Down to .22, 6.5mm, 7mm and 30cal now, just different brass behind an appropriate bullet for the task. Also down to 6 different cartridges plus .22lr, 20ga and 12ga. Very comfortable with what I have of selections for varmints, plinking, range and hunting apps.
One Cal - Multiple Rifles
- Thread starter ShrtRnd
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The advantage with that it allows the shooter to have different types of rifles for different uses and hunting situations.
I have a blued and walnut 275 Rigby custom gun for nice days and another stainless T3 (in the works) in 7x57.
Also have two T3s in 223. One in varmint weight with big scope and another Hunter with lightweight scope.
Same chamberings, different applications. Less overhead for loading kit.
troutseeker
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Do you lean caliber as in bullet diameter? If so then it makes sense to have different one: .308, .300WM, .308 Norma Mag, etc…
I have one caliber in two setups. A 7lb hunting rifle suitable for long hikes and mountain adventures, and a 15lb behemoth suitable only for hitting steel at 1500 meters. Both are in .300PRC and do their designated jobs very well. I see no benefits to having other rifles in that chambering for any other uses.
Sounds like you have an interesting group of friends suffering from cabin fever?
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After reading this I'm thinking I misunderstood you. Do you mean cartridge when you say caliber?
Realistically a 30-06 or 300mag would work just fine for like 99% of us and 99% of the hunting we do. Is it ideal for coyotes? Of course not. But it'll kill em dead.
Once you start talking things like buffalo the -06 starts to feel a bit weak, but even then wasn't woodleigh making a 240gr bullet specifically for buffalo?
But that would be so ####ing boring...
Ok if we are talking back ups, i would say pick the same rifle in the same chambering set up the same way, same scope same sling same same same and sight both rifles with the same ammo reloads or factory and practice with both so both are 100% interchangeable. That would be the real back up deal!! But that is pretty unusual I think for some one to have a twin pair of rifle just in case something craps out… in my 29 years of hunting up here in all kind of conditions I never had a rifle or optic for that Mather that crapes out on me might happen but never did so far.
But most likely people will have a couple rifles in the cabinet that will pretty much do the same thing and can be use as a back up, for example, I have 30-06’s, 8x57, 9.3x62 that I know will work really good on anything. I hunt for up here. All different calibers all different chambering and all different ammo. But still on a moose up to 300m they will all do great! On bison I wouldn’t push the 30-06 and the 8x57 much passed 150-200m. Even on caribou, mountain or barren ground those 3 different cartridges would do just fine up to 300m my usual max anyway.
Of course if you have one 22lr, one 223, one 308 and one 500 nitro well for let’s say moose I don’t think you have much for a back up…. I guess the 500 will work !
But most likely people will have a couple rifles in the cabinet that will pretty much do the same thing and can be use as a back up, for example, I have 30-06’s, 8x57, 9.3x62 that I know will work really good on anything. I hunt for up here. All different calibers all different chambering and all different ammo. But still on a moose up to 300m they will all do great! On bison I wouldn’t push the 30-06 and the 8x57 much passed 150-200m. Even on caribou, mountain or barren ground those 3 different cartridges would do just fine up to 300m my usual max anyway.
Of course if you have one 22lr, one 223, one 308 and one 500 nitro well for let’s say moose I don’t think you have much for a back up…. I guess the 500 will work !
And life simpler…. 30-06 24” barrel loaded with 125gr for varmint, 150gr for dear, 180gr for moose and 200gr for bison… four different scopes sighted in for the four different ammo, all mounted in QD rings!!One calibre could make reloading cheaper!
And similarly I landed on the 45 Colt side of that fence, and it's easy to buy another firearm in a calibre I already have, along with experience and reloading dies and everything, and I've resisted 44 because that's another set of everything. Similarly a shooter lands in a particular 30cal or a particular 6.5 chambering and it's easier to add another rifle in what you have.I gravitated early in my collecting to the 44 magnum. I have levers, a bolt, a semi, and a pump action in the caliber. The cartridge can do a lot within 100yards and is relatively inexpensive to reload.
If you really want things simple then just make one 180gr load and shoot everything with it. That's what my buddies who aren't gunnutz do.
Too boring for me, but it works...
But Karamajo Bell only needed a 7x57! Lol
He also used a 6.5X54MS, but both are illegal now for elephants!
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257Roberts
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Confusing to say the least.
Have we decided on Caliber or Cartridge.
Caliber would be many rifles in 30 caliber.
Cartridge on the other hand would be many rifles in your favorite 30 caliber cartridge.
But that depends on where you are hunting, and as stated above, boring but practicable.
I once had a conversation with John Hunt RIP, he said he used the 300 Weatherby for everything because it worked.
I am at the point in my life that I could be happy with one cartridge and a few specific rifles set up the way I want.
Yep that's me old and boring and practicable, but still having fun.
Have we decided on Caliber or Cartridge.
Caliber would be many rifles in 30 caliber.
Cartridge on the other hand would be many rifles in your favorite 30 caliber cartridge.
But that depends on where you are hunting, and as stated above, boring but practicable.
I once had a conversation with John Hunt RIP, he said he used the 300 Weatherby for everything because it worked.
I am at the point in my life that I could be happy with one cartridge and a few specific rifles set up the way I want.
Yep that's me old and boring and practicable, but still having fun.
Couldn't do it. Too many guns, not enough time (or money). - dan
That is exactly what I use to do between my gun loonie fazes, one rifle one bullet carry everywhere shoot everything… now facking 12 rifles, some with a bunch of different bullets and loads for the same rifle… when I could own only one… but don’t wanna own only one!
22lr, 12G and .30 cal appropriate for the intended game, it's all ya need sonny! You can find ammo for those just about anywhere that sells ammo.
After those are covered bring whatever fun/experimental/showoff rig on top of those 3.
After those are covered bring whatever fun/experimental/showoff rig on top of those 3.
