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Vote a rifle cartridge off the island
mrmike08075
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Vote a rifle cartridge off the island
Here are 10 rifle cartridges - a list of my own invention
Which ONE (one only please) do you vote off the island???
Which ONE (one only please) can you live without???
Having removed it from the list what alternate (non listed) rifle cartridge would you add on in its place???
.22 long rifle
.223 / 5.56mm
.243 win
.257 roberts
.270 win
.30-30 wcf
.308 win
.30-06 govt
.35 Remington
.45-70 govt
Vote off one rifle cartridge from the list please
Add on one rifle cartridge that is not on the list please
Comments from the peanut gallery are strongly suggested and solicited
Mike
Here are 10 rifle cartridges - a list of my own invention
Which ONE (one only please) do you vote off the island???
Which ONE (one only please) can you live without???
Having removed it from the list what alternate (non listed) rifle cartridge would you add on in its place???
.22 long rifle
.223 / 5.56mm
.243 win
.257 roberts
.270 win
.30-30 wcf
.308 win
.30-06 govt
.35 Remington
.45-70 govt
Vote off one rifle cartridge from the list please
Add on one rifle cartridge that is not on the list please
Comments from the peanut gallery are strongly suggested and solicited
Mike
Comments
Add the .257 weatherby
Add 444 Marlin
Replace it with 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser
Mike
Vote on .375 H&H
Jon
Add the 300 winmag. Don't have one of those either,,,, but....... wish I did!
on- 6MMBR
Add the 300 Win mag. This one is what I consider to be the most powerful round that the "average Joe" should consider for hunting use.
Vote off .270 win...
Replace it with 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser
Mike
Exactly what I was going to say.
6.5 Creedmoor on
On re-examination I think you could just drop the .30-30 and not replace it with anything. The .308 Win is a similar sized cartridge in the same caliber that most guns in .30-30 could be chambered for.
You guys that want to vote off the .270 are a bunch of heathens!!![;)]
7.62x51 on
quote:Originally posted by mrmike08075
Vote off .270 win...
Replace it with 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser
Mike
Exactly what I was going to say.
Same here.
.270 win off
7.62x51 on
.308's already on there.
Heathen...[:D]
Vote off: 257 Roberts, it's just too close to .243 but you can get .243 ammunition easier to get in the field if you run out because they're more popular, and more people carry them
Vote on: 338 Lappula. Because you do not have a true long range caliber up there, but this would be the first one. Its capable of hitting the one mile range in the hands of a long range shooters hands
It has been incarnated six times since the '50's and has always failed.
Add: 25/06
Add the 7.62X54. Cause I like that round. [}:)]
Die hard M38 and M44 fan. [:D]
Flame on. [:o)]
On: 6 mm Rem.
280 on
You don't have a 7mm in the line up. The 280 will do anything a 270 will and do it better. For the handloader the 280 is a much better cartridge. If it wasn't for Jack O'Conner I doubt there would be a 270 around today[;)]
I can live without .257, .270, .35 rem, and I would add a 7mm rem mag and something like 338
Ditch anything .17 caliber.
It has been incarnated six times since the '50's and has always failed.
The 17HMR is one of the most popular rounds in America now days, I wouldn't consider it a failure in any way.
Vote a rifle cartridge off the island
Here are 10 rifle cartridges - a list of my own invention
Which ONE (one only please) do you vote off the island???
Which ONE (one only please) can you live without???
Having removed it from the list what alternate (non listed) rifle cartridge would you add on in its place???
.22 long rifle
.223 / 5.56mm
.243 win
.257 roberts
.270 win
.30-30 wcf
.308 win
.30-06 govt
.35 Remington Obsolete
.45-70 govt
7mm Rem Mag
Vote off one rifle cartridge from the list please
Add on one rifle cartridge that is not on the list please
Comments from the peanut gallery are strongly suggested and solicited
Mike
quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
Ditch anything .17 caliber.
It has been incarnated six times since the '50's and has always failed.
The 17HMR is one of the most popular rounds in America now days, I wouldn't consider it a failure in any way.
I'd agree with that.
Mine is a laser beam, tack driver.
Not gonna shoot you in the head, gonna shoot you in the eye.
35 Remington = Fired
7mm mag = Hired
Blasphemer! [:D]
Add .358 Win
It's the true universal north American game cartridge
Perfected in both war and peace by soldiers and hunters
And to try to equate the .308 to the .30-06...
I hardly believe my eyes.
Mike
Dump the .30-06 you can do the same thing with .308 Win.
Add .358 Win
Are you sure you don't have that backwards....its simple physics...30-06 can do everything 308 can and more...you will never be able to add case capacity to the 308...thats why 30-06 is still so popular after more than 60 years of 308 being on the block, because 30-06 has been doing the job for over a century!
30-06...what every 308 wants to be when it grows up.[;)][}:)]
hello 7.65 Argentine
Add 25-06