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.

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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.

 

[Anchorite]

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

Ah. Gotta toot his own horn.

 

[Beartooth]

Cool article, thanks for posting.
I have a couple Marlins in 35 Rem., great cartridge.
Had a friend when we were kids had a “Sweet 16” as it was called then; it was a sweet shooter, less pummeling to the shoulder while shooting a box of shells.

 

[Biggfoot44]

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

en.wikipedia.org

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.

It can roughly be subdivided in three .

Blue Ridge ( think Ridge & Valley area of PA ) , the main Alleghany Mountains , and the Alleghany Plateau .

 

[Shibadog]

Nothing wrong with any of these cartridges. They’ve worked for 100+ years in most cases and continue to work just as well today. Neither human nor animal physiology has changed in that time. The old Thuty-Thuty has probabably kneed as many whitetails as all other calibers combined. I doubt the hulls fired from my Dad’s 1946 vintage A5 would all fit in my basement-and he used it on quail, pheasant and Deer. Never failed him

 

[Superzuki]

He left out the 30-40 Krag. My brother-in-law took a lot of deer with his.

 

[Captain O]

The ol' 35 Remington was my father's "woods walking" rifle for the Coast Range (That's Western Oregon to you all.) It takes deer as easily as any .30-30 and will penetrate as well or better than any of them.

"Hillbilly cartridge" my left ankle.

 

[Talyn]

It can roughly be subdivided in three .

Blue Ridge ( think Ridge & Valley area of PA ) , the main Alleghany Mountains , and the Alleghany Plateau .

It's not a simple as that, and the Blue Ridge Mountains are further south in Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia.

Geographically and physiographically, the mountain system is commonly divided into Northern, Central, and Southern regions, as well as a distinct cultural and administrative definitions.

Physiographic Divisions

1. Northern Appalachians

• Geographic Scope: Extends north from the Hudson River (including parts of Quebec, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York).
• Landscape Features: Heavily shaped by ancient glaciers, featuring polished rock, deep fjords, glacial lakes, and alpine tundra at high summits.
• Key Subranges:
  • White Mountains (New Hampshire)
  • Green Mountains (Vermont)
  • Long Range Mountains (Newfoundland)
  • Longfellow Mountains (Maine)
  • Catskill Mountains (New York)
  • Berkshires (Massachusetts and Connecticut)

2. Central Appalachians

Geographic Scope: Spans from the Hudson Valley in New York down to the New River in Virginia and West Virginia (including Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, and parts of Virginia and West Virginia).

Landscape Features: Alternating parallel ridgelines and valleys, famous water gaps carved through ridges by ancient rivers, and major bituminous and anthracite coal fields.

• Key Subranges & Areas:
  • Ridge and Valley Province
  • Appalachian Plateau (including the Allegheny and Cumberland plateaus)
  • Coal Region of northeastern Pennsylvania

3. Southern Appalachians

• Geographic Scope: Lies south of the New River, covering parts of West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama.
• Landscape Features: Features the highest peaks in the entire range, dense biodiversity, ancient weathered ridges, and the highest point in eastern North America—Mount Mitchell (6,684 feet) in North Carolina.
• Key Subranges & Areas:
  • Blue Ridge Mountains (Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia)
  • Great Smoky Mountains (Tennessee and North Carolina)
  • Cumberland Mountains