Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Cartridges that you wanted because what was written or said about them.

For me it was .257 Roberts and .35 Whelen, I've owned both but more experience with the Whelen which has been my whitetail rifle for the last 30 + years. Completely satisfied with it, does everything expected of it. Shoots cast, jacketed and pistol bullets accurately and kills whitetails with authority.

Probably the 30-06
Back in the day a lot of debate over the 270and 30-06 I chose the 06
Since I have chosen my cartridge based on the benchmark of what it will do better than the good ok 06
And kinda came full circle and use the 06 the most these days

This . Although the 270 wasn’t as high on my list as the other 2 for some reason

As others have noted, there is hardly a cartridge that I haven’t wanted at one time or another.

That said, the only one I can trace directly to wanting from only having read about it is the .220 Swift. Frank Glaser’s Alaska’s Wolf Man, and a few others suddenly created an unquenchable desire. And I have not regretted getting it either.

Other guns that I have purchased came more from hand-me-down stories from more local hunting heroes.

375 H&H, 35 Whalen, 358 Win, 45-70 Gvmt, 300 H&H: the only one I actually got was 300 H&H. Too late now

270win. Jack O'Connor

absolutely none. but there have been a lot written and talked about that I actually researched and decided for myself if I wanted them..

It seemed like you couldn’t pick up a gun magazine in the early 90’s that didn’t have a story touting the magical powers of the 280
Remington. The lack of both available factory ammo and the time to put together my own had always kept me from scratching that itch. That was until recently when a Remington 700 Mountain Rifle spoke to me.

That particular rifle/cartridge combo had held my intrigue for 30 years so enough was finally enough. The only other rifle I may have considered for my first 280 would’ve been a Custom KS. The blued & walnut Mountain Rifle are the best looking Remington 700’s ever made IMHO.

I haven’t had a chance to shoot this rifle yet, but will mount up a spare Kahles 2-7x36 sometime after Thanksgiving and see how it shoots. It will make for a handy package. I tracked down some Hornady Precision Hunter 140’s and will check out Norma’s 160 Tip Strike as well. I’m looking forward to seeing if the setup meets my expectations after 30+ years of lusting after it! I may get time to wring it out yet this year on a TX deer or hog.

6.5x55/7x57- my old time mentor got my brother and I into both of these cartridge's. He gave us a m38 husqvarna to use on the farm growing up. Had lots of fun with that rifle.

8x57/30-06/303 Brit/ 7.62x54r/7.7 jap- had a love for history from a young age. Read lots about what the axis and allies used so naturally i bought a few milsurps and sporters along the way and had my fair share of success using them.

9.3x62- caught my attention from the Speer hand loading book. Then Ted Wagner from the Yukon influenced me and got me set up with a good hand load that shot sub moa with 285gr bullets at 2440 fps.

7x64- Ken waters Pet Loads/ and other manuals/ European forums.

you can't go wrong with the 7x57. i've killed a dump truck load of deer with the 7x57.

i use a Husqvarna m46 in 9.3x57 with 275gr WFN GC and IMR4895 that kills deer DRT.

3006, 45-70, 45 long colt.

I wanted a Winchester 94 in 30-30 because nearly all the men I knew as a kid hunted with this outfit. I grew up in a very rural part of the Allegheny Highlands of Pennsylvania where annual deer hunting is extremely popular. My first 30-30 carbine was a Glenfield because the sale price was too good to pass. But many years later, my Dad gifted me with a deluxe Winchester 94 featuring angle eject which in my opinion makes an excellent deer rifle for forests and foothills. - Sherwood

.220 Swift

6.5-284 Norma

.375 H&H—Peter Capstick

.416 Rem Mag-Because I’ll never afford the next two;

.470 Nitro Express—Capstick

.500-450 Nitro Express—Teddy Roosevelt’s African Game Trails and the African hunting film “In the blood”

.408 CheyTac

All that said, I own none of them. If I had to pick one of the above its the .375 H&H.