Your 3 favorite hunting cartridges of all time

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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Flbt said:

What do you think of the 223?
If you can find one the stevens model 200
Are cheap or where I think I payed 127 or 137$ for it new. I bought it as a cheap farm rifle that could get beat up and not worry about it.
It turns out to be one of the best shooting rifles I have owned 50,55,62 and 64 gr bullets would all print a tuching 3 shot group factory sp ammo. And that with the suckey plastic trigger.
I was thinking of replacing the trigger but a family member wanted it for his son. So we did a deal.
All these years later they don’t want to sell it back

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Bob Nelson 35Whelen said:

@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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BTP-KennethWRoyce said:

Assuming the need for wide availability, this trio could do it all:

.22LR (or .22 Mag)
.30-06
.416 Rigby (or .416 Rem Mag, or .416 Ruger) -- 400gr/2400fps

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BONUS OPINION: If no DG, and one handloaded hunting rifle, probably a .35 Whelen A.I.
Load handgun bullets for plinking/varmits, and up to 250gr for any PG.

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Bob Nelson 35Whelen said:

@BTP-KennethWRoyce
Or big 310s to over 2,400fps for pure bone crushing power and that's just out of a standard Whelen.
Bob

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BTP-KennethWRoyce said:

Good tip, thanks, I wasn't aware of 310gr for the .35. That would have a huge SD (.346).

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