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Boring ole .35 whelen in an Encore. I enjoy hunting with it.

7mm08

30-06


Okie John

30-06, the do everything caliber!

There isn't one.

30-06, 308, 22lr, 12g.

Im boring but I guess if I had to have just one, it would be the 06. Its good for everything I do.

7 Mauser

+1 on the .30-30. I just like the rifle that much. .30-06 would be right behind.

7 Rem mag

I have to say the 30-06.I've been hunting for over fifty years,but have only owned a 30-06 for about the last five years.I don't know why,my Dad always hated them,so I never was around one when I was younger.Used a 222,30-30,6mm,25-06 for many of my younger years.Moved up to the 7mag about 25yrs ago,which is still one of my favorites.In the last 10 years got a 7STW,308,300WSM,300 Win Mag,270Win(I had that rebarreled to a 30-06 this year).The problem with owning so many rifles using different cartridges is,it takes more dies,brass,different bullets,powders and just gets to be a pain in the a$$.I've narrowed down my battery to 7mm and 30cal.Use my heavy bullets for my bigger guns and lighter ones for my smaller guns,if you can call a 308 or a 7mag my smaller guns,but that's what I use for centerfire hunting cartridges.I now have four 7mags and four 30-06's which have become my primary hunting rifles.I have to say,the more I work up loads and hunt with the 30-06,the more I like it.It is just so versatile.People who don't like it just don't understand it.You have so many choices of 30cal bullets to use in it.Wide choice of powders will work in it and because of the size of the bore and case,max charges with most powders will give you nearly a 100% full case.Brass is cheap and easy to find.If you don't reload,you can find a box of ammo for it anywhere ammo is sold,for a reasonable price too.

300 mag of win or ultra flavor.

300 mag of win or ultra flavor. That daid, i have a pre 64 chambered in 270 wby that I have a sentimental connection with.

None of them. That said, the Ruger MKII in 338 Win Mag that I got from my father as a graduation gift would be the very last rifle that I own that I'd ever part with.

300 WM with lots of different .308 bullets, brass, powder and a set of dies.

None. If my favorites went away, there's something newer that merely duplicates the ballistics. That's the fun of new factory rounds and wildcats = reinventing the wheel and calling it something new.

The only caliber that I absolutely could not live without would be the .22 LR, but since we are focusing on big game rifles, I'd say there are none in particular that would send me screaming into the night if they disappeared. I admit that I would be an unhappy camper if the .308 Win disappeared, but many similar cartridges would get the job done without a .308n in hand.

That's a very different question.

I can't see myself ever going away from my custom magnumized .45-90 and .50-110s. I love them, there is nothing on Earth like them, and it seems unlikely there's going to be much further development in that direction unless I or a few people I know do it. For .375 H&H and 7RM I would be very unlikely to switch to anything other than a ballistic twin in the same caliber although the case designs themselves are not fantastic.

I could definitely see myself ditching my 7mm-08 which is covering mountain rifle duty, low recoil, and even the occasional varmint. It's OK, but we've never bonded. I keep coming back to the idea of a 6.5 WSM or 6.5 SAUM with a 1:8" twist.

For Me its .300 Win..............Hb

308 Win.

The 30-06 is a great cartridge! But. With the 308, 300H&H, 300 win., 308 TC, 300RSUM, 300WSM........... it is not irreplaceable. Just 1 example, applies to all calibers. Except, perhaps 22LR. Nothing like it for easy, cheap, fun shooting. Now that you can buy them again.