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6.5x55 swede
220 swift
300 win mag
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This is just senseless banter until a new tally tells us what is the BEST. I can't wait, so I can change my favorite to whatever popular opinion dictates. NOT!
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it's a tie for me between the .223rem/.223AI and the 7mm-08 ...
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I had to give a lot of thought to this one. It would have to be the 22 Long Rifle.
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Sorry I took a day off - here are the new totals...
3 - 22lr
1 - 223
1 - 220 swift
2 - 243
1 - 6.5x55 swede
1 - 6.5x57
1 - 250/3000
3 - 25-06
1 - 25/284
2 - 264 Win
24- 270
1 - 270 WSM
12- 7-08
3 - 7x57
4 - 7 Rem Mag
1 - 7 STW
6 - 280
2 - 284
1 - 300 Sav
1 - 30/30
6 - 308
12- 30-06
1 - 300WSM
4 - 300 Win mag
1 - 308 Norma mag
2 - 338-06
3 - 338 win mag
2 - 348
3 - 358 Win
1 - 35 Whelen
1 - 358 Norma
1 - 358 STA
1 - 8-06
3 - 9.3x62
2 - 375 H&H
1 - 378 weatherby
1 - 45/70
1 - 450/400 3"
1 - 50 Cal MZLoader
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Here's the top of the heap this is getting pretty interesting
24 each 270
12 each 30-06
12 each 7-08
6 each 280
6 each 308
4 each 7 Rem Mag
4 each 300 Win Mag
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Wow, .270 is the #1!!
Great caliber, but I would have thought one on the 30 calibers would be #1.
It�s a magazine not a clip......
Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.�
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Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!
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A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.
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For coyotes to elk the .270 win.
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All time favorite is my 300H&H, then my 280. I've got a bunch of others that I like too, but they're not my favorites.
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This might make a little more sense to you & me Passport.
Favorite by caliber:
1st - 7mm @ 29
2nd - .308 @ 27
3rd - .270 @ 26
4th - .338 @ 7
5th - .358 @ 6
5th - .257 @ 6
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I cant pick just one but my top three are:
444 Marlin
35 Whelen
.25-06
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we looking at cartridges here not boresize only.
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Just breaking it down another way, thought it was interesting and that maybe someone else would too. I couldn't believe the 270 had that big of an advantage, but with the multiple varieties of both 7mm and .30 calibers they tend to spread out the gun owners over several calibers.
A couple more comparisons like short vs. long vs. magnum length and parent case of the favorite cartridges from the list (I'm sure the '06 has it by a long shot) would also be interesting.
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7-08 Ackley. Have I mentioned that before? 
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300 H&H if it is just one.
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For my hunting applications, the 6.5x55.
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