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What chambering can you NOT live without? #12059800 05/29/17 Joined: May 2009 Posts: 17,252 Cheyenne, Wy Fotis OP Campfire Ranger OP Fotis Campfire Ranger Joined: May 2009 Posts: 17,252 Cheyenne, Wy What say you? Generally talking about big game rifles here! https://thehandloadinglog.wordpress.com μολὼν λαβέ "Weatherby was too long so I nicknamed it "Bee""

Re: What chambering can you NOT live without? Fotis #12059811 05/29/17 Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 24,851 USA T Tom264 Campfire Ranger Tom264 Campfire Ranger T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 24,851 USA .243 AI .

Re: What chambering can you NOT live without? Fotis #12059821 05/29/17 Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,360 K KLM Campfire Tracker KLM Campfire Tracker K Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,360 Toss up between .300wm and .270.

Re: What chambering can you NOT live without? Fotis #12059823 05/29/17 Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,362 Clute, Texas A agazain Campfire Tracker agazain Campfire Tracker A Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,362 Clute, Texas .375 Weatherby

Re: What chambering can you NOT live without? Fotis #12059850 05/29/17 Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,834 Craigmont, Idaho M mart Campfire Tracker mart Campfire Tracker M Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,834 Craigmont, Idaho The choice would come down to the 35 and 400 Whelen. I guess in the end I would feel lost without my 400. It has become my hands down, favorite big game rifle. Chronographs, bore scopes and pattern boards have broke a lot of hearts.

Re: What chambering can you NOT live without? Fotis #12059868 05/29/17 Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,420 Lands of Ethan & Ira Allen T Taconic11 Campfire Regular Taconic11 Campfire Regular T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,420 Lands of Ethan & Ira Allen 8x57

Re: What chambering can you NOT live without? Fotis #12059872 05/29/17 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 45,995 Colorado S smokepole Campfire 'Bwana smokepole Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 45,995 Colorado None of 'em. A wise man is frequently humbled.

Re: What chambering can you NOT live without? Fotis #12059881 05/29/17 Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 17,239 The Land of Cotton GeoW Campfire Ranger GeoW Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 17,239 The Land of Cotton 7mm-08 "I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson GeoW, The "Unwoke" ...Let's go Brandon! "A Well Regulated Militia" Life Member

Re: What chambering can you NOT live without? Fotis #12059888 05/29/17 Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 32,124 OMAHA 260Remguy Campfire 'Bwana 260Remguy Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 32,124 OMAHA 270, the easy solution to most hunting challenges. But the 256 Newton could have filled the same market niche if Charles Newton had been a better marketeer.

Re: What chambering can you NOT live without? smokepole #12059902 05/29/17 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,628 Midwest SKane Campfire Ranger SKane Campfire Ranger Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,628 Midwest Originally Posted by smokepole None of 'em. Same here. With so many choices overlapping one another, one is sure to have 4-5 choices around a favorite. WWP53D

Re: What chambering can you NOT live without? Fotis #12059922 05/29/17 Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 437 Phoenix,Arizona Z Zengela Campfire Member Zengela Campfire Member Z Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 437 Phoenix,Arizona 375 H&H. I can hunt happily with it for anything forever. Like it at the range also. I've shot steenbok to elephant with it. And I just love my rifle. I will be a homeless hobo living under an overpass before I sell it.

Re: What chambering can you NOT live without? Tom264 #12059931 05/29/17 Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 19,179 Southern Arkansas J jwall Campfire Ranger jwall Campfire Ranger J Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 19,179 Southern Arkansas Originally Posted by Tom264 .243 AI I have one - it's called 6mm Rem NOT my choice as a must have. Jerry jwall- *** 3100 guy*** A Flat Trajectory is Never a Handicap Speed is Trajectory's Friend !!

Re: What chambering can you NOT live without? SKane #12059940 05/29/17 Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 19,179 Southern Arkansas J jwall Campfire Ranger jwall Campfire Ranger J Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 19,179 Southern Arkansas Originally Posted by SKane Same here. With so many choices overlapping one another, one is sure to have 4-5 choices around a favorite. Yep, as long as I have 1 of 4 OR 5 I could do all my big game hunting, no sweat. Jerry jwall- *** 3100 guy*** A Flat Trajectory is Never a Handicap Speed is Trajectory's Friend !!

Re: What chambering can you NOT live without? Fotis #12059965 05/29/17 Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,499 NWintheNE mitchellmountain Campfire Regular mitchellmountain Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,499 NWintheNE My late father left me 30-06 and 300 sav, so those. Other than that my tastes vary from year to year.h Tell me the odds of putting grease on the same pancake? I Know they are there, well ice and house slippers. -Kawi

Re: What chambering can you NOT live without? Fotis #12059970 05/29/17 Joined: May 2017 Posts: 137 B BrowningGuy88 Campfire Member BrowningGuy88 Campfire Member B Joined: May 2017 Posts: 137 I guess 30-06 for me. As long as I have a stable, there will be a 30-06 in it. I feel like it will do anything on the continental US and in all likelihood I'll never do a dangerous game safari or coastal brown bears so it will handle anything im going to be hunting

Re: What chambering can you NOT live without? Fotis #12059972 05/29/17 Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 3,590 Nonya Dre Campfire Tracker Dre Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 3,590 Nonya 22LR All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.

Re: What chambering can you NOT live without? Taconic11 #12060032 05/29/17 Joined: May 2009 Posts: 17,252 Cheyenne, Wy Fotis OP Campfire Ranger OP Fotis Campfire Ranger Joined: May 2009 Posts: 17,252 Cheyenne, Wy Originally Posted by Taconic11 8x57 Now that is definitely a rare one!!!!! https://thehandloadinglog.wordpress.com μολὼν λαβέ "Weatherby was too long so I nicknamed it "Bee""

Re: What chambering can you NOT live without? SKane #12060045 05/29/17 Joined: May 2009 Posts: 17,252 Cheyenne, Wy Fotis OP Campfire Ranger OP Fotis Campfire Ranger Joined: May 2009 Posts: 17,252 Cheyenne, Wy Originally Posted by SKane Originally Posted by smokepole None of 'em. Same here. With so many choices overlapping one another, one is sure to have 4-5 choices around a favorite. OK is there a particular rifle in a particular chambering that you will not let go? https://thehandloadinglog.wordpress.com μολὼν λαβέ "Weatherby was too long so I nicknamed it "Bee""

Re: What chambering can you NOT live without? Fotis #12060070 05/29/17 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,628 Midwest SKane Campfire Ranger SKane Campfire Ranger Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,628 Midwest Originally Posted by Fotis OK is there a particular rifle in a particular chambering that you will not let go? Put that way, yes, there is one; 7SAUM in a Bansner stock. It's nothing special and easily replicated but it's got the package "it" factor for me - a lot of history and ample battle scars to make folks think I don't care of my equipment. WWP53D

Re: What chambering can you NOT live without? Fotis #12060112 05/29/17 Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14,104 Boot Heel of New Mexico mudhen Campfire Outfitter mudhen Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14,104 Boot Heel of New Mexico Learning to live without a .270, having given my last one away at Christmas to my only nephew. With that one gone, the .30-06 will be the last to go. Ben Some days it takes most of the day for me to do practically nothing...