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Me, I dislike any cartridge used for hunting that was developed for military use. Love any thing that has H&H or NE on the head stamp.

same here ... I used to have disdain for the 7mm mag and .300 mag, but it was due to the character of the people who I met who carried them. I'm amused by statements like "I want it to be powerful enough to kill the deer no matter where I hit it," and "I used to shoot a .308, but then I switched to a .300 mag to knock 'em down faster"

Though I don't have much use for any of the short mags, I dislike the 30 carbine the most. It's very difficult to reload properly with that tapered case.

I have no love for the 7.62x39, but only when fired at me, had some hit to close to comfort to me in Iraq and Afghanistan. And RPG's...

100% agreed.

You know in an earlier post I said I didn't really dislike any cartridge but a few years ago I found a listing for beautiful ornate small action martini rifle that evidently had been a prize at some fair in Australia at the turn of the century. The problem was it was chambered for something called a .44 kangaroo. The price at that time was fairly reasonable though I have run across listings for the rifle a couple of times since and it was astronomically high. I really had an interest in the rifle but wore a keyboard out trying to find info about what was obviously an obsolete proprietary cartridge. One of the most obscure cartridges I have run across and from the dimensions I was able to find found there were really no good base cases that you could form them out of. I really liked that little rifle but passed because I didn't want to alter it and wasn't willing to go to the trouble to have someone lathe turn me cases. So I dislike the 44 kangaroo. Why they didn't chamber it in 44-40 I'll never know.

+1

I DESPISE the .22 Velo Dog cartridge. I had a dog named Velo and would not have wanted to see him shot.

I have spent more time and money trying to build a 300 Win Mag that I liked (without success), so maybe it is my least favorite.

Damn , never owned one that wouldn't shoot lights out.

Gunner

Most people have good luck with the 300 Win. By the time my builds were as light as I wanted, they kicked too much to allow me to really concentrate and accuracy suffered. When they are heavy enough to let the accuracy really shine through, they are too much for elk mountains.

Much more telling about my preferences than about the cartridge.

yep, yep, and yep.

243 win

8 mm Rem Mag. SOB kicks like a mule for not much real advantage over a .300 Win or Wby Mag and wastes a lot of powder in a vain effort to best the .338 mags.

That's what I'd be looking at. I shot two deer last year with a .243, one through the boiler room, got a very visible reaction to the shot and a short death-run.

Second one was through the shoulder, boom-flop.

Yeah, I use dto love to hate the .308, then I got one, within 6 months I had two more. Love the .260, haven't owned a 7mm-08 but did take my last Axis buck with one. What's not to like?

Main reason I don't use the WSM's is I am Mauser guy primarily and I already own every ctartridge a WSM would replace. If I were into short action rifles I wouldn't have a problem with them and have built a few for customers that were well liked.

So many new cartridges simply duplicate the performance of existing rifles I own, so there is no incentive for me to acquire a new one.

10-4, sounds like a nice lightweight 284 Winchester is in order.

Gunner

LOL! The thread is entitled "What Cartridge Do You Dislike The Most"....not..."What People Do You Dislike The Most"...

I have seen maroons with every cartridge imaginable....likely more with 308's and 30/06's than anything else.

I hate any cartridge that I cannot get "good" bullets for.

That exactly nails the problem with the 300 magnums for some folks. Get them light enough for a mountain rifle and they'll make a brass monkey flinch.