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Which cartridges that were written or talked about made you want to get it?

For me it was the .22/6mm written about by John Haviland in the April 2002 issue of Handloader. I had one made on a Interarms Mark X action and it is my primary coyote rifle.

Another was the .338/378 Keith/Thompson written about by Ross Seyfried in a Guns & Ammo article. Still would like to have this one.


Craig Boddington writings about the 8mm Remington mag was another cartridge I longed for. I had an 8mm mag for a short time in a Remington 700. It had a (IIRC) a 23" barrel as the first inch was rusted or something.

For me it was a couple. 40-odd years ago after reading and re-reading Landis' ".22 Caliber Varmint Rifles" I had an urge to to acquire an R2 Lovell and/or a .219 Donaldson Wasp. I did both, in a pair of custom Winchester High Walls. I stuck with the R2 Lovell chambering in a succession of rifles (currently two- another High Wall and an '03 Springfield single shot), but the Wasp was a once-and-done proposition although I wouldn't mind another one.

Rick Jamison's articles, when he began the development of what we now know as the 300 WSM. He asked for suggestions on what to name it from his readership.I was hooked from the start. I had been longing for a cartridge to add some horsepower to my 308 loads. I wanted to keep it in a short action. Despite Jamison's issues with Winchester over it, the 300 WSM is one of two of my only magnum cartridges, the other being the 7 Weatherby.


Somewhere along the way I became interested in the 280 Remington due to Ron Spomer. When that fascination evolved to 280 AI, I sold my 280's for the two Borden 280 AI's I now have. They are Borden/Lilja barreled actions cobbled by Kampfeld Customs.

I had planned to build a .224 Texas Trophy Hunter based upon the local talk about it. But, when the .22 Creedmoor appeared my build took that side road. It is due to deliver any day now.

Layne Simpson enticed me to build a 308 XP100. I now have three awaiting said build.

Ross Seyfried did an article on the .340 Wby in G&A that made me want one. Also Craig Boddington writing about the .340 and .338 Win didn't help me much on wanting either those two cartridges.

Ross Seyfried, Craig Boddington, John Wooters articles on the .416's in the late 1980's had me lusting for those also.

i was always hoping Winchester would have made a 25 WSM instead of the 25 WSSM . i read plenty about the 35 Whelen so a rebored a rifle to 35 Whelen this year 2023 . thanks Jes Rebore Company,Pete53

7-STW

Layne Simpson's writings (and sketchy loading data) made the STW something of legendary proportions.

If you use Simpson data to load...........it kinda IS.

When I was in my magnum phase I wanted a 7mm STW because of a Layne Simpson article. Of course when the round became standardized and real pressure testing was done it wasn't as hot as initially reported. I never did anything about that want anyway.

I did wind up with a Remington 700 Classic in 300 Savage when my interest was piqued by an article in Handloader magazine.

Francis E. Sell made me want a .348. Had one, but it’s a lot of gun for skinny whitetails, so someone else has it now.

Not even gonna think about anything else until some of the ones waiting patiently here get bloodied. Anyhow, cartridges all work pretty much the same under the conditions I hunt in.

The illustrious 9.3x62. Having spent over a decade killing everything with a .375 once I read JB on the 9.3 and realized I could have the same thing in any '06 sized gun, the die was cast. The theory was proven to be correct, and now after a decade of killing with the 9.3x62 I must say it's about the wisest cartridge choice I've yet made.

Jim Carmichel was one of my favorite authors. I have not read any articles from him in quite a while. He wrote about the 280 and the 338 Win Mag. I had to have... I replaced the 338 with a 300 Weatherby. But still have 280's.

I've purchased a couple 270's after reading MD's articles on the 270 (same with the 204 and the 17 Hornet). I didn't care for JOC and I didn't have a 270 for quite a while.

I don't recall who wrote about the 350 RM, but I needed one right after reading about it. Layne Simpson? Ken Waters?

Don’t know who wrote it but as a teenager in the early 90s I read an article about the 280 in Outdoor life. Author made it sound 10 times as lethal as a 270 and I lobbied my dad HARD for one as my first bolt action. My grandfather ended up giving me a 270 a few years later and I never did scratch the itch. Perhaps a 280 AI one of these days….

Jack O'Connor, 270, 7x57 and 257R.

I wanted all of them I read about. I got most of them and found many to not be anything special. Only a few truly earn my admiration.

I bought a bunch of rifles over the years thanks to MuleDeer and the like! I remember reading an article about the 6.5x55 in particular and had to have one, got one in a matter of weeks. As a married father of three at the time, reading everything I could get my hands on and buying rifles (almost all Win 70s) was simply part of my entertainment. Eventually sold most to feed the habit of buying new and different stuff. I'm pretty sure I acquired a 7x57 thanks to MDs efforts with the pen!

7-08 and 6x45. I don't need either one but I always thought they have that "cool" factor going for them.

kwg

7x57

The 6.5-06, 7mm ultra mag, 338 Federal, 270 WSM, wanted them, because I read about them. I want a 338-06, but haven’t gotten to it yet.

I wanted a .333 OKH Belted, got one, used it a few years, foolishly sold it. It was built by Charlie O Neil. I miss that rifle. I sold an Iver Henriksen rifle at the same time but I was lucky, got it back.

I wouldn't give up on the .280 Rem. as is. For one thing, factory ammo is deliberately underloaded by the factories as Remington SAAMI to list it that way. Properly handloaded it's a horse of a different color. I've gotten 160 gr. Speer Grand Slams to 280 FPS with sub-MOA accuracy and long case life. I used IMR7828SSC and the max load from Nosler's #8 manual. I read articles by various gun writers so when I decided to build a custom rifle I went with the standard .280 rather than the AI. Barrel 24" BTW.

I'd read all the accolades for the 7x57, mostly stuff by Jack O'Connor, some by Mule Deer and others over the yeas but got my first one back in 1973. The only ammo available was Federal 175 gr. round nose so that's what I went with. I'd ordered brass and dies but that hadn't arrived in time for hunting season so went with the Federals. Got an easy shot about 8AM opening day and lost the deer. The wife and I looked until the sun went down but never found it. I found it the next day by the birds. It had traveled a lot farther than we thought. Coyotes didn't leave much. I stupidly sold the gun.

I'd heard and read comments on the .35 Whelen and what a whiz bang round it was mainly by Elmer Keith. Always thought about send a spare 06 ot for a rebore. The Remington brought it out as a factory load, again deliberately underloaded BTW at big "R's" request. Found a Ruger M77 at a gun show, bought it, found a Remington 700 Classic at another show about a month later and bought someones custom rifle at another show about six months later. It felt so good when I shouldered it that I didn't even try to dicker on the price. It's been my favorite elk slayer and is first choice when I go.
PJ

I have, or have had, a 25-06 and the 35 Whelen because of articles written by Bob Milek

Most of them….😁