OK, You asked for it ... What are the most overrated RIFLE cartridges?

[J.Hancock]

lol....you chose one of the best selling calibers as overrated?

I would be happy owning nothing but 223, 308, 9mm, 22lr and 12g.

Add some Soviet calibers (54r and x39) and that's basically what I stock.

 

[colombe]

the 45-70 is the most over rated cartridge.
Hard to shoot accuratly off hand.
Thumps you everytime with heavy loads.
I owned 2 of them
Double rifle and a lever action Marlin.
NOT REALLY ANY FUN TO SHOOT.

 

[LittleBoyLefty]

Cartridges are more alike than different. Anything that launches a 120gr bullet or larger from 2600 fps or faster is capable of great things when it comes to big game hunting. Most deficiencies are not the cartridges fault.

Exactly where I've settled. Over the years we've lost one bull elk in my small family/friends hunting group. He was poorly hit, with a 338WM.

I don’t really want to do the field testing on elk myself

It works just fine.

So far I've taken Elk, Moose and Mule Deer with mine. And seen several more WT & MD killed by family and friends. I can't tell the difference in reaction from the 30-06 I used for years.

 

[Bad Bob]

lol....you chose one of the best selling calibers as overrated?

I would be happy owning nothing but 223, 308, 9mm, 22lr and 12g.

Yes, I could do anything that needs doing with those.

 

[diabeticfreak]

Any 6.5 that isn't 6.5x55 Swede

 

[The Kurgan]

Yes, I could do anything that needs doing with those.

Me too, except 223. Add 22-250.

 

[bunny]

.223, 243, and 270, just don't have a place in my collection.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

6.5 Creedmore - It's ok for pussy plinking but not a hunting cartridge.

300 and 338 RUM - They work, but these are for the insecure guys that need to say they have a big magnum. I had a 300 and liked it for elk and it was a great shooter, but my complaints about these cartridges is mostly about the operators and the potential for flinch or poor hold. Not many can control them enough to shoot accurately in the field.

 

[broadhead67]

Any 6.5 that isn't 6.5x55 Swede

Nailed it

Like most things in life it’s all situational , which action for the 45/70 - weak , moderate or strong . 45/70 on the Prairies ? 45/70 walking on a BC trail by a river full of Salmon - yes pls .

 

[chasseur]

Maybe the 45/70 isn t over rated but the skills of some of the people using it are lol

 

[Rick911]

5.56 imo

7.62x39 is the way

AND

.45 acp

9mm is the way


The truth has been spoken.

 

[todbartell]

6.5 Creedmore - It's ok for pussy plinking but not a hunting cartridge.

Some quarter mile 6.5mm pussy plinking

 

[Johnn Peterson]

Some quarter mile 6.5mm pussy plinking

Well done!! Hoping to get my 6.5 CreedMoor recent acquisition some field experience this fall. But, here on the island, probably not at quite the range you've quoted for my first year with it.

 

[medvedqc]

Maybe the 45/70 isn t over rated but the skills of the people using it are lol

the 45-70 is the most over rated cartridge.
Hard to shoot accuratly off hand.
Thumps you everytime with heavy loads.
I owned 2 of them
Double rifle and a lever action Marlin.
NOT REALLY ANY FUN TO SHOOT.

a 550 grains at 2150 or 2125 fps maybe not fun but i do not see the anemic 45/70 as hard to shoot and i found very accurate with any loads tested ... maybe it is just me ..

 

[medvedqc]

I disagree with the 375 Ruger. It is my most used hunting cartridge. I hunt where there are grizzly's so it makes sense for me. I reload also so it works wonders for my needs.

it is indeed a good reason to use it ...

 

[Crashman]

270, missed the mark with slow twist barrels. I would drop a 270 like a rabid weasel and pick up a 280 any day, with a faster twist, and better bullet selection. Thats just me though, no science behind it because I know a chit ton of critters have fallen to the 270, but it is overrated and the 280 beats it hands down.

 

[track]

270, missed the mark with slow twist barrels. I would drop a 270 like a rabid weasel and pick up a 280 any day, with a faster twist, and better bullet selection. Thats just me though, no science behind it because I know a chit ton of critters have fallen to the 270, but it is overrated and the 280 beats it hands down.

Buckmastr has a beautiful Kimber of Oregon chambered in the 280 Remington, for sale on EE.

 

[Crashman]

Buckmastr has a beautiful Kimber of Oregon chambered in the 280 Remington, for sale on EE.

Thanks, I have a custom 280AI on a Defiance AnTi already, that fills my 280 needs!

 

[The Kurgan]

Quarter mile using 6.5 Creedmoor on a large ungulate? Was it a bang flop?

 

[chuck nelson]

Quarter mile using 6.5 Creedmoor on a large ungulate? Was it a bang flop?

Are all your big ungulate harvests bang flops?