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My favorite would be a toss up between 270Win and 338WM. Love them both for different reasons.
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Yes Mojo, the 30 thru 375's do most NA hunting for me, the 8-bore is for fun but highly effective w/a .825" 850 gn. round ball booted in the tail by 300 gns. FFFG Swiss.
The big rifle's are for a long planned african safari for cape buff/leopard and plains game.
The bigger rifle's are kinda specialized in application but still alot of fun.
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To the OP...its gonna hafta be .224...in different cartridges and at different speeds... Same here. My favorite is probably the .223 but I can't see owning a bunch of rifles chambered for the same cartridge.
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Most owned is 30-06 probably because I am the most comfortable with it since I've used one since I was 12. My "elk rifle" is the good ol 338 win mag though and I've only got one of those since one is all you really need  
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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I have owned three .308 bores and three .284 bores and two .277
But probably a dozen .22LR through the years....it's my fav!
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What caliber do you have the most of in your battery of rifles?
Is it your favorite and/or most used (I'm kind of assuming so)?
Have you gone larger or smaller as you age?
Obviously, most of us have and use multiple calibers but do you have a preference for (your) typical hunting scenario?
I've hunted with a gamut of cartridges (up to 300Wby) but made a conscious decision to run with a standard cartridge. So, years ago, I decided to shoot the 25-06, 270Win, 280Rem and 30-06 side-by-side all summer long until I could pick a "winner". That winner was the 270 Win and I couldn't be happier. It's a sweetheart to shoot and puts the hammer on NE whitetails. I now have two 270s, both with 3-9x40 scopes, in my safe ready to go and my days of searching for the "ultimate" deer rifle are happily behind me...... 
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.30 cal, followed by .264, .458,.224,.358,.338
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I suspect there might be more .223 lovers here than will acknowledge (esp those little AI guys)!  While I am growing more enchanted with the medium bores, I have always had a love for the 6.5 bores. I could own a whole bunch of rifles in various cartridges of .264 size.
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270 Winchester is my favorite. 
JOC was right. The 270 Winchester on a Model 70 is a great combination as is the 30/06 and 375 H&H
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I have mostly owned standard .30 cal rifles over the years .308 Win and 30.06, but in the last few years with the introduction of the short magnum cartridges I have become a big fan of the .300 WSM cartridge, I love the magnum performance you get out a short action rifle. These rifles are light, handy and powerful enough to handle any game in North America what more could you ask?..............Hillbilly.
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3 223
3 257 Roberts
3 270 Win
4 7x57
5 30-06
Not sure which is my favorite?
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.....but in the last few years with the introduction of the short magnum cartridges I have become a big fan of the .300 WSM cartridge, I love the magnum performance you get out a short action rifle. These rifles are light, handy and powerful enough to handle any game in North America what more could you ask?..............Hillbilly. Same bug bit me. As an earlier post read, "...my search for the ultimate hunting rifle is over." The 300 WSM has all the atributes I wanted in a cartridge. And, the Sako 85 Finnlight had all the atributes I desired in a commercial offering. Together, it's the whole package ! Still like my 308 Win though. It too is a Sako 85 Finnlight. Both in Edge stocks.
By the way, in case you missed it, Jeremiah was a bullfrog.
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The most rifles I have chambered are 22lr, then 6.5x55, then a bunch of 30 cal from 30/30 to 30-06. The purist plinker in me loves my 22's, yet I own no centre fire .223. I might have to rectify that.
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