What about the old classics?
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unstableryan
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Beautiful Okanagan Valley
I'm 30 and I hunt with 6.5x55 and 45-70. I chose them for a reason.
Mount Sweetness
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Southern Ontario
Love .222rem, 7x57 and 30-30....looking for a .35 rem to add
meatgrinder
Member
- Location
- eastern ontario
I'm 34 and I've been shooting a few different 30-06's for the past 10years. I can't get away from it. I do my ballistics research like many of you do and there dosen't seem to be a reason to change. I also have a 22lr,30-30 and I will soon have a 45-70. All oldies but they realy know how to get-r-done.
Good times!
Good times!
32 years old. 6.5x55, 8mm, .303, 30-30. the "newest" caliber I own is a .308 and I think it will stay that way. I have considered picking up a .300win mag, but I just think how much I would rather have a 7x57 and keep saving for the one I want.
- Location
- Yellowknife, NWT
Currently a pair of .30-30's and a .257 Roberts. Have used a .303 Savage, .250 Savage and the old (maybe not classic) .351 Win SL.
I'm an Old Fart (65) and I'm not a hunter ('issues' with the polio virus) BUT......
if I were to add up the DATES that the ammo for my rifles was introduced and then divide by the number of firearms, likely the result would be about 1899 or 1900 at latest.
Yes, I use a lot of the old ones and they are all fun.
If you want to see a lot MORE old rifles out there in deer season, try persuading one of the ammo companies to turn out a batch of .43 Mauser. There are still lots of these fine/fun old rifles out there and they are very good indeed for short-range. Removing the cartridge from the list of those being made was a POLITICAL decision: at the time of its demise it was the cheapest big-bore cartridge available in Canada ($3.65 a box vs $5.25 for a box of .303 or a 26 of Five Star).... and sales were going UP because all the US shooters were starting to buy it from Canada, Remington and Winchester already having delisted it.
There is still LOTS of room for the old-timers and I am very happy to see so many younger guys who don't simply 'diss' a cartridge because it is more than 3 years old.
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BTW, 308W makes into .300 Savage quite easily. Two-fifty Savage is the .300 necked down.... and the .22-250 is just the .250 necked down, so necking it back UP is certainly permitted!
Do have fun!
if I were to add up the DATES that the ammo for my rifles was introduced and then divide by the number of firearms, likely the result would be about 1899 or 1900 at latest.
Yes, I use a lot of the old ones and they are all fun.
If you want to see a lot MORE old rifles out there in deer season, try persuading one of the ammo companies to turn out a batch of .43 Mauser. There are still lots of these fine/fun old rifles out there and they are very good indeed for short-range. Removing the cartridge from the list of those being made was a POLITICAL decision: at the time of its demise it was the cheapest big-bore cartridge available in Canada ($3.65 a box vs $5.25 for a box of .303 or a 26 of Five Star).... and sales were going UP because all the US shooters were starting to buy it from Canada, Remington and Winchester already having delisted it.
There is still LOTS of room for the old-timers and I am very happy to see so many younger guys who don't simply 'diss' a cartridge because it is more than 3 years old.
*
BTW, 308W makes into .300 Savage quite easily. Two-fifty Savage is the .300 necked down.... and the .22-250 is just the .250 necked down, so necking it back UP is certainly permitted!
Do have fun!
Dorian Gray
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Out of the ones you listed 1899, i still use a .303 British, a .300 Savage and a .35 Remington. Another older one that i use is a 30-06 Springfield. A few other classics i want to get my hands on in the next few years are a 7x57, a 6.5x55 and a 9.3x62. I'm 24 years old.
Dorian
Dorian
I shoot and reload (no loading the .22LR and 12G. of course
) the following cartridges:
.22 LR
.22 Hornet
.223 Rem./5.56 NATO
.300 WM
.303 Brit.
.308 Win./7.62 NATO
7.62x39
45-70 Gov't.
.38 Special
.357 Magnum
.40 S&W
.45 ACP
And last but not least, 12 gauge.
I see little advantage to the latest trend of short or uber cartridges, and many of the firearms I enjoy shooting are chambered in military cartridges anyway
) the following cartridges:.22 LR
.22 Hornet
.223 Rem./5.56 NATO
.300 WM
.303 Brit.
.308 Win./7.62 NATO
7.62x39
45-70 Gov't.
.38 Special
.357 Magnum
.40 S&W
.45 ACP
And last but not least, 12 gauge.
I see little advantage to the latest trend of short or uber cartridges, and many of the firearms I enjoy shooting are chambered in military cartridges anyway
I have old rifles chambered for old cartridges and I also have new rifles chambered for the latest designs like the WSM's.
I like them all with my favorite cartridge still being the 30-06.
I like the old rifles with their comfortable feel in the hand and smoothness of actions honed by decades of use. While practicable as hell I personally have little use for plastic-stocked stainless rifles as they leave me cold ascetically. A well cared for BSA Royal or Husqvarna from the 1950's is still preferable in my mind to some of the newer rifles with their cheap stocks and spray-on metal finishes.
I like them all with my favorite cartridge still being the 30-06.
I like the old rifles with their comfortable feel in the hand and smoothness of actions honed by decades of use. While practicable as hell I personally have little use for plastic-stocked stainless rifles as they leave me cold ascetically. A well cared for BSA Royal or Husqvarna from the 1950's is still preferable in my mind to some of the newer rifles with their cheap stocks and spray-on metal finishes.
