Mike Oxbig
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Scarborough Ontario
My favorites yet not mainstream here are the short mags. Gotta love those shorter actions.
Top 10 Canadian Calibers of all time.
- Thread starter Seabass
- Start date
That may be true in BC but both chamberings are alive and well here in rural communities in NB!
When I was a kid, the only cartridges I ever heard of was:
30/06 Springfield
303 British
30-30 Win
22 LR (mushroom)
12 gauge
Come to think of it, there is no game animal in the Western Hemisphere that cannot be hunted with at least one of those cartridges. Looking at the number of years these cartridges have been around, they have all proven their worth time and time again.
30/06 Springfield
303 British
30-30 Win
22 LR (mushroom)
12 gauge
Come to think of it, there is no game animal in the Western Hemisphere that cannot be hunted with at least one of those cartridges. Looking at the number of years these cartridges have been around, they have all proven their worth time and time again.
Johnn Peterson
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Chemainus B.C.
X3. While our local range is small and somewhat informal by some standards, 30-06, 30-30 and 303Br. brass is probably the most common found. Oh, pllus of course the SKS empties 303carbine leaves behind.
Oh my, oh my, everyone is stuck on the quantity train.
Lets jump on the longlevity express.
The one and only .577 SNIDER ... 1867 - today ... love dat sulfur
Tip my hat tho if you've been out shooting your .50-60 Peabody recently.
Cheers
Jagaur/TheCounty
Lets jump on the longlevity express.
The one and only .577 SNIDER ... 1867 - today ... love dat sulfur
Tip my hat tho if you've been out shooting your .50-60 Peabody recently.
Cheers
Jagaur/TheCounty
I will give it a go based on my thoughts (which is not much)
22 LR
38-55
30-30
32 special
30-06
308
303
44-40
358
300 win mag
If there was 11 I would throw in the 270
Took in the oldies, some history to a few current ones
22 LR
38-55
30-30
32 special
30-06
308
303
44-40
358
300 win mag
If there was 11 I would throw in the 270
Took in the oldies, some history to a few current ones
kayakdude35
New member
- Location
- New Brunswick
most of those i would say was right but you did forget the 308 and lately .223
My feeling is, hunting rifle calbires only:
303
308
7 rem mag
300 win mag
338 win mag
30.06
30.30
270
35 whelan
300 weatherby
the short mags are coming along as well.
22lr is not a hunting cartridge for big game in BC
No idea on shotguns, don't have one!
303
308
7 rem mag
300 win mag
338 win mag
30.06
30.30
270
35 whelan
300 weatherby
the short mags are coming along as well.
22lr is not a hunting cartridge for big game in BC
No idea on shotguns, don't have one!
Johnn Peterson
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Chemainus B.C.
Good point. I believe however, the original question didn't really even mention hunting, or more specifically big game hunting, just 'The most popular Canadian Calibers'.
Johnn your correct again, thanks for reading my post word for word. No hunting / no big game hunting mentioned anywhere. Just most popular.
mike shickele
Regular
To be absolutely correct, you can't include any shotgun guages, as they are guages, not calibers, and the top ten would be the most popular, having nothing to do with personal preferance. I would suspect that list is:
22lr
303 british
30-30
30-06
270win
308win
7mm rem mag
243win
223rem
300win mag
Possibly in no particular order.
Mike
22lr
303 british
30-30
30-06
270win
308win
7mm rem mag
243win
223rem
300win mag
Possibly in no particular order.
Mike
Johnn Peterson
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Chemainus B.C.
Then perhaps this topic would have been be more suited in the General Firearms section instead of the Hunting and Sporting Arms [/B]section?
Less confusion that way.
Yes, and no. This forum is Hunting and Sporting Arms [/B]so it does seem to fit.
