The "classics"

[209jones]

22lr
12ga
7x57 or 8x57 or 303, depending on where I was going, one of them shud be available.

 

[cheapsk8]

6.5x55 Swede
7x57 Mauser
30-06
9.3x62
375 H&H

This list is probably the closest to reality. However I feel the 303 should be on there somewhere being used in all the British common wealth for so long. Maybe I am just biased being from Canada.

 

[brybenn]

8x57
30/30
250 savage
30/06
375hh
Each have a historical legends and advanced cartridge design

However personally classics to me are
45/70
250 savage
275 rigby
303 brit
450/400 3"
375hh

 

[horseman2]

22 long rifle
30-06
338 Winchester Magnum
12 gauge
22-250

 

[longbranch*]

.270wcf
7x57
.30-06
.300h&h
.375h&h

 

[Loyalist84]

For the Continent:

.220 Swift for small predators
.275 Rigby for deer sized game
.300 H&H for moose-sized game
9.3x62 for dangerous game from the great bears up to, but not including rhino or elephant
.404 Jeffery for the last of the Big 5 and a stopping round

For the Americas:

.22 Hornet for small game and short-range predators
.30-30 Winchester for deer-sized game (substitute for .303 British in Canada)
.270 Winchester for Moose-sized game and long-range/mountain hunting
.35 Whelen for large game in heavy cover and a dual-purpose Bear gun on a non-Bear hunt
.45-70 loaded hot for a Great Bear gun at stopping ranges/cover for 3/5 Big Five

 

[a j cave]

My classics are
22 Hornet (222 second)
7x57
300H&H
45-70
And oddball here 38-55

 

[Ranger Dave]

303 British. My Dad's hunting group thats all they carried. The running joke was they only needed to buy one box of ammo for their hunting season.

 

[rem338win]

I'm not far off, but definitely have a more North American bent to my list.

.22-250
.270
.30-06
300 Weatherby
45-70

 

[28 gauge]

O my,there are so many classic cartridges..30-30 Winchester,.32 Winchester Special,.303 British,.30-06 Springfield,.405 Winchester,.300 Savage,.250 Savage,.45-70 Government etc,

Would also add one cartridge that is no longer chambered or in production the .50-110 Winchester.I suppose if we get into discontinued cartridges, that opens a whole other can of worms.

 

[kjohn]

Well, being a good Canadian boy, I’ll go with:

.303 British
30-30
6.5 MS
30-06
.22

These would be the Canadian Classics. In the earlier 1900’s, there were lots of 6.5 MS rifles in Canada. Nothing needs to be said for the other ones.

 

[SHELL SHUCKER]

Fer me,

.22LR
.32-40 Win
7.62x54R
9.3x57 Mauser
.458 Win mag

 

[flashman2]

Well, being a good Canadian boy, I’ll go with:

.303 British
30-30
6.5 MS
30-06
.22

These would be the Canadian Classics. In the earlier 1900’s, there were lots of 6.5 MS rifles in Canada. Nothing needs to be said for the other ones.

Erm, if it's a Canadian list, the .280 Ross? A .270 Win, twenty years before the .270 Win.

 

[PSE]

22 Long Rifle - small game
22-250 - varmints
6.5X55 - light big game
30/06 - medium big game
375 H&H - heavy big game

 

[kjohn]

Erm, if it's a Canadian list, the .280 Ross? A .270 Win, twenty years before the .270 Win.

Whatever. I guess a "classic" is different things to different people.

 

[flashman2]

Whatever. I guess a "classic" is different things to different people.

Oh, no stress... just surprised it wouldn't make a "Canadian classic" list... along with the .43 Mauser perhaps.