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There is only one... the .22-250 Silvertip in the nickle case with the moly bullet head and the little white tip.... sweet as !
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Nickel cases .30-06 with a 168 grain Barnes XLC sitting atop a stiff load of IMR 4350. Aww....heaven. Flinch
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That 7mm WSM with a Fail Safe stuffed on top just looks BAD! ![[Linked Image]](http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid61/p85ce2e867225fba9a24ece7b9fe211d1/fc2eeedd.jpg) I am really looking forward to knocking something over with it this year.
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Whichever cartridge I happen to be shooting any particular day. In other words, I only own the best looking factory cartridges and like them all! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
How about a thread about the ugliest cartridges? My vote would go for the .35 Rem.- Sheister
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220 Swift still king.
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The 25-06 first followed by 270 Win. -- no
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Gonna have to agree with you there, CAS. Same goes for the 300 WSM - it just looks mean with that 180 grain fail safe on top. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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I'm shooting it, not screwing it, performance is what counts......in both activities now that I think about it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
But I do like the 6.5 Swede, tho.
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This has turned out much as I thought it would, several of you looked at the cartridge as I do for pure shape of the object, others saw the preformance offered by that shape...that is ok too. But Schiester the ugliest cartridge can not go to the 35 Rem as it is beautifull and I happen to own one. Nope the ugly cartridge has to be the 32 Win Special.
Wade the 45-70 is a beauty unto it self, simple straight foreward and big.
Now guys don't get me wrong there are those of you out there who would prefer Sophia Loren in her prime to Anna Nicole Smith in her on the hoof todays model and Visa Versa. Ken I'll take a 100 rounds and the dies, let me know when you get them I'll send the money or sooner. To all of you, this little exercise simply shows that we are individuals, we look at things, objects, from different perspectives. Some of us see the physical shape while others see what that shape has the potential to do.
So many guns so little money
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I always thought that the 7x57 was perfectly proportioned. The short, ultra-fat WSSMs get my vote for the ugliest - with their tiny necks and bloated bodies they remind me of some of the characters in the comics of R. Crumb.
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A brand-spanking-new set of Hornady "Custom Grade New Dimension" dies and a hundred AHR cases sit here awaiting your next visit to the Bitterroot Valley.
And I agree that (a) the .35 Remington is far from ugly, and (b) the new short magnums are. The Weatherbys' "Venturi" shoulders make 'em among the ugliest, but I can't think of a factory cartridge that can take the lead crown for sheer ugly away from a wildcat whose moniker I can't recall -- it has a hemispheric shoulder, of all things! Looks like a jug with no handle ring on the shoulder. (Now I'll probably have nightmares about it tonight. Had a dream so beautiful the other morning, BTW, that I hated waking up -- a friend handed me the loveliest engraved schuetzen rifle I'd ever seen and said "It's yours." I just had time to dine sumptuously but briefly on some tiny details of its loveliness before I woke.)
There was once a cartridge -- a European or English factory cartridge, at that, I think -- with an 89� or 90� shoulder. I can't recall its designation, either. Nothing factory-loaded today is anywhere near as ugly, IMO.
"Good enough" isn't.
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Ken, Hate to contribute to the nightmares but here you go. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> ![[Linked Image]](http://images.andale.com/f2/115/106/3435483/1052548617044_smc_drawing.JPG) I agree on the appearance, however, since the designer is a friend of mine I've reserved judgment on the whole deal until I get some time spent with the system. And yes, that is a patent drawing. I love the 30/40 Krag with the 220 grain as the prettiest girl on the block. Or maybe it's the 6 BR or the ....... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
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rdinak;
What "factory" is currently loading the .280 AI ????
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.284 Winchester followed very closely by the .220 Swift.....
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Sorry gotta disagree with you Ken, The .300 Wby is some pretty medicine <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Kinda wants me to be a doctor (wait ... I'm working on that now) so I can prescribe that pill over and over <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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Bullwnlk Has to be the 6.5 x 55......followed by the 8 x 57 and the 9.3 x 62..........no wait...........its got to be the 9.3 Sisk <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Charlie
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Charlie, if I had to pick a second cartridge it would be the 250-3000 and a third would be a 257 Roberts. If I were picking jet aircraft it would be the F-104 StarFighter and the F-4 Phantom. There has never been a prettier car than the 250 Ferarri GTO, with the 427 AC Cobra a very close second. And for boats It's gotta be the old Allison powered Pride of Pay N Pack unlimited hydroplane. nothing but viseral sound and evil looking. My kinda boat.
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I'd have to say the 243 winchester with 100 gr Hornady spire pt.
That seems to be the most beautiful to me. Why? well probably not cause of any outstanding ballistics but because it was in my first big game rifle I ever owned. AND it was the cartridge that I was taught how to reload on.
Whatever you are willing to put up with, is exactly what you will have.
When your ship comes in. ... make sure you are willing to unload it.
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It looks like it's haulin ass, just sittin on the bench....
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