Your 3 favorite hunting cartridges of all time

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Tough, real tough to go down to just 3 ! But I'll give it a bash .....

Number 1 / .22 we all grew up with it, its a superb rabbit, hare, pigeon, small game round. Cheap, super easy to shoot & does the job. You have to love it!

Number 2 / this is the tough one for me & I'll do an either or .... either the 6,5x55 SE a super flat & long shooting, low recoil, accurate round that will cover everything in Europe (ever bear) or 8x68S which I just love as a caliber that goes a bit further than the 6,5 & carries a bit more omph - plus it will cover Africa & the States !

Number 3 / got to be the .404 Jeffrey, although I don't own one. I have a .375, a .416, a .450 & a couple of .470s & I guess that is why it is the .404 Jeffrey, because I do not have one !!!!!!!

Why 3 & not 5 ??
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My three “favorite” cartridge list changes nearly as often as I change my underwear. Current lineup would be:
1. 7mm REM Mag
2. Federal’s new Peak 6.5 Creedmoor notwithstanding it hasn’t even hit shelves yet, and
3. 6.5 Swede.
The three cartridges that would be the last three I would ever give up if civilization were ending? Unequivocally they are:
1. 30-06 Springfield
2. 308 Win
3. 223 REM/5.56
And I will always own at least two rifles chambered in those three cartridges. Currently two ‘06s, three bolt action 223s, two ARs, and five 308 Wins. And a goodly supply of fodder for all three.
Remember boys keep an eye out for the air assault black pajama ninjas fast roping into your back yard
 
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F. Vaccaro said:
Everyone is thinking big game & I enjoy deer/elk hunting a lot, but I fire a couple of hundred more shots from my varmint rifles than I do big game rifles.
I NEED a .222 Remington!;)
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My 1st varmint rifle was a 222 lots of jack rabbit and a few fox than I got a model 70 in 22 250 and the fox hunting got serious
 
280 Rem (Old A-Bolt w Leupold VX-6HD)
300 WM (Engineered TIKA w Leupold VX-6HD)
416 Rigby (Ruger RSM w Leupold Leupold Patrol HD)

Hon mention: Ruger M77 338 WM w VX-6HD
 
New list- I too need a shotgun.
1. 9.3x74 R in a Blaser K95
2. 7x64R also in K95 with Liemke slip-on Merlin thermal for Blaser’s 1-7x rail type scope
3. Blaser 12 ga F3 Competition (with additional 20, 28 and .410 bbls) ( i shoot clays 4x/week but I could take advantage of bigger stuff with it if opportunity arose.)

There is an extra .22 Hornet K95 barrel as a fill-in. Dumped the .270 and .308 K95 barrels because the 7x65 fills that space.
 
F. Vaccaro said:
Everyone is thinking big game & I enjoy deer/elk hunting a lot, but I fire a couple of hundred more shots from my varmint rifles than I do big game rifles.
I NEED a .222 Remington!;)
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@F. Vaccaro
Look for an old REM 788.
Not pretty but man they shoot well. Mine shoots sub 0.5" groups.
Bob
 
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