Whats your favourite cartridge family?

[catnthehatt]

308 cals of cartridges.
Cat

 

[MiG25]

what about the 38-55 family?....30 WCF, 7-30 waters, 219 zipper, 25-35, etc.

sorry to quote myself,but...

since the 30 remington is basically the 30 WCF minus the rim, is this not the case?

38-55 --> 30 WCF --> 30 remington --> 6.8 SPC

so an old black powder lever gun round leads to the so called cutting edge in the AR15?

 

[John Y Cannuck]

Whats your favourite cartridge family?

ALL of 'em :beerchug:

 

[scout3006]

There sure are a lot of votes for the 308 and/or the 30-06. Strange since they're all the same family

Exactly! The .308 is basically a shortened 30-06, so they are more alike than they are different.

I would propose the following:

[1] .30/06 - /308 family (.270, 280, .243, 6mm, etc.)
[2] Belted Magnum family (7mm Mag, .300 Win Mag, etc.)
[3] WSM Family (.270WSM, .300WSM, etc.)
[4] SFI (Short Fat Italian) Family (- ie: Momma, Poppa, Nonno, Nonna, etc.)

No. 4 is my choice of favourite family!

How's that for confusing?

 

[prosper]

^ Actually the [1] should actually be the Mauser family

 

[ben hunchak]

cartridges based on the 45/70and the 348 Win.....I win!! Hands down!!

 

[jacky]

The Mauser (7x57, 8x57 and derivatives including the '06 which is a stretched mauser, and the 308 which is a shortened mauser, including THEIR offspring)

Yes these are great.

I also like the idea of the belted magnum family. 7mm mag, 8mm mag, 300 H&H mag are all really great but maybe stretching it a bit to call them a family.

The 7mm "family" is a great one. 7X57, 7-08, 7mm mag....etc

Jacky

 

[brobones]

45 70 and the Weatherby family rocks.

 

[Republic of Alberta]

Don't forget about the Benneke family.

 

[Gibbs505]

So, there have been many cartridges/rifles that have been factory produced. Many of these have been necked down or up to make new cartridges/rifles.

The 30-06 has offspring and so does the .308 just to name a couple. What is your favourite cartridge family?

Someone recently told me, "It is hard to beat the family lineage of the .308" After some thinking it's difficult to argue with that

Do you mean by case or by bore size??

 

[prosper]

Yes these are great.

I also like the idea of the belted magnum family. 7mm mag, 8mm mag, 300 H&H mag are all really great but maybe stretching it a bit to call them a family.

It's not that much of a stretch, they can all be formed from their common 'parent' - the 375 H&H.

 

[prosper]

45 70 and the Weatherby family rocks.

The weatherby family descend from the 375H&H, and the 416 Rigby (albeit modified with a belt).