Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Your least diverse caliber?

I'm interpreting "least diverse" to mean least versatile - for me that would have to be my Ruger #1 in 22 Hornet. It does one thing really well, but not much else. For a relaxed day on sage rats or other varmints it's pretty hard to beat, shooting great with a 40gr V-Max at 2800-3000 fps, but it's pretty out of it's element for most other uses. That particular rifle only shoots one load really well too; it's definitely not one of those lucky rifles that just shoots everything well.

On the flip side I'd say my most versatile are my 35 caliber rifles, which will handle anything from mouse fart round ball loads to 300gr solids; jacketed, cast, coated, paper patched bullets, etc all work well. In commercial bullets, the options range from 60gr to 300+gr. They are equally at home with full power thumper loads, or suppressed subsonic loads with cast hollow points, or pistol bullets loaded fast for varmints or tree trimming. Fun times.