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30-30......barf, never will bed down in my stable.

For all you WZZZM and RUM haters, I have one comment to make................................................................ <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> (or in the words of Theresa Hienz Kerry "shove it" !!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />)

Of course, I mean that in the most sincere way. heheheheheheheheheheh <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Tony.

For me, anything that kicks more than a .30-'06. Other than that,

"Cartridges are like sex, their all good, somes just better that others"

Combo

Anything with the name Weatherby attached to it.....

For me its the 250/3000 and 257 Bob. I have owned both and shot critters with both. Whatever they can do the 25-06 can and will do a hole lot better, and faster and further and more accurately. I don't see anything saumie, 7.62x39 or 8mm in my future.
I'ts almost unamerican to not like the "ought six" guys.

Glad I got here late � lots of suggestions.

I like the .270, have owned three, currently have one. I�ve owned seven, no, eight, no � oh I forget � a bunch of .30-06�s. I just love that boring old phardt. Want a .338 Win. Mag but with a couple of .30-06�s on one end and three .375�s on the other, no point in splitting the difference. Oh, but this is about what we would refuse to own. Okay�

� Any .224 cartridge that�s NOT a .223 or .221 Fireball, although I might regress and get a third .22-250 some day.
� Any Weatherby cartridge.
� Anything based on the original 7X57 case. Great cartridges, excellent, useful, wonderful hunting cartridges, but just not short enough to be �short� and if you go long action might as well get something based off�n the �06 case. To me a 7mm-08 is a better 7X57, but that�s just me.
� Anything RUM.
� Anything WSSM � although remove one S and I might get a .30 WSM � but ONLY, ONLY because Winchester might someday in this century produce a left handed Featherweight and the bast*rds will only offer it in the WSM lineup. Freakin� jerks � don�t they know every left hander in the world, (well, at least one in Boise, ID) would be at the store before it opens waiting to buy a LH Featherweight in 7mm-08? Stupid bean counters!
� Any lever action big bore - .444, .45-70 � don�t mind the chamberings but those drop heeled lever action stocks whack my cheekbone worse than anything.
� Any bottle neck or belted cartridge over .375 H&H. A man�s got to know his limitations, and mine end at .375.
� Got no use for the .243 either although there is a .243 sitting in the closet � sold all the dies and bullets but just can�t bring myself to sell the rifle. Being an early nineties vintage M700 left handed short action may have something to do with that, however.
� Another 7mm Rem. Mag. Flat shooter, accurate, doesn�t kick much, just have no use for it that a .30-06 won�t cover here or a .270 or .300 Win. Mag won�t cover out there.
� Said I would never get another .44 Magnum but here I am with a new (to me) 4� Model 629 and just loving that thing. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
� 9mm Parabellum � why?
� .22 Magnum � only because I�ve never seen one accurate enough to do any good at it�s extended range.
� .17 Remington

Will probably think of more later�

I'll never go to Alaska to hunt. For big game, I'll never own anything smaller than .25 or over .30 or any magnum. Two exceptions, maybe, a 264mag, or 6.5SHAMU., but probably a 6.5x284 instead of above. capt david <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

The 270 Win. It should not have been invented when we already had the 7mm. I think it was a marketing gimmick! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Then, any Weatherby / RUM type cartridge (excluding the SAUM's). I have no use for a big game cartridge that shoots faster than 3000 FPS.

I absolutely refuse to own a .577 T-Rex. I prefer my eyeballs in their sockets, not on the ground.

There are some cartridges that I don't like all that much but if a nice gun came along then I might buy it anyway.

There is a new Schuetzen replica for sale in a shop here. I think it's a Uberti. It has color case hardening etc. The thing is that it's chambered in .45 Colt! Now I like the .45 Colt in revolvers but in a Schuetzen?

Anything in 8mm. Dislike this one the most.

Anything in 25 caliber except for the 257 WSSM.

I'll take any of the new WSMs or SAUM's over any
270, 280, or 3006,

30-06 hands down. It is an excellent cartridge, but everybody and their dogs 50 yrs. old and up have one and so many articles have been written about it I gag everytime another one shows up. Being the military cartridge of WWII is probably the main reason for its popularity, but as several have stated many times, most any cartridge from .257 Roberts on up would have killed just as many of the enemy, if the bullet was placed correctly. There was no magic in the cartridge. It was a good reliable round with an excellent delivery system. Many other rounds would have done the same thing. You would naturally have a fondness for whatever you were shooting that saved your bacon and got you out of a dangerous situation.

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> I'm sure he meant anything withOUT the Weatherby name on it! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

Anything with a belt that doesn't need one. That pretty much just leaves the original H&Hs.



WSM, WSSM, SAUM, RUM...none of them, please.



.204 Ruger, .243 Win., .280 Rem., .264 Win.Mag., 7mm Rem. Mag.



For the hunting I do, I'm pretty set and happy with my current stable: .223 Rem., .270 Win., .375 Win. I could probably get away with not buying another rifle for the rest of my life (Did I really just say that? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />).



RSY

.375 RUM in the 6 lb 12 oz. format listed on another thread here. I'm just thinking ouch.

You guys that don't like the .30-06 are a bunch of dang...

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DEMOCRATS!!!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

308 Winchester.

Jim,

Damn man, that is really hitting below the belt..........worst flame I have seen on 24hr !!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

You'll be luck if Ricasso doesn't suspend your posting rights for that comment !! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Tony.

Any caliber smaller than .224 and for all those that dislike
the 30-06 you might want to test the atmosphere where
you live I believe it might be a little short on oxygen. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

9 3GUY- You better hurry on up to Al's. I dropped off a 7 Rem Mag off a couple weeks ago to become a much needed <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> .338 Win Mag. My .243 may follow soon to be turned into a 7-08, which I like better than the .243.

As far as a cartridge that I simply wouldn't own-- do the french have any of their own??? If so, I wouldn't own one.

I'll do without any Weatherby caliber or RUM's. Just can't see a reason for all the abuse <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />