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Which caliber do you have the most of? #14083054 08/28/19 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,623 Likes: 11 Texas hanco OP Campfire Savant OP hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,623 Likes: 11 Texas Looks like I have nine .30 calibers, six 7 mm, five 6.5’s What do you have?

Re: Which caliber do you have the most of? hanco #14083096 08/28/19 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 12,651 6491 Feet Above Sea Level Coyote_Hunter Campfire Outfitter Coyote_Hunter Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 12,651 6491 Feet Above Sea Level .308" by a mile. .300BLK, .30-30, 2x .308, 3x .30-06, .300WM That makes 9 total by my count. By contrast: 3x .224" 2x .284" 1x of everything else (excluding .22 rimfires and handguns) Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE! No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's. A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.

Re: Which caliber do you have the most of? hanco #14083105 08/28/19 Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 7,852 The RED part of MD S StoneCutter Campfire Outfitter StoneCutter Campfire Outfitter S Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 7,852 The RED part of MD 12 gauge. "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Ronald Reagan

Re: Which caliber do you have the most of? hanco #14083159 08/28/19 Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 1,187 Bandera, TX DubThomas Campfire Regular DubThomas Campfire Regular Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 1,187 Bandera, TX It's a tie. Two 7mm's and two 6.5's. I sold a 7/08 or the 7mm's would have won. The lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part!

Re: Which caliber do you have the most of? hanco #14083164 08/28/19 Joined: May 2009 Posts: 17,264 Cheyenne, Wy Fotis Campfire Ranger Fotis Campfire Ranger Joined: May 2009 Posts: 17,264 Cheyenne, Wy In diameters-------308, 30-30 300 bee 30-378 bee-----7mm bee and 28 nosler----6.5 prc 6.5 bee https://thehandloadinglog.wordpress.com μολὼν λαβέ "Weatherby was too long so I nicknamed it "Bee""

Re: Which caliber do you have the most of? hanco #14083217 08/28/19 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 29,383 O Oldelkhunter Campfire Ranger Oldelkhunter Campfire Ranger O Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 29,383 7mm and it ain't close

Re: Which caliber do you have the most of? hanco #14083266 08/28/19 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,280 Likes: 1 Chassohowitzka, FL M Muffin Campfire Outfitter Muffin Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,280 Likes: 1 Chassohowitzka, FL 22 "...A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box..." Frederick Douglass, 1867 ( . Y . )

Re: Which caliber do you have the most of? hanco #14083267 08/28/19 Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 1,066 Mississippi W whitearrow Campfire Regular whitearrow Campfire Regular W Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 1,066 Mississippi 260 rem and .22lr win out as the most redundant in my safe. Big Ed "Only accurate rifles are interesting" Col. Townsend Whelen

Re: Which caliber do you have the most of? hanco #14083282 08/28/19 Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 11,952 NB / Canada SuperCub Campfire Outfitter SuperCub Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 11,952 NB / Canada Since the question was for calibers ...... Four 30cal Three 284cal

Re: Which caliber do you have the most of? hanco #14083287 08/28/19 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,951 Winchester, WY USA M memtb Campfire Outfitter memtb Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,951 Winchester, WY USA 22 rim fires (unknown #), .223 Rem - 3, .375 -2 ( H&H, AI), and a bunch of other stuff! memtb You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel “I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024

Re: Which caliber do you have the most of? memtb #14083295 08/28/19 Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 4,001 Cave Creek, AZ Blacktailer Campfire Tracker Blacktailer Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 4,001 Cave Creek, AZ 308 I am continually astounded at how quickly people make up their minds on little evidence or none at all. Jack O'Connor

Re: Which caliber do you have the most of? hanco #14083297 08/28/19 Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 28,251 Likes: 6 W. Texas J JGRaider Campfire Ranger JGRaider Campfire Ranger J Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 28,251 Likes: 6 W. Texas Equal amount of 7 and 6.5's. It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.

Re: Which caliber do you have the most of? hanco #14083299 08/28/19 Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,901 Pennsylvania D Dogslife57 Campfire Regular Dogslife57 Campfire Regular D Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,901 Pennsylvania Bore size, a tie between 358s and 338s. Subject to change at any time!

Re: Which caliber do you have the most of? hanco #14083324 08/28/19 Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 8,295 Northern USA P pete53 Campfire Outfitter pete53 Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 8,295 Northern USA .224, but i can and have reloaded for around 50-60 different caliber / cartridges over 40 some years and still own most.variety is the spice of life in shooting and reloading ! Last edited by pete53; 08/28/19. LIFE NRA , we vote Red up here, Norseman

Re: Which caliber do you have the most of? hanco #14083340 08/28/19 Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,584 natman Campfire Regular natman Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,584 22 LR by a long chalk. Centerfire, 30-06, with at least 7 I can think of off the top of my head.

Re: Which caliber do you have the most of? hanco #14083361 08/28/19 Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,759 SW Virginia V VaHillbilly Campfire Outfitter VaHillbilly Campfire Outfitter V Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,759 SW Virginia Almost all my centerfire rifles are .308, it makes my reloading bench much less cluttered and its also much cheaper since i dont have to keep a bunch of bullets and powder in inventory 👍.....Hb

Re: Which caliber do you have the most of? hanco #14083398 08/28/19 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 2,701 Lakewood, CO z1r Campfire Regular z1r Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 2,701 Lakewood, CO If I include the milsurps, 8mm. Followed by .30 cal, then 9.3mm, then 6.5, then .223, then 7mm. The 8x57 is the must numerous chambering, followed by the .30-06.

Re: Which caliber do you have the most of? hanco #14083410 08/28/19 Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 13,760 J JCMCUBIC Campfire Outfitter JCMCUBIC Campfire Outfitter J Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 13,760 .224 by a good margin. The next closest is less than 1/2 the number of .224 bores.

Re: Which caliber do you have the most of? hanco #14083414 08/28/19 Joined: May 2010 Posts: 7,359 The West Mountain P Poconojack Campfire Tracker Poconojack Campfire Tracker P Joined: May 2010 Posts: 7,359 The West Mountain 270 Winchester by far. "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Hunter S. Thompson

Re: Which caliber do you have the most of? hanco #14083718 08/28/19 Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 4,361 SCgman1 Campfire Tracker SCgman1 Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 4,361 7- 30s 1- .284