What rifle Calibers have you used?

[crimedog]

Fun thread to read. I will say this. I still use my dads Remington .270 that he bought new when he was 15. (He is now 85) I have replaced the Scope on it. I love this gun it shoots straight and has taken many deer and a few Elk.

 

[Bux n Dux]

.300 WBY
.30-378 WBY
.338 norma
.338 lapua
6.5 CM
.243
6.5x47
.25-06
.300 WM
.308
6.5 PRC
.30-06
.260 rem
.22-250

 

[Triple7]

My rifle list is pretty short, but accounts for the most kills.
.270
300wsm
6.5x300

Muzz list:
Hawkens .50cal
Paramount .40 cal

The Archery list is the longest:
Jennings buckmaster G2
Mathews switchback XT
Pse Vendetta
Bowtech Experience
Bowtech BTX28
Pse Xpedite
Mathews V3 31"

How do you like your Bowtech Experience ?

 

[JakeH]

How do you like your Bowtech Experience ?

I actually really liked it a lot, I got a new bow and sold it to my neighbor, and it took a few bows to find one I shot as well as I did that one. Really liking the mathews V3 I have now.

 

[dwalton]

222 Rem Mag
243 Win
240 Wby Mag
270 Win
270 Wby Mag
300 Win Mag
300 Wby Mag

Edit: 50 cal muzzy

 

[Homer]

222 Rem Mag
243 Win
240 Wby Mag
270 Win
270 Wby Mag
300 Win Mag
300 Wby Mag

Edit: 50 cal muzzy

so.....5?

 

[Bluehair]

so.....5?

Shirley these are the caliber of responses you expected?

 

[Triple7]

I actually really liked it a lot, I got a new bow and sold it to my neighbor, and it took a few bows to find one I shot as well as I did that one. Really liking the mathews V3 I have now.

Gotcha I have the bow tech - experience, bought it about ten years ago when it first came out. Often thought about upgrading to the latest greatest but I really like the feel and how well I can shoot with it. Thx for your experience with the experience

 

[JakeH]

Gotcha I have the bow tech - experience, bought it about ten years ago when it first came out. Often thought about upgrading to the latest greatest but I really like the feel and how well I can shoot with it. Thx for your experience with the experience

It's a great bow, doesn't have the speed of some of the newer bows, but as far as shoot ability it was probably my favorite bow I've owned.

 

[Rodzilla_v]

30.06 (7)
6.5 Creed (3)

For many years I used a 30.06 (Rugger M77), old reliable, but lately its been the 6.5 Creed. Thinking of bringing back the 30.06 to life an adding a piticcanny rail and adding a good scope with a turret. I love the simplicity of the 6.5 but miss the knockdown power the 30.06 has (lights out out affect at whatever it hits).

 

[7]

270
280 REM
7 Mag

 

[Alpshunter]

30-30
44 mag carbine
30-06
270
270WSM
7mm
7 RUM
6.5 PRC
7mm-08

 

[Bambistew]

222
22-250
243
260
270
280
7mag
308
30-06
300wsm
325wsm
338-06AI
35 Brown
375 H&H
45cal muzz
50cal muzz

 

[stinky]

.270, Elk, Deer, Javelina, Antelope
.30-30 Deer
,357 Javelina
.243 Elk (me), Deer (2 kids and a G-kid), Antelope (kids)
.223 Javelina

 

[liecabucks]

I’m basic.
All my deer hunting calibers are-
.284
.30
Chambered respectively in-
280 rem AI (current go to)
7mm
300 wsm
300 win
300 ultra

 

[clark33]

243 win
280 rem
300wsm
280ai
270wsm
6.5prc
6 creedmoor.

My main two now are the 6 creed and 6.5prc, I’m a sissy when it comes to recoil.

 

[yoteduster]

For predators,
22-250
220swift
For deer,
25-06
7mm mag
7mm prc
6.5 prc ...all depending on type of hunt
Elk,
300 mag
338 lapua mag
For home intruders or what ever other crap comes down,
9mm
223
12ga

 

[sambo3006]

I've seen some obscure cartridges (and calibers) listed. Very cool!
The .32 Winchester Special was mentioned at least 5 times by my account. I have a 1949 Marlin .32 Special that I hunted with for the first time this year. No shot opportunities this year, but I hope to remedy that next year. Here in Missouri we get multiple doe tags, so it gives me the opportunity to hunt different guns. This year I took deer with a .257 Weatherby, an 8mm Rem Mag, and a 7mm-08 XP-100 pistol. I missed one with my Ruger Blackhawk .41 mag, dang it!
I've also killed over 40 deer with compound bows, including 2 this past year. I still have most of the bows that I have killed deer with over the last 25 or so years.

 

[Sako76]

300 Weatherby
7mm Remington Magnum
7mm Weatherby
6.5 GAP 4S

 

[Old Cowboy]

38-55, when we used to HUNT,

 

[Viper*6]

270 Win was my first rifle and my go to rifle. Have taken about 2 dozen deer along with coyote, antelope, elk, black bear, grizzly, caribou sheep, and moose.
6.5mm Rem Mag
300 Win Mag
50 cal muzzy

 

[Muleman1]

A lot but my new favorite is my 7 prc

 

[tex270]

223
243
270
280
308
3006
300 win mag
303 brit
44 rem mag
300 savage
6.8 special

 

[Jerry]

7MM Remington Mag
Killed everything from mice to moose with it
Wes

Amen ! 7 REM Mag is fabulous killer at any reasonable range with 140 grain Nosler Partitions !!!! Can’t go wrong !
Jerry Gold In Windsor, Colorado

 

[Silentstalker]

.243
.270
.284 (7mm rem mag)
.54 cal Hawken
.50 cal in line

Most of my deer have been shot with a bow.

 

[Duckbutt]

I’ve shot one deer with a rifle…the faithful .270. Everything else has been with the good ol’ muzzy

 

[junior]

204
22 Hornet
223
22-250
220 swift
243
25-06
257 WBY
6.5 Kardashian
270 win
7-08
280 rem
280 AI
7 mag
7stw
28 Nosler
30-30
35 Rem
30-06
300 wsm
300 WIN
300 WBY
30 Nosler
300 Ultra
Not all mine but have reloaded for.

 

[ColoradoBob]

Mule deer---30/06 & 54 T/C Renegade

Whitetail---30/06, 300 Savage, 6.5 Jap, 12 gauge & 20 gauge

 

[Rackhunter]

16 gauge , 1st deer
30-30
223
243 wssm
6.53 Scramjet Lazzeroni
308 Patriot Lazzeroni
270
7mm stw
30-06
300 wsm
300 Weatherby
7.82 Warbird Lazzeroni
444 marlin

50 cal muzzy

 

[scfam]

For deer?

22-250 (once)
243
25-06 (lots)
270 win (lots)
300 WSM (overkill)

 

[highsierra]

.308 Win (mule deer, columbian blacktail, pronghorn, whitetail (3 types), & dall sheep.
.30-06 (mule deer)
.300 RUM (Sitka Blacktail)
.300 Win Mag (Roosevelt Elk)
6.5 PRC (Rocky Mtn Elk)
6 mm REM (Mule Deer)

 

[Alwayshunting]

if it makes you feel better......all my 257 Roberts cartridges are stamped 7x57 mauser......

That’s funny, my 6mm rem cartridges all say 257 bob. Lately anyway..

 

[finnman]

What a fun list to read. Thanks for starting this thread! Amazing no one has hurt feelings yet! lol!
.240 Weatherby mag
.25-06
.270 Win
.270 Weatherby
.280 Rem
.284 Win
7MM Mauser
7MM-08
7mm Remington mag
7MM Weatherby mag
.308 Win
.30-06
.358 Win
.350 rem mag
.375 Win
And counting!!

 

[Homer]

What a fun list to read. Thanks for starting this thread! Amazing no one has hurt feelings yet! lol!
.240 Weatherby mag
.25-06
.270 Win
.270 Weatherby
.280 Rem
.284 Win
7MM Mauser
7MM-08
7mm Remington mag
7MM Weatherby mag
.308 Win
.30-06
.358 Win
.350 rem mag
.375 Win
And counting!!

long list for 7 calibers.....

 

[finnman]

long list for 7 calibers.....

We all have our favorite caliber. Mine is the .284.
3 different rifles in 280 Rem
1 rifle in 284 Win
2 different rifles in 7MM Mauser
2 different rifles in 7MM-08
2 different rifles in 7mm Remington mag
2 different rifles in 7MM Weatherby mag

 

[GilaJeff]

22-250
220 Swift
243
6mm Rem
25-06
264 WM
270
280
7 Rem Mag
30-06
300 H&H
300 WM
300 RUM
300 WBY
350 Rem Mag
416 Ruger
44 Mag Ruger
45-70
450/400 Nitro

So you used a 450/400 Nitro to hunt deer?

 

[2096]

.243
.284 (7mm mag)
.30-06
.300 WSM
You all have a lot of rifles. I can barely find the time to hone my shooting skills with the few I have. Shot most of them with that .243.

 

[ColdBore]

Cartridges used, for whitetail and mule deer.....

12 gauge slug
222 Rem Magnum
243 Win
264 Win Magnum
7mm-08
32 Win Special
338-06

(At least those are the ones I remember)

 

[LifebytheHorns]

30-06
.308
300 Win Mag
6.5 CM
22-250 - (One of the most killingest rounds ever made)
.50 calk muzzy
12 ga (slug)

 

[Skykarp]

7-08
6.5 Prc
6.5-284
300 Wby
30-378
340 wby
30-40 Krag

Should hopefully add 7PRCW to the list this year

 

[Wyogstew1]

I got to thinking about rifle cartridges and what I have used to kill deer in the past. Granted I am pretty old and my hunting career goes back a long time. I thought it might be Interesting to see what center fire calibers you all have used to kill deer with. Here is my list. Although not in order.
30-06
243
22-250
30-30
280
308
6.5 CM
270
30-40 Krag

.243
.270
7mm
30-06

 

[SlinginLead]

.270 Browning Pre-A Bolt
30.06 Winchester Pre-64
.7mm Winchester S/S Pre-64 w/Boss
.300 Win Mag Browning X-Bolt
.300 WSM Browning A Bolt S/S Stalker
.300 RUM Remington

All these rifles, and more, were won over the years at RMEF Banquets. The .300 WSM is my go-to rifle.

 

[nmarchr]

I've killed deer with the following
223
243
22-250
6mm
6.5 creedmoor
6.5 prc
30-06
270