Survey-Hunting Ammunition Calibres

I am in Saskatchewan and my usual crew is hunting whitetail, mule deer and elk /moose as the draws allow. 30-06. 300 magnums and 7mm RM are in use. .243 for coyote / deer crossover. All handloads. For factory, I suspect 30-06, .308, .243, would sell best if appropriately priced. For me, 7x57. I don't expect that this will be news!
 
Euro cartridges that are hard to find here would sell. Alot of metric rifles being brought in.
22 hi power
Various 6.5 cartridges
7x57 and 7x57r
8x57 the good stuff not neutered American stuff
All the 9.3s
416 and 375 and 458
 
maple_leaf_eh said:
When I thoroughly distilled the once-upon-a-time registered firearms in the postal code K1, or the east half of Ottawa, the following were the top cartridges:

- the top cartridge was the 12-Gauge; next came the .22 rimfire, and the next are hunting rifle cartridges, .303BR, .30-30 and .30-06.
- the most recognizable companies were Remington and Winchester each at about 11%. In 3rd place was Canada’s own Cooey brand. Browning’s name, which includes several military and European variations, was in 4th place. For ease of analysis, any rifle listed as 303 British was counted as a Lee-Enfield, except when the record was obviously a Ross or Pattern 1914. Savage No.4s were often identifiable by the serial number format, and any .303 Savage commercial guns excluded. The combined Lee-Enfield ‘Numbers’ and ‘Marks’ were the 5th most common make, coming in at 5% of all of K1’s firearms. Arguably, if there is a single most common firearm in K1, noting that 7.4% of all ammunition is a 303 British.

This analysis was of registered rifles at the dissolution of the registry, and the LGR predates the arrival of large numbers of 5.56, 7.62x39 and 7.62x54R rifles, and likely underreports many lay-away rifles.
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12 Gauge7039
22 LR6634
303 British2048
30-30 WIN1407
30-06 Springfield1327
9MM LUGER1219
20 Gauge1064
410 Gauge1052
308 WIN1044
7.62 x 39541
16 GAUGE413
40 S&W412
357 Mag361
7.92 x 57360
270 Win337
38 SPL270
7.62 x 54R267
223 Remington254
Unknown252
7.62 x 51252
6.5 x 55189
300 WIN MAG169
5.56MM NATO147
243 Winchester125
3281
45-70 Govt74
50 BMG69
10 GAUGE61
30 CARBINE54
222 Remington54
338 WINCHESTER MAGNUM30
Weatherby25
303 Savage24
 
I’d like to see large boxes of inexpensive ammo that can be used for training. That in calibres that the ammo comes in: 308, 6.5x55, 223.
In addition: ammo that is hard to find in Canada : 9.3mm
And of course, components.
 
Hunting calibres? .243 win, 25-06,.270 win, 7mm RM, 308, 30-06, .300 win mag, .338 mag and 45/70 for fun. There are many more but I probably covered 70-80 percent of them. At least the smart ones. I shoot a 6.5x55 and won't buy your factory ammo anyways. I have a pegboard of all the animals have been shot over the last 15 years at Hunt camp and that list covers them except for somebody shot a deer with like a 270 Weatherby Magnum one time.
 
Peter...my list of factory stuff that I'd be interested in would be...

300 WSM ..165 / 180 gr
270 win...130 gr
243 Win...100/105 gr
6.5 PRC....120 / 130 / 140
6.5x55....120 / 125 gr
6.5 CM...120 / 125 gr
30-30 Win...150 / 160 / 170 gr
 
6.5 x 55, 7 x 57,9.3 x 57, 9.3 x 55, 9.3 x 62.

Some reasonably priced Large Rifle Primers would be nice too.
 
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maple_leaf_eh said:
12 Gauge7039
22 LR6634
303 British2048
30-30 WIN1407
30-06 Springfield1327
9MM LUGER1219
20 Gauge1064
410 Gauge1052
308 WIN1044
7.62 x 39541
16 GAUGE413
40 S&W412
357 Mag361
7.92 x 57360
270 Win337
38 SPL270
7.62 x 54R267
223 Remington254
Unknown252
7.62 x 51252
6.5 x 55189
300 WIN MAG169
5.56MM NATO147
243 Winchester125
3281
45-70 Govt74
50 BMG69
10 GAUGE61
30 CARBINE54
222 Remington54
338 WINCHESTER MAGNUM30
Weatherby25
303 Savage24
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sorry to derail.
please empty your mailbox good sir, I have a line on mod tentage if you're still looking.
Roy
 
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