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3 Rifle Calibers no collection should be without...

RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
edited August 2002 in General Discussion
What three rifle calibers should every gun owner have in his collection? Why? [This message has been edited by Rembrandt (edited 11-08-2001).]
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  • gunnutgunnut Member Posts: 724 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    .223 Small Stuff308 Medium Stuff30-06 Large StuffAll are proven, and ammo is always available!!! "and cheap"
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    .22lr.223.308
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  • MojorisinMojorisin Member Posts: 41 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    .22 or .22 Mag-(small game)..220 swift-(long range predator)30-06-(all the rest)[This message has been edited by Mojorisin (edited 11-08-2001).]
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  • sandman2234sandman2234 Member Posts: 894 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I sure hope my Wife doesn't see this post. I have her convinced that i should have 3 guns of each caliber in my collection. Would hate for her to see this b/4 I get most of them.
    Have Gun, will travel
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  • kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    v35 beat me to it!WHY?.22 Cheap Plinking, Practice, Small Game ... Everybody should own at least 1 10/22.223 Nato Round, Cheap, Abundant Supply, more power than .22... better Range, Accuracy & almost as common as the .22.308 Again, Nato round, Cheap, Abundant Supply, more power than .223 ... better Range, Accuracy than .223 & again almost as common as the .22 A rifle is only a club if you dont have ammo!
    GUN CONTROL: If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention!kimberkid@gunbroker.zzn.com
    If you really desire something, you'll find a way ?
    ? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
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  • TED GARTED GAR Member Posts: 389 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    45 acp for up close 22-250 for waaay out there. And 308 0r 30-06 for Nalgai or big hogs.
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  • sandman2234sandman2234 Member Posts: 894 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    are you picking a .45 as a rifle caliber, or because it fits your beloved 1911 that you don't want to be without? As a pistol round, it would be one of my choices, but to bring a Thompson to a rifle shoot, well, I just don't think so. Nothing wrong with the thompson, would rather own one than a 10/22, but well, bring what you got.
    Have Gun, will travel
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  • mustangmustang Member Posts: 615 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    so.... where does the 300 win. mag. fit in?
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  • MojorisinMojorisin Member Posts: 41 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mustang; I would say the 300 win. mag would replace the 30-06 in any state north of Missouri.
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  • kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    mustangIf he'd asked for 4 the 300 win mag may have been my next pick, but most likely the 30.06, the 300 still isn't all that common but it is finding its nitch ... as distance increases, immediate need decreases... IMHO
    GUN CONTROL: If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention!kimberkid@gunbroker.zzn.com
    If you really desire something, you'll find a way ?
    ? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Will you guys stop it? I have my boss convinced that I need a rifle in every caliber used for horned and antlered game! I still need the 6.5x55 and maybe a couple of others, but since I just bought the second .243, I can sell that to buy something else!.22lr.30-06 (I don't have one or even like 'em).375 H&H
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  • mudgemudge Member Posts: 4,225 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I gotta' agree with most of the other troops here..22lr......small game, plinking.223.......varmints, etc.30-06.....anything too far away to reach with this is neither a good enough target nor a threat.Mudge
    I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS![This message has been edited by mudge (edited 11-08-2001).]
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  • mustangmustang Member Posts: 615 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i think i would take my 22-250 over my 223.but if its a skunk in the dark, i want my 12ga.!!!
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  • Miss. CreantMiss. Creant Member Posts: 300 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Were you guys never kids.Those of you who are still kids at heart will realize along with me that every home should have a .177 for shooting mices and flies and cats and such.Daisy Red Ryder .177
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Now Miss, some of the worlds best lap and bed warmers are cats, and some of my best friends too. Don't be shootin' no cats or I will have to get stern with you!
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  • drawndrawn Member Posts: 544 ✭
    edited November -1
    .22Long for plinking/survival/small varmints.308 or 3006 for target/large game12ga for skeet/trap/home defense/long list of hunting capabilities.
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  • sandman2234sandman2234 Member Posts: 894 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    This is Mrs. Sandman2234. Sandman thinks he married "just another pretty face", but I am smarter than he thinks. Granted, I don't know alot about guns, but when they are the same size, same color, same weight, and have the same writing on the barrels, they are probably the same type of gun. I don't have a problem with three different guns, as long as they know how to shoot snakes on the ground and intruders if needed.I personally only really like his .410 Thompson Contender. It works as a rifle for me. I could play with it all day. I can pretty much shoot that one without fear. I could probably use it on an intruder as well if needed. Hey, maybe 3 Thompson Contenders of these would be nice. He could load one for me while I was shooting the other. So I guess the "3 gun theory" may work at times.
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  • ThePaladinThePaladin Member Posts: 32 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think Sandman just got busted.
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    .22lr., 30-06, and 9mm Luger. Not really a rifle round, but everyone needs a gun chambered in it.
    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conference in 1899.
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  • RedlegRedleg Member Posts: 417 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I will have to go with the:.30-'06 for small game.416 Nitro Express for medium gameand the 155mm Paladin for big (and dangerous game)
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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I agree with the 22lr, and the small, high power, I give it a range however, depending on preference and geography, .223/.22-250/.243 which ever you need/want, and finally, I like the magnums. 7mm, .300wm, or if you want the failsafe, 7mm or 300 ultra mag. Hunt the world with that one. read a couple of articles on those baby's, performed very well in Africa.
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  • KadaverKadaver Member Posts: 333 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    any dog raised to be vicious will be that. If you raise your wiener dog to be a killer it will be......if you raise your rottweiler to be a teddy bear it will be.... yes all dogs tend to have a sort of personality within each breed.....but unless you exploite it, it will be a very loving pet. I know several Rottwielers, pitbulls, and pinchers that are very calm, and have no temper at all.
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  • KadaverKadaver Member Posts: 333 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    wtf??? how did my post end up here and not on the pitbull post?? wierd.
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  • KadaverKadaver Member Posts: 333 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    to answer this post.....22lr...plinking7.62x39 or .223....for fun30-06...everything else
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  • 22WRF22WRF Member Posts: 3,385
    edited November -1
    .22 RF Because I'm cheap.223 To reach outToss up 30/06 300 Weatherby or H&H
    Home of the Blue Angels, P'colaSemper Adveho AbsconditusNever miss a good chance to shut up (Will Rogers)
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  • luger01luger01 Member Posts: 230 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Kadaver and I are on the same page here: .22LR, .223/7.62x39, & 30-06. Those will take care of anything on the N.American continent and most everything anywhere else. Those are the calibers that I will always have on hand.
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  • Patrick OdlePatrick Odle Member Posts: 951 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey just a question nothing more, how is it that no one has mentioned the 270. Held the 1000 yd. accuracy record until the late 90s, taken away then by a caliber that was considered to be an air to air effective, with few reservations the 50 cal. browning.Now Im not kicking the browning and all the good it did in the 2nd world war,but I have never accepted It as a shoulder weapon.
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    22 Long Rifle....this would be the first gun I'd select if going to the range for a day of shooting. Great for plinking, small game hunting, teaching kids to shoot....it's my all time favorite caliber.Mid range caliber would have to be either a 22-250 or 223. Two of the most popular calibers for varmits, small game, prairie dogs, and personal defense....(should the Governor call up the citizens to grab their guns and go fight the Taliban)Big game animals with lots of mass require big guns to drop critters with one shot. General rule of thumb is that most North American big game needs to be taken with .30 or larger. My choice would be 7mm Rem mag, flat shooter, lots of power.....but a 375 H&H would rank right in there as top pick also.Sandman, sorry you got caught, but your better half seems pretty understanding....Take her out and buy her a new gun for being such a good sport!
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  • OrphanedcowboyOrphanedcowboy Member Posts: 351 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Who's tallying the votes? 1.) 22 LR2.) 22-2503.) 30-06BUt if it was just one, The 30-06!
    Orphanedcowboy@msn.com
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Doesn`t anybody like Bees???22 Long Rifle-For small game.25-20 for medium size game.32-20 for the big stuff..218
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Dang...Even I left out the Bees!!.218
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  • DENWADENWA Member Posts: 390 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    SIMPLE22lf, cheap and will put food on the table in hard times. 10-22 or even better reliable BOLT action..223 Nato, cheap and MORE avail. than 7.62x39 when the apocalypse comes. 223 will kill deer or people in situations . Ar-15 or eqiuvelent Bolt rifle..308 BEFORE 30-06, NATO, will always be able to obtain. More accurate than 30-06 and 308 will kill anything the 30-06 can kill, If you don't believe me go to Africa and look see what the use to kill lions and elephants!Plus if all you can get is 06 ammo the dump powder cut and size to 308 recharge and reseat. All those 06 rifles would eventually become firewood and tent stakes.Optional replace .223 with dangerous game cart. 45-70 or something like 458mag.or 375HH
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  • Mark IIMark II Member Posts: 247 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    1) .22lr Small2) 7.62x39 Medium3) .300 Ultra Mag Large
    "To meet with ill fortune is to meet with good fortune. To meet with submission is to meet an enemy."
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  • usmc2498215usmc2498215 Member Posts: 82 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    O.K. lets see now1.) .223 (NATO) for varmints & critters2.) .308 (NATO) for medium game & terrorists in the open3.) .338 Win.Mag for big game & terrorists sitting behind a sand bag.
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  • buddybbuddyb Member Posts: 5,398 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    .22 30-06 And whatever you cant live without.
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  • REBJrREBJr Member Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    1) 22LR target/ plinking2) .223 long range/ defense3) 300 win mag ( gotta go with Mustang on this one) big stuff-Ralph
    Nothing very, very good or very, very bad lasts for very, very long.
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  • LightningLightning Member Posts: 945 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    22 Magnum----Small Game 243 Win.
    Anything from Crows to Deer 44 Rem. Mag.-Good brush gun that will stop anything at short range.
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  • Shootist3006Shootist3006 Member Posts: 4,171
    edited November -1
    .30-06 w/100 gr. bullets for plinking and varmints.03-06 w/150 gr. for most big game.30-06 w/ 220 gr. for elephants or Godzilla
    Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem.Semper Fidelis
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  • ghotie_thumperghotie_thumper Member Posts: 1,561 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    .22 long rifle for plinking/small game.25-06 all medium game.338 win mag for larger game.Might be willing to swap the 25-06 for the 30-06 but the 25 does a great job on deer. It's turned into one of my favorite shooters.
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  • smooth_operatorsmooth_operator Member Posts: 227 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Why hasn't anybody mentioned/picked the .50BMG yet? Just in case they want to hunt a Mack truck (that falls under the big game category doesn't it?) .-Smooth
    Life is the leading cause of death.Everything else is just a contributing factor.[This message has been edited by smooth_operator (edited 11-10-2001).]
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