Top 10 Canadian Calibers of all time.

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Good morning CGN"ers. As I'm drinking my morning coffee I was thinking to myself, has anyone ever done a study of the most popular Canadian calibers? I'm sure you fellas have your own thoughts on the matter, not hard to get an opinion here!!:p Have a good day

Anyway, here I go with a couple reasons why. Tough question really, being as its so subjective and individual.

303 British: Abundant army surplus with a cheap price made this a faveriote for Canadian familys. Who didn't grow up with a 303 in the house?

30-30: Probally spliting hairs in populairity with the 303, Grandpas meat getter... Oh yeah,, and mine and probally yours at one time.

.22 Rimfire: Wither it be practice or small game hunting, the .22 is still king. Even has a couple big game scaples to its creidit!

12G, Not really a caliber but whatever. Its another been there done that. Veristile is its name, from birds, small game, home protection, and big game.

30-06: The magnum of its time. Probally the most popular caliber in North America. Still probally find more of these in Moose camps than anything else.

243: The deer hunters rifle, little recoil, deadly on deer sized game, the 243 still thrives as a good beginners caliber while maintaining a good record for putting meat on the table.

338 WM: The word Magnum, beatiful isen't it!? Although not as old as some other calibers here it certainly has grown into one of the most popular calibers around. With good accuacy and good ballistics it is a great all around cartridge. Dare I say the perfect elk caliber?

270: Some guy a long time ago wrote about it being good for somthing? I forget what? :D Light bullets, low recoil, a flat trajectory AND GOOD PRESS, made this one very popular. The old .270 vs debates still continues and for good reason.

7mm: Another Magnum that infected the masses with its name. Apperently the word Magnum has an ability to make or break a caliber. Simply put, the 7mm works well.

300WM. Very accuate and a faveriote of shooters and hunters alike. Flat shooting without too much recoil for the average guy, the 300wm continues to be a top seller in the modern day and age.


So there you go, thats my thoughts on what are possibly the most common calibers out there in Canadian gun lockers. So what do you think? Was I close or did I complety have it backwards?

Cheers

Seabass
 
I would guess that there are at least as many .308 Winchesters out there as there are .338 and .300 WinMags combined. It's also more common than the .243 Winchester. I'd also venture to say that there are more .38-55 and .32 Specials out there, and .410 bore shotguns, than .338 WinMags.
 
A giant can of worms here! At first glance at the posting, I thought he was talking about historical firearms, the ones that more or less designated the connection between, say pre World War Two, and rural Canada. But when you throw in all the modern calibres, take your pick.
Easiest way to find this out would be to ask a major ammunition maker the calibres they sell the most of.
At least until the mid 1960s the calibre that sold far and away the largest number, was the 30-30. In the mid 1960s the 303 British came second.
When you say how high the 303 British rates, you are definetly talking post WW2. Prior to that the 303 was away down the line in popularity.
 
The majority of hunters I see are using cartridges liek the .270, 30-06, 7RM and 300WM. Ther last few years have shown me a huge upswing in hunters using WSM chamberings, according to the brass collected at the range.

A few hunters use 338WM , and there are also lots of 308's. Hardly anyone I see these days are using 303 British or 30-30's, once very common.
 
mardig88 said:
with the recent imports of SKS and 7.62x39 ammo, i bet it's become one of the most fired calibers in canada these days
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From looking at the bins at the range, I'd have to agree with you. I was hooting an SKS at the range the other day. From prone, I was averaging about 50% for hits on our gong at 340 yards, using cheap FMJ ammo and the irons sights. Tons of fun, for very cheap.
 
In my world it goes like this............

.22 lr or short
.22 mag
16 guage
12 guage
.35 rem
.303 brit
30-06
.300 win mag
.223
7.62x39

And not favored in any paticular order.

And runners up goes to .243, .308, .410, 30-30
 
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