the most rifles for hunting? And of course what is the reasoning behind your choices?

My mentor/hunting partner left me a number of boxes of 284 bullets, batches of brass and dies, and a few 7mm magnum rifles to dispose of, but I'm not a magnum kind of guy so...



My choice is 7mm-08. Here's a grouping of my current 7mm-08s:



A REM 700 with a Triggertech trigger and 24" barrel, a 1989 REM M7 in a Brown FS stock, a Howa Alpine with a Basner stock, a Kimber 84M with Select French walnut, and another REM M7 SS wearing a B&C Medalist.

Then again I also have a few 250-3000s. But that's another matter altogether...

I'm bad. Owned 30-06, 300 WM and 7-08 personally. In the fam and loaded for - those plus 243 and 270.

I currently only own 1 - 7-08. So it's my "pet caliber/cartride" because for me to buy a rifle for me, it would need to do something that it can't or doesn't and need to outclass it in some way well beyond just "sorta better".

When it comes to rifles, I'm no longer a churner nor collector. Just meh, handguns - sorta, need interesting 1911's and single action revolvers that start with the number 4.

Not me. They’re all good in good rifles for my use. Nothing bigger than black bears here, which is an obvious factor. My favorite rifle now is my Fieldcraft 6CM, which has the virtue of putting everything I feed it pretty close together, but it’s be just fine as a .243, 6.5, 7-08, or .308 too.

Caliber=bore diameter I believe.

6mm Remington was my first experience for a deer rifle. Since I have tried 270 Winchester, 30-06 & 6.5 Grendel. & they all do fine. Going on 3 years ago I converted a CZ527 from 6.5 Grendel to 6mm ARC

If I had to choose one caliber for my hunting type 6mm would defiantly be my choice.

Caliber - .30


Chambering - I have a soft spot for the .260 Remington.

Can't pick a favorite. For most hunting 30 cal works for just about anything but can be more than needed for a lot of game so I lean towards .277 but then there's 223, 257, 264 and of course.375. I really need to add a 7mm.

308 just because it’s the best

Caliber??

.24/6mm.

Why? Because I see no need for more HP when hunting deer which is what 99% of my hunting is.

.284

I have three rifles in 7x64 ,and the same number in .308. Both cartridges do a similar job, but the 7x64 has more panache. I'd have to vote for the 7x64. In Varmint cartridges, the .222 Remington is my favourite. It does everything I ask of it.

Caliber = .284. Chambering = 7mm-08

Only one 7x57, a 1908 action in a Bavarian style stock:

I like 30s

30-30 is my favorite. It's always been that way. It goes back hunting and trapping fiction stories I liked to read as a kid. The heroes generally used 30-30's

Been chasing PA and NY bucks for the last 47 years with the same 270

25,26,30. I like them the best.

22 and 30

221fb and .308 Winchester.

Why? Good Question.

For deer, .30 and 6.5 with specific cartridges being .30-06 (or .30-30 or .30-40) and 6.5x55.

Really like the 7. Have 7/08 , 7x57 and the best of them the 7 mm Rem Mag. However, the 25’s are my absolute favorite. The 257 Roberts (my first), the 25-06, 257 Weatherby, 25-284 Win, and my last 25 BR AI have killed a train load of deer and hogs.
I could hunt the rest of my life with them and not miss a thing.
GreggH

All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.