packstring
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- Location
- Northern BC
.22 lr
.22-250 ai
6.5-06 ai
.338 wm
.375 h&h
.22-250 ai
6.5-06 ai
.338 wm
.375 h&h
Pick 5 cartridges that are "must have" in your safe, range, field, etc...
- Thread starter The Kurgan
- Start date
Reading the responses of those who have amassed large collections and then pared down is instructive. I don't want to spend my "golden years" with dozens of guns and forget to live. Just spent 4 days hunting with nothing to show but peace from being outside. I could do with:
22LR
12ga
338 or 375
A short 12ga barrel could replace my Rossi 45Colt.
22LR
12ga
338 or 375
A short 12ga barrel could replace my Rossi 45Colt.
- Location
- Steel Town and The Peg
I wonder what the tally would be thus far?
Certainly, the front runners would be (in no particular order)...
22LR
12ga
9mm
45ACP
308
30-06
223/556
7.62x39
a few 375H&H, 6.5x55, 30-30, .357, etc.
Certainly, the front runners would be (in no particular order)...
22LR
12ga
9mm
45ACP
308
30-06
223/556
7.62x39
a few 375H&H, 6.5x55, 30-30, .357, etc.
Lonesome Donkey
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Central Alberta
Tough to choose only 5
.22 LR - rifle and revolver
.30-30 Winch.
.45-70 Govt.
.44 Magnum -carbine and revolver
.45 LC - carbine and revolver
.45 ACP
.22 LR - rifle and revolver
.30-30 Winch.
.45-70 Govt.
.44 Magnum -carbine and revolver
.45 LC - carbine and revolver
.45 ACP
- Location
- Near Mount Forest, ON
.22
.223/5.56
9mm
.308 Win
12guage
.223/5.56
9mm
.308 Win
12guage
Those are my core calibers as well, my extras would be:
7.62x39 for plinking fun
260 Rem for long distance target shooting
358 Win for cast shooting, and ''heavy hitter'' fun
Hopefully I'll stop there but most likely won't. Shooting and novice smithing of firearms is fun. Hope they don't all get banned.
Lonesome Donkey
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Central Alberta
I've revised my list to things more practical......
.25 ACP
8mm Roth-Steyr
.50-70 Govt.
8X50mmR Kropatschek
8 gauge
Can't imagine what I was thinking of before.
