Must own cartridges that belong in every collection?

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Which cartridge(s) would you to consider to be must haves that every firearm owner should have in order to sport a well rounded collection?

I'm also interested to see which calibers punch above their weight for each class ie 22cal, 6mm, 6.5mm, 7mm, 30cal, 338s, 375s, 40cals and the truly large big bores.
 
22LR
223 or 243
7.62x39
270 or 308 or 30-06
45-70
12 or 20 gauge

Edit: add 7x57 or 8x57 !!

I still want to buy a 9.3x62
 
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22 rimfire
12 ga or 20 ga
308 or 30-06
338 Win for N. American heavy weights like the big bears.
375 H&H for heavyweight stuff elswhere.
 
22 rimfire
22 centerfire
7-08
300wm
and
12 ga. shotgun
Pretty much would cover anything you want to hunt in Canada...7-08 would be optional as the WM can be down loaded :)
 
I don't see it as needing specific cartridges. There are so many that are so similar that I look at it from the c perspective of covering niches.

plinking, small game hunting - eg 22lr
Shotgun plinking, wing shooting - eg 12 or 20ga
Varmints, predators - something between 22 hornet and 243win
Medium game - something from 243win to 30-06
Large game - 7mm or bigger.

I've got 22lr, 12ga, 243win, and 7mm08. I'm looking to add something a bit bigger to the lockup (300mag, 35 Whelen, 9.3x62 sort of range) but unless I get a Bison draw or go to Africa one day I don't really NEED anything bigger than the 7mm08.
 
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.22lr
.22 mag
.223 rem
.25-06 rem
.357mag/30-30 lever gun (need both)
.308win/30-06 (you need both)
7mm mag/300winmag (either / or)
.375 Ruger
.444 marlin/45-70 govt
12 ga & 20 guage
Crossbow + Compound bow
Sharp Katana
These are what I consider the Canadian MINIMUM
 
ive got

22lr
20ga
12ga
9mm
7.62x39

and a 308 coming

after that i don't see me adding any new calibers?

i had a 223/556 but i got rid if it because my ammo cabinet was getting to messy
 
In centerfire rifle cartridges, I wouldn't say there's any you HAVE to have, but more like something "in the family":

A .22 centerfire, anything from a .22 Hornet to a .220 Swift

Something in the 6mm-.264 range, anything from a .243 Win to a 26 Nosler

Something in the 7mm-.308 range, anything from a .300 Blackout to a .300 RUM

Something "bigger" in caliber (but maybe not in outright power), anything from an 8x57 to a .458 Lott

The only ones you "should" try at least once is something like a .375 H&H, a .30-30 in a level gun, a .45-70, and maybe a Weatherby. Not that they are must-have, but they're all fun to own or to say you *have* owned.
 
I must be misinterpreting the OP's question, but I thought he was referring to cartridge collecting, not rifles in particular chamberings.

Be that as it may, when I first started collecting cartridges 40+ years ago, I wanted everything, every different cartridge, every headstamp, every different bullet in each load, then different primers, &c., &c., &c. Fast forward a number of years & I finally came to the conclusion that that just wasn't going to happen in my lifetime.

I first specialized in Canadian, British and European cartridges, then solely British. After a time, they got darned expensive & harder to find, especially as the older folks' collections got scattered and fewer and fewer people were collecting.

Probably the easiest [& cheapest] would be to start with current cartridges [hint, follow C.O.T.W. divisions] & go from there. The cartridges are relatively easy to locate & much cheaper than the older ones and if you find that your interest wanes, you're not out an awful lot of money that cannot easily be recouped.

I might (& quite likely am) off the OP's intended topic, but that's my $0.02Cdn.
 
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