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I don't care much for the 7mm Remington Mag. Think it was because I had a second cousin who brought one up for deer hunting one year and my grandpa had nothing good to say about it. He was a diehard 257 Roberts man.

Don't like .270, .243, or .25-06.

Never liked the 7mm mag. The first experience with it was with an acquaintance who insisted on loading the lightest cup and core bullets he could find as fast as he could possibly push them and then complain about the lack of penetration on deer. And expect me to help him butcher the horribly bloodshot carcass.

Never cared a great deal for the 257 Wby for the same reason. Watched a former high post count warrior hold his between his legs to pry open the bolt and opined he might have to back it off a half grain. His deer were always horribly bloodshot and usually in the hams.

Realistically their both good rounds but I just can't seem to generate any love for either.

The whole 308 family pretty much with maybe the exception of the 243 Winchester. 300 mags of about any flavor. Not really into the Weatherby cartridges either.

Cartridges I don't like:

1) .243 and 7 Rem. mag - boring and super popular when I first got serious about shooting

2) anything AI - of questionable benefit, too trendy and adds complications

these others I don't like just because

3) anything Weatherby except the .257

4) anything with short magnum in the name

5) anything for AR's except the .223 and .308

6) .300 mags

Nothing against them but don't seem to go below 30 cal, with the exception of the 22LR of course.

There is nothing in 25, 33, or 35 caliber that I'd care for. Anything that any of the 25 calibers can do there are better options in 24 and 26 caliber. Same with 33 and 35 caliber. Until you start shooting bullets heavier than 250 gr there are 30 caliber cartridges that will do the same thing. If you're shooting bullets heavier than 250 gr it is time to move up to 375.

Creedmoor, it can't do anything a 260 rem can't do better, and let's not forget the geriatric 6.5 swede that also out performs it.. Everyone thought the 260 was smallish for big game but now think the creed is a 600 yd elk slayer. Trendy stuff in general bugs me, especially when they underperform when compared older proven products.

Really surprised at the number of people who don't like the .223. Love my Ruger MKII even though it is a slow-twist and prefers 40g bullets above all others. (But it LOVES the 40s.) Cheap factory ammo, almost no recoil, great for p-dogs, coyotes and other nuisances and low cost to load and shoot. Great round for kids to get started on after a .22LR.

No love for the .25s? My Roberts is my favorite rifle. At the range and during antelope season I have to fight my girls to use it and when I get home I have to check and make sure one of them didn't abscond with it. Best for handloader's, to be sure, but excellent Roberts factory ammo is available. Low recoil whether it is loaded for varmints or elk. Hangs in with the 6.5 CM and .260 Rem in terms of ballistics but I'll grant they are better choices for the non-handloader.

Come on JG, this is nothing more than pure and simple old fashioned communism.....

Early on, actually for many years, I had an aversion to .223, .243, 7 Rem mag, and 9mm in particular, the .270 in general. The .223, .243, and 9mm because I thought they were under powered based on what I had read, the 7 mag because it seemed like everybody had one and bragged on them constantly, and the .270 because it was just too mediocre and had no pizzaz..

Over the years, I've had to eat humble pie, but I either own, or have owned all of them, and for the most part, still do, and found nothing wrong with them. I used to fool more with something different than what everyone else had, either because it offered some obscure advantage, or just for the sake of being different. I lost a LOT of money when I would get tired of them and tried to trade them in or sell them.

Now, not that I ever had a desire for any of these, but I avoid offbeat things like the .25 WSSM, .30 T/C, Ruger .338 Compact Magnum, etc. Some because I have no interest, but mostly, in my older age, it's the hassle of when you're short on time and you don't have anything loaded up already, you can just grab a box off the shelf and shoot if you feel like it. I've found that they kill just as good as something obscure if you put a decent bullet in the right place, (although with the 9mm, bullet technology has came a LONG ways) and they are a lot easier to churn, should you desire to do so.

6mm... no rational reason, despite having had a number of 243's.

The list of cartridges I LIKE well enough to part with my cash to buy a gun so chambered is a LOT shorter than those that fail to meet that standard. The winners of the wallet vote:

Rifles ======
.22LR
.223 Rem
.22-250
.243 Win (Admittedly, this was to be a donor for a 6.5-something until I shot it.)
.257 Roberts
6.5-06AI (Custom)
.280 Rem
7mm RM
.30-30
.308 Win
.30-06 (shipped one off to a new son-in-law yesterday so only 4 left in the safe)
.300 WM
.338 WM (Semi-custom)
.375 Win
.44 Mag
.45-70

Handguns ======
.22LR
.25ACP (Fun and for $149.95 I couldn't turn down the Beretta. The one centerfire I don't reload.)
.327 Federal Mag
.380 ACP
9mm Luger
.38 Special (Wife's carry gun)
.357 Mag
.40 S&W
.44 Mag

Shotguns ======
12 ga.


Not suggesting the others are no good, just that they failed my wallet test.


YMMV (and clearly does in many cases)

35 Whelen

The .25-06.

No desire to own any chambering labled as "magnum", or any cartridge that is "belted", and very few rimmed case centerfire cartridges are tolerated

However, in a pinch they'll all serve my purpose.

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308 and honestly it has nothing to do with the caliber! More so with some cousins who tout it as the greatest cartridge ever. Never really warmed up to the 243, but my older brother has killed piles of deer with them. I've always liked the 270 and wish I still had mine, but I've been dedicated to the 6.5's since 2008. Shooting 260, 6.5 Creedmoor, and 6.5x55. And yes I can't tell one bit of difference in on game performance of any of them lol.

30 TC is about the only one I can hate on.

Don't like is probably the wrong word, but there are some that don't interest me or they strike me as offering nothing that a number of more common rounds don't offer.Being primarily a deer hunter I never really had a lot of use for anything above a 30-06 and frankly it's a lot of storm and strife for my needs or potential needs. Don't really need belted cartridges either. Never saw the need for the 17 cal. Or .20 cal rounds. Im sure there are more but ymmv as they say.

I don't have any rifles in cartridges that I don't like.

I'm not interested in collecting rifles, So everything I have has a purpose.

Also, Don't have any negative feelings or thoughts on any particular cartridges.