Pick 5 cartridges that are "must have" in your safe, range, field, etc...

[Gatehouse]

SKS + Swarovski scope = All you need for gophers to grizzlies, short to long range.

 

[9mmGunGuy]

For me it would be...

.22LR
.223
7.62x39
.308
9mm

With an honorable mention going to 12Ga.

Sounds good to me too.

 

[canmic]

12g
22lr
308
9mm
7.62x39

 

[GLS_1956]

22 Long Rifle

12 Gauge

38 Special/357 Magnum

308 Winchester

223 Remington/ 5.556X45mm

 

[The Kurgan]

9mm
7.62x39
6.5x55
30-06
12 gauge

For handloading only: 32-20... 'cause I like to be different.

 

[hoytcanon]

SKS + Swarovski scope = All you need for gophers to grizzlies, short to long range.

Can I tag along on your short range grizzly hunt?

 

[Rob]

1. 30-06
2. .22LR
3. 12 g.
4. .222
5. .375 H&H

 

[Camp Cook]

Hmmm...

Grouse used to be 22LR with CCI SGB bullets but my go to grouse gun is now a 17HMR I can shoot them in the head/neck from 5 - 100 yards.

6.8SPC (basically a shortened 30 Rem which is a rimless 30-30 necked down to 270 cal) loaded with either 95gr TTSX or 110gr Accubonds from 2700 - 2960fps for grouse-coyotes-wolves-deer-bear and I would even take elk/moose with it if everything was perfect.

30-06 for hunting everything that walks

375RUM for everything that walks but out way further.

45-70 oh yeah can't live without a 45-70...

Honourable mentions = 22-250 25-06 375JDJ 375H&H 12 gauge

 

[Kevan]

22 LR
8X57
300 H&H
375 H&H
404 Jeffery

 

[sheep100]

22lr
38 spl
12 g.
30-30
223

 

[crash277]

.22
9mm
12g
7.62x54
7.62x39

that's pretty much all I shoot. I have a borrowed 35 rem to try it out for fun and might use it for a bush gun in Nov.

 

[peterrunsguns]

12ga
.223
7.62x25
.22
.308

 

[Eagleye]

22 LR
6mm Rem.
7x57
308 Norma Mag
338 Win. Mag.

Others that would be tough to leave out: 222 Rem, 6.5x55, 270, 7mm Rem Mag, 30-06, 8mm Rem Mag.

 

[c-fbmi]

17 HMR
12 Ga
243
300 Wby
375 H&H or 375 Wby or 378 Wby or 416 Rigby


or for just one CF rifle the 340 Wby

 

[a j cave]

12 gadge
22
22 hornet
45-70
50-90 Sharps.
I do not hunt big game so my hunting rifles sit. My handguns don't go out that often. These are what I use for geese, gophers, and fun.

 

[jables]

The line-up that will do it all for me:
.22 WMR
22-250
30-30
300 WM
12ga

 

[gwes2003]

You either have the dryest sarcasm I've encountered or you own three half ton pickups in different colours.

Lol just thought would be fun to list something without a .22, 7x39, and 223 and see if someone would notice.
My ideal list would be
12g
257 Roberts
30-30 lever
30-06
338 win mag
No use for anything smaller.

 

[mudgunner49]

.22LR - because I have 40K + on hand and there's lots of good work you can get done with it...

.300 Blackout - economical, shoots cast great in the single shot and jacketed from 110-240gr great with small powder charges; I'm loading cast right now for far less than good rimfire and it shoots under MOA with the SS and the AR both; I can make cases from some of the .223 that I have half a dozen 5 gal buckets of sitting around; (this could easily be a .32-20 if I didn't want to mess with the AR)...

.308 Win - both prolific and available, lots of effort has gone into developing fantastic ammo for this caliber over the years; handles most big game chores efficiently and if I want to shoot precision rifle this sure gets the job done; (this could be anything from .243/260/7-08/3006/270/280/7Mag - whatever blows up your skirt)...

9.3x62 - this has become my Thumper for a bunch of reasons, I also sort of group the .45-70 in here mostly for the cast bullet capability though range is reduced here for the most part (I know, take it easy BPCR folks... LOL), but this could be any of the medium bores from .338 to .375...

10mm Auto - if I can only have one handgun caliber, this is it. I can shoot .40 out of it and if I'm shooting Glock I can get a .22 conversion unit for it - winner!!

20 gauge (I know it's supposed to be 5 but 20 is a gauge not a caliber... LOL) - I don't do waterfowl, anything I need a shotgun for gets handled by the 20, including shotgun only deer...

 

[Cain379]

22LR
9mm
12GA
223/5.56
300 win mag

 

[YodatheYota]

.22lr
6.5x55 Swedish
.303 British
.32 Winchester Special
12 ga

Because that's all I have!