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7X57 is a pretty good go anywhere do it all cartridge. 405 winchester is another great favorite of mine. 45 2.3 sharps loaded with black and 500-550 gr paper patch bullets is retro with an attitude. The first elk I ever killed was with a 250 savage, another great retro that's been left out in the recent past.
the most expensive bullet there is isn't worth a plug nickel if it don't go where its supposed to. www.historicshooting.com
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A few. 32 Special, 303, 7MM Gibbs, 35 Whelen, 300 Savage, 7X57, 8MM, 376 Steyr, 280, & 30-30.
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Did all of my deer hunting the last 2 years with an 1899H Savage built in 1912, tang rear sight, in .22 HiPower. Backup gun is a Savage 99 in .30/30. Retro enough for you?!
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A friend of mine inherited a 30-Remington slide-action rifle, so we loaded up some ammo for it and he used it deer hunting for the last several years.
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Main hunting rifle has been a 300 Savage the last 4 years, and took a 303 Savage out this year. Didn't get a shot with it, but I will eventually. Took an antelope a couple years ago with a 250 Savage. 32-40 is also on the table for a hunt in the future.
All Savage 99's, as though you probably couldn't tell.
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Use a 45/70 and 8x57m
Also like the 7x57, .300 savage, and 9.3x62m
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I do like to hunt with old or odd cartridges. In the last four years I've hunted with and taken game with: .30-30, .35 Rem, .257 Roberts, 7x57, 8x57, 9.3x62 and a .45-70.
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Very Cool choices. I've always had a thing for calibers with history. I've always wanted a 6.5x55 or 7x57. Looks like it will have to be a 6.5x55 since no one really makes a 7x57 anymore, unless you go custom. 257 Roberts would also be pretty cool.
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I like to hunt with my 303 Brit, 35 Whelen and 30/30.
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Along these lines , sort of . Not a single X mm caliber in the safe.
Anyone else have a completely non metric collection ?
Phil
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Ahhh, Phil, you are missing out, they are great cartridges. Most of the world uses them.
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Have a 35 whelen and two 6.5 x 55 swede's. Really like the swedes
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I regularly hunt with 6.5x55, 7x57, and 45-70.
I load ammo for a buddy's 8mm Lebel. Now there's one you don't hear about very often. I believe it was the first military round loaded with smokeless powder, and possibly the first smokeless round of all time.
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I killed two nice bucks this year with two different rifles chambered in 6.5x55. A Ruger #1 and a TIKKA, both excellent rifles. Also have a 7x57 Ruger #1 and a 45-70. Have hunted with and shot deer with 257 Roberts and Ruger Super Blackhawk in 41 Mag.
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Along these lines , sort of . Not a single X mm caliber in the safe.
Anyone else have a completely non metric collection ? Ha, just for that, I have a completely metric collection. I have a 7.62x63mm, 7.62x51mm, 5.56x45mm, 6.8x63mm, 6.17x51mm......J/K
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Im into the old Savages 303sav.,250, 300, 358, and hunted with my 1920 30-30, used to hunt with black Powder 45-70, 44-77s! John
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.300 Savage, .257 Roberts, 6.5x55, 7x57, 16 gauge....heck, I don't think I ever let go of "retro" enough to return!
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All of mine are American. The only questionable one (and also the newest caliber) is the .308, you know, that 7.62 NATO thing.
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Wow, I never thought I'd live long enough to hear someone call those cartridges obsolete. Retro maybe, but far from obsolete. If you want to talk obsolete, I hunt with, and reload for, the 303 Savage and 22 High Power cartridges. I personally would not use the 22 HP on deer. I use it for coyotes. The 303 and the 30-30 are about the same so it is a good deer round.
I can't believe I forgot to add my 8X60 Mauser.
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A Bob, Swede, or 7x57 is "obsolete" in the hunting field like an hourglass figure is "obsolete" on a woman.
I prefer timeless ...
GE
Last edited by Gaviidae_Esq; 01/29/09. Reason: spacing
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