Home Forums Hunting & Shooting General Big Game Where is your excitenment level more,or less Cartridge wise?

Old with a new bullet? or a slap in the face with a new round...Grin

Blow a hole to daylight with proper placement. The rest don't matter.

Good greaf you are tired..?

Make hay..

new old with an old bullet out of a new box,

Old cartridge, new rifle.

I do not have an erection. Does this answer your question?

My interest of late has been finding fine rifles.

I have been collecting, tweaking and loading for them for over 60 years! Among others I have a battery of old M70's.

I have had the regular cartridges including the 358 Win. My 'woods' bullet! Also wildcats and so called Improved cartridges for a lifetime.

Of late I have to take what comes cartridge wise when I see a rifle I want. Lately too many have been magnums and I have been shooting a 300 Win. mag, 7mm RM etc quite a bit.

Here is one of the latest; A 7mm RM with 1-12" twist on an FN action. I really like it's stock. It shoots 120 BT's ok and I trying light X bullets also.

Interested in big bore levers.

7x57 in and with anything. Muddy

Been interested in 22CFs lately, especially with hunting bullets for medium sized game. Really looking forward to trying the new 64gr Nolsers in my Pre-64 Swift for deer this fall.

Also enjoying working up loads for my 240Wby and 25-06AI.

Guess overall I'm migrating toward smaller calibers for my deer hunting. My 7mm and above rifles seem to be getting neglected.

Back in the saddle with the Swede after many years with new toppers..

Old with new bullets. 22-250, 7X57 and 30-06. Liking the 22-250 with heavy bullets, just not sure what they're good for.

It's been the year of the magnums for me.I bought a 7mm, .300, and a .338. I still want either a .257 or a .264 .

I like nice rifles and don't much care what the chambering is, although it's a bonus to find a good one that can be fed without having to buy a bunch more stuff. For the hunting I do, anything from a .44 carbine on up is plenty of gun and I usually carry something in the .270-.30/06 class. This year, for the first time, I'll be using a .243 during the rifle season, but again it's more about the cute little vintage Sako Forester than the caliber.

Depends on the what and the where for me�

For hunting out West (elk/black bear/mulies/speed goats), a 7mm Rem mag, 300 Win Mag or 338 Win Mag, preferably out of a Rem M700 or a Win M70 in a McMillan stock with Cerakote on the metal. For hogs/whitetails here in TX, I like me a good old pre 64 Win 1894 in 30WCF and open sights� wood and blued metal obviously�

That's if I'm not hunting with one of my SA big bore revolvers (44 mag/45Colt or 475 Linebaugh)�

Old with new bullets here. 256 Newton with 123gr Lapua Scenars.

I must be getting tired still admire a nice rifle but am getting into the "about anything will do " frame of mind. I have bought only one rifle in the past 4-5 yrs and sort of wish I had not but have acquired 3-4 shotguns that are ones I always sort of wanted but never found at the right price until recently. Handguns are sort of ho hum to me too.

.338 Mags, with newer style bullets. Been working loads for the Browning BAR to use with big bears and elk. Also have a thing
about getting an older 7x57mm again.

Little dinky cartridges bore the hell out of me. Some guys swear you can shoot the little ones better. I've yet to ever notice the difference of shot placement on game in the field with the magnums. A bang flop is a bang flop, spare me the drama please.. 06 case and larger for me.