9 "HillBilly" Cartridges That Are Still Alive In Appalachia

[Musashi]

For much of America, these calibers may seem antiquated, but to Appalachian folk, they're right at home.​

9 "HillBilly" Cartridges That Are Still Alive In Appalachia - Firearms News

For much of America, these calibers may seem antiquated, but to Appalachian folk, they're right at home.

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[trader]

My dad had a 16G and I a 30-30. Does that makes us hill billy?

 

[bc22wm]

30-30, 38 SPL, 243, ? Even the 35 Rem and 16G. Then I'm not that far off the mountains.

(Knife Edge Trail On Mount Katahdin)
Images taken from the web. I'm not interested in wakening Pamola. Plus I'm too old and lazy for that crap.

 

[Retired Bum]

Sounds reasonable to me! I've got most right now or did have them all. They work!

 

[KillerFord1977]

30-30, 38 SPL, 243, ? Even the 35 Rem and 16G. Then I'm not that far off the mountains.
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(Knife Edge Trail On Mount Katahdin)
Images taken from the web. I'm not interested in wakening Pamola. Plus I'm too old and lazy for that crap.

i could see that mtn on a clear day from our house hours north in Bridgewater

 

[Talyn]

Geologists say that the Appalachian Mountains stretch roughly 2,050 to 3,200 miles from central Alabama in the United States to Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada.

Appalachian Mountains - Wikipedia

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Having grown up in western PA, we always called the PA part, the "Alleghenies", and that "real" Appalachian Hill Billy Country started at the southern PA/West Va. border on south.

 

[Anchorite]

Geologists say that the Appalachian Mountains stretch roughly 2,050 to 3,200 miles from central Alabama in the United States to Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada.

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Appalachian Mountains - Wikipedia

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Having grown up in western PA, we always called the PA part, the "Alleghenies", and that "real" Appalachian Hill Billy Country started at the southern PA/West Va. border on south.

I remember reading they are "geologically related" to the hills in Scotland and some of the mountains of Norway/Scandanavia.

 

[Anchorite]

For much of America, these calibers may seem antiquated, but to Appalachian folk, they're right at home.​

9 "HillBilly" Cartridges That Are Still Alive In Appalachia - Firearms News

For much of America, these calibers may seem antiquated, but to Appalachian folk, they're right at home.

www.firearmsnews.com

Interesting montage.

I would include the 22 Hornet in that list. A lot of old timers (and poachers) have used it for years to harvest literally truckloads of deer.

The 32-20 is an interesting choice, as is the 16 gauge (as opposed to the 12 gauge).

I would rank the 25-06 on the list. Not so sure the Two Fitty Hillbilly .....


But JMO!

 

[Talyn]

Interesting montage.

Not so sure the Two Fitty Hillbilly ....

The author is the creator of the .25 Creedmoor which he initially called the Two Fitty Hillbilly.

 

[Blackmesa96]

Have a friend who grew up in Arkansas that has (and is quite fond of) the .25-06 and .22 Hornet. Seems reasonable to include them in this list.