What's the most useless caliber

[Fenix.NZ]

i couldnt be F*cked reading 14 pages about calibers that noone actually uses..

7.62x39mm Soviet .. what a total piece of sh*t

even handloaded it barely measures on the accuracy scale.. i can pretty much piss in a flatter trajectory .. and its out performed by the whiney little poodle tickling .223

 

[caramel]

They were ment to go to war and they were good for that... JP.

 

[cornbinder49]

I'd say 32 rimfire, actually any rimfire bigger then 22

 

[The Kurgan]

I'd say 32 rimfire, actually any rimfire bigger then 22

Good call,... right up there with the 32 ACP, a useless, anemic piece of crap.

 

[smak_daddy]

30 carbine

I agree 100% on that one.

And for the person who said 280, give your head a serious shake.

 

[StoneHorse]

OK, I retract my previous statements about the Vancouver Canucks..........damn, wrong thread again.

My comments about the 25/06 were meant tongue in cheek . It sure is easy to bait some people here .

I have never owned a rifle in 25/06 and likely never will. The 25/06 is a fine cartridge with a small but loyal following . I just feel the 25/06 is stuck between the .257 Roberts (P+) and the .270 Win.

The most useless cartridge to me is one that I would never own because of redundancy.

 

[Goldenlakepete]

If you include wildcats - I'd say any of the .14 calibre jobs, especially the rimfire.

If you include currently obsolete cases - the .228 cal .22 Savage Hi-Power. While I love shooting the cartridge - a .228 bullet has nothing over a .224 bullet.

 

[Fenix.NZ]

They were ment to go to war and they were good for that... JP.

were they ? the round is cheap, thats its saving grace

 

[yidava25]

.22 bird shot. unless you're hunting dragonflies. small ones.

 

[Nathan231]

.22 bird shot. unless you're hunting dragonflies. small ones.

.22 bird shot has been used by lots of farmers and ranchers. I have shot pigeons inside a barn using .22 bird shot and it killed the pigeon @ 20 yards and didn't even go through the tin roof. Very practical round.

 

[Brutus]

My experience is the opposite with 22 LR birdshot. In using them in the low roof of empty horse stables, all I accomplished was 'delousing them' with the birdshot aggressively combing thier feathers.

 

[y2k]

.17

 

[Kelly Timoffee]

So many against .17 and there are many , many people shooting them and really enjoying them, maybe fun factor and usefulness are not intertwined.

 

[Ardent]

.17's great, you'll just find the ones of us that like it are westerners, we have much more for varmint shooting.

 

[K0na_stinky]

I've been shooting my .17HMR for a year now and that little round is a lot of fun. Great for picking off small varmints at 100 yard+ distances.

My 204 ruger is also a ton of fun!

Its hard to call any caliber useless. They were all made to fit some ones personal need. Even if that need was just to get away from the wife!

 

[trebor2880]

Gimme the .22LR, .223, .243, 30/06 and 50BMG(strictly for entertainment). And you can keep the rest.

 

[444shooter]

With accuracy like this, my .17 Rem is a keeper

 

[AWOL]

With accuracy like this, my .17 Rem is a keeper

I get that with my Mini-14

 

[444shooter]

My vote goes to the 8mm Rem Mag.

One of the most under-rated cartridge ever. I love mine!

 

[Brutus]

I get that with my Mini-14

sorry I find that hard to believe......