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What is your favorite, most shot, cartridge?

.22 LR
13
17%
.22 Win Mag Rimfire
2
3%
Small bore centerfire pistol (e.g. .25, .32 cal.)
1
1%
Medium bore centerfire pistol (e.g. 9mm, .38, .357 cal.)
7
9%
Large bore centerfire pistol (e.g. .41, .44, .45 cal.)
24
32%
Small bore centerfire rifle (.22 - .299 cal.)
5
7%
Medium bore centerfire rifle (.30 - .375 cal.)
12
16%
Large bore centerfire rifle (.40 cal and larger)
8
11%
Shotgun (any gauge)
4
5%
Muzzleloader (any caliber)
0
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Other (and please post what other is!)
0
No votes
 
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Cartridge - your favorite?

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I think this came up on the old forum, but figured it would be fun to stoke the fire again, and try out this polling feature! :wink:

If you could only have ONE cartridge (perish the thought) - rifle, handgun or both - which one would you pick?

Okay, I didn't figure out the polling feature. No big surpise given my computer illiteracy! :?
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6mm Rem or 22 Long Rifle.
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long gun: 30wcf or .22lr

handgun: .22lr
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Man, that's a tough one. For a rifle I'd say a 30-30, and probably a very accurate .22 handgun.
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Post by 71fan »

I take it you mean ONE ONLY. Period.

Plinking, hunting, self defense, rifle, pistol, etc. There's only a few that can do it all, IMO: 38/357, 44, & 45 - I'll take the 44 mag.
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If it really had to come down to just one.
The old can do it all, 12 ga. shotgun.
And a rifled slug barrel to go with. :wink:
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The .555 Pratt & Whitney. No wait.....that one doesn't exist. :lol:

Hmmm......38/.357, cause I wouldn't want to shoot a handgun in 7.62x54r. :D

Oooooo that would be wicked! :twisted:
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For me, hands down it's the .45-70 -- history manifest in brass, lead and BP; a great hunting cartridge; the preferred round for the target shooting I do, BPCR silhouettes and Cowboy Lever Action silhouettes.
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If you could only have ONE cartridge (perish the thought) - rifle, handgun or both - which one would you pick?
ONLY one = .45 Colt. First, foremost, and forever.

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Any one that ends in WCF. :)
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.22 LR it's always handy, and you can afford to shoot 'em over and over again.

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45-70. It can do it all. Tom.
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Only one cartridge? What, are you crazy?

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Only one???

Man, that'd make me insane trying to decide...

But, here's a go at it. If the choice were for a long gun, I would choose 30/06, for as Townsend Whelen said, a 30/06 is seldom a bad choice. ( or words to that effect.)

If the choice were for a handgun, then it would be the 357 mag, but dang, that's a hard choice! It and the classic 45 colt and 44 mag all have points in their favor... The 357 is effecient, flexible in being able to use both 38's or 357's, and generally a all-around useful cartridge. But via handloading, the 45 and 44 are both flexible and all-around cartridges too. I guess the economy of the 357 swings it for me in this case.

A cartridge for both handgun/long gun? Well, then I'd settle for a 44 mag, as it woul d best staddle the fence, being able to load mild for plinking loads or full house for a thumper out of a lever gun...

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.357Mag

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Long gun, .38-55, hands down.

Handgun, .45 Colt.
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.45COLT

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Yep, I meant only one - period - same cartridge to feed both a handgun and a rifle. Or, if you pick a rifle cartridge, I'm assuming you're either not a handgun enthusiast, or willing to forego the handgun to get the performance of a rifle-only cartridge.

I'm leaning towards the .22 Long Rifle myself, just because it already feeds over a dozen of my firearms, in all shapes, sizes, and actions, and like 20cows said, you can shoot id all day long and not go broke.

Still, it lacks in the hunting and self-defense departments...
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YK,

You can edit your original message to edit the poll. I think you can see how it works now. I guess from your last message (posted while I edited) that I didn't get it exactly right. However, you can edit it as you please. If you have problems, ask!
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Marlin 1894C (.357) & Henry H001 .22LR in that order. Both with open sights.

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Is the .44-40 considered a large rifle cartridge or a large pistol cartridge?

Are we talking actual bullets? Then I would go with a .430 dia 240 grain, it works in my rifles and pistols also (.444, .44Mag)....but then again so does my .427" 200gr, hmmmmm.
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22 rimfire is my favorite and 32-20 a close second.
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Post by 86er »

There's a little bit of a gap there with .284 kind of in-between. Leaves out all the 7mm cartridges.
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3" chambered 12 ga. shotgun. Most versatile and useful firearm of the bunch. Target loads, field loads, buck shot, slugs. Clay targets, small game, big game, waterfowl, upland birds, turkey. No other firearm can give as much entertainment (trap, skeet, sporting) and put as much food on the table. And being a trap shooter, I go through thousands of shells a year, so the 12 ga. shotshell is by a wide margin my most used cartridge, followed by the 28 ga.

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Hmmm. Not to pick on words, but your poll asks favorite caliber, while your post asks if I had to have only one. For me, two different questions and answers.

If I could have only one, (In the US), I would choose a 12 ga shotgun. that would allow me protection, hunting of almost all game and recreational shooting.

My favorite all time cartridge, the .44mag, followed closely by 45-70.

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Post by 1894 »

Kinda a tossup for me. I've been shooting three rifles this year , .32 WS ,
.35 Rem , and .44 mag .
The .44 has more rounds through it than the other two , but combined , the other two have more so thats what I went with.

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71fan wrote:I take it you mean ONE ONLY. Period.

Plinking, hunting, self defense, rifle, pistol, etc. There's only a few that can do it all, IMO: 38/357, 44, & 45 - I'll take the 44 mag.
I'll have to go with 71fan on this one, I just hope it never comes down to ONE :wink:
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86er wrote:There's a little bit of a gap there with .284 kind of in-between. Leaves out all the 7mm cartridges.
86er,

I fixed it. I was thinking cartridge designation not actual bore or groove dia. :oops:
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Hobie wrote:YK,

You can edit your original message to edit the poll. I think you can see how it works now. I guess from your last message (posted while I edited) that I didn't get it exactly right. However, you can edit it as you please. If you have problems, ask!
Nope Hobie - your poll covers it pretty well! :D
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Slick13 wrote:3" chambered 12 ga. shotgun. Most versatile and useful firearm of the bunch. Target loads, field loads, buck shot, slugs. Clay targets, small game, big game, waterfowl, upland birds, turkey. No other firearm can give as much entertainment (trap, skeet, sporting) and put as much food on the table. And being a trap shooter, I go through thousands of shells a year, so the 12 ga. shotshell is by a wide margin my most used cartridge, followed by the 28 ga.

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You won't go hungry with a 12 ga. thats for sure. :wink:
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Another vote for .357 mag: fun, fits, fuctional.
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Thanks Hobie: I voted accordingly after your fix.
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Post by Griff »

What, no multiple choice?

My favorite is .30-30, yet I shoot .45 Colt a LOT more! It's ALL good. :lol:

Edit: I also voted before I saw the stpulation, but still answered correctly. Loadings for defense, plinking, targets and hunting large game and small! Even shotshells for rabbit, snake & flying rats! :twisted:
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Well, I chose 30 caliber based on the initial question because I do shoot more 300 Savage than any other. After I voted I saw your stipulation about only having one. That one would have to be the 444 Marlin.
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Contridictory post....

Favorite is not necessairly "most shot" is not necessairly my "one cartridge".

One Cartridge (excluding combat, including Alaska): .45-70
One Cartridge/Favorite - (including combat, excluding Alaska): .357
Most Shot: .22LR
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.45-70 works for me. From mild to wild, it can do it all. 8)
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357 mag is my go to caliber,second would be 6.5X55 Doug
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canonsix wrote:357 mag is my go to caliber,second would be 6.5X55 Doug
Yep. Here in chechako land, .357 is go-to.

Up in Alaska the critters laugh at anything less than .444...
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I will have to that my ol'Colt .45 is still my most shot gun.

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Well, gosh, if I can only have one, I guess I would have to go with a shotgun, because I love to hunt Pheasant too much, so in that case I would probably choose one of my Browning A5's with a riflesighted deer barrel, smoothbore and add screw in chokes to it. With that I pretty much could hunt anything I wanted to, at least in the lower 48, but I wouldn't be really happy about it.
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30-30 here, load up or down for critters big and small
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Hmmm, I found this while searching for info on Ysabel's M92 in .45Colt..

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And don't know how I missed this thread - well, yeah I do. It's been busy..


But my most used is still the .357 Magnum. Much as I like other rounds, this one is the most versatile for me. It will fit in everything from a 2" J frame to a 24" rifle.

Second is the .44 Special.
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Post by Bob A »

This was tough. The poll assumes that my favorite is the one I shoot the most. I think I shoot my hornet the most these days but my real favorite is either my single six revolver or the Marlin 30/30.
Or is it the 45 Colt revolver
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Oh, I don't know but I voted for the Hornet.

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44-40 :D
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44 mag because it is versatile and I have one already. (Levergun) Could easily buy a handgun to match.
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Might as well asked me whcih one of my children is my favorite :? .
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Post by El Chivo »

the poll asks which cartridge DO you use, not which is your favorite. I shoot more .22 because it's cheap and easy but if I could only pick one, that wouldn't be it.

I'm starting in reloading and once I find a favorite load, that will influence my choice. It will probably be a 30-30 or 35 Rem load. I'll be able to find my favorite load/caliber and afford to shoot it a lot as well.
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I would have to say the .44Mag. I own more of them than any other and they see the most use. Several sixguns and two rifles, both Marlins.
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