Favorite all time caliber

[BarryinIN]

I don’t know. I really don’t know.
Maybe if I made some categories.

General rifle: .308
Target rifle: 6.5 Creedmoor
Carry semiauto: 9mm
Carry revolver: .38/.357
Fun handgun: .22, .44 Spl

 

[PieterCoetzee]

Rifles in those calibers are said to kill with one end and cripple with the other! In my part of North America if I can’t kill whatever with a 30.06 or .308 then I’ll have a bigger problem: it ain’t from earth!

Not sure where youre from or what you hunt; but in places where I have hunted 30-06 is a medium bore. I also know hunters in MD/PA that handload 458 lite for Whitetail, so they can use the same gun in Alaska and Afrika

My objection to 458 wasnt the cartridge, it was the that the No1 is too light for a full power 458 Mag

 

[Grayfox]

While my all time favorite is .22, my centerfire preferences are
General rifle - .308
Revolvers - .44 Special
Semi-auto pistol - 38 Super.

 

[Dobbinsky]

I thoroughly enjoyed 9X18 at the range yesterday.

 

[Talyn]

LA bolt Rifle: 30-06
SA Bolt/Semi-A Rifle: 6.5 CM

Large-frame Semi-A Handgun: 10mm, .38 Super/9x23 Win.
Small-frame Semi-A Handgun: 9mm

CF revolver: .357 mag
BP revolver: .45, .36

Shotgun: 16 ga., 28 ga.

 

[belladonna]

Rifle - 6.5 Creedmoor
Handgun - 45 ACP
EDC - 9mm (cuz it's lighter for me)

 

[Annihilator]

My favorite rifle caliber was/is the .222rem

 

[Dobbinsky]

.17HMR been mentioned yet? Themz fun.

 

[The Night Rider]

 

[Belt Fed]

I like the 6.5 Creedmoor a lot but ammo is way too expensive for plinking.

 

[Recusant]

Not sure where youre from or what you hunt; but in places where I have hunted 30-06 is a medium bore. I also know hunters in MD/PA that handload 458 lite for Whitetail, so they can use the same gun in Alaska and Afrika

My objection to 458 wasnt the cartridge, it was the that the No1 is too light for a full power 458 Mag

I deer hunt out in the western mountains of Virginia. Most shots are under 100 yards through the brush. A larger caliber would probably be over kill.

 

[PieterCoetzee]

Most shots are under 100 yards through the brush.

There are parts of PA that are very much the same. The same guys the swear by 45-70 also like 458 win (with lite loads). Not all Big Bores have to be shoulder crushers. It depends on a lot of things, not the least being the weight of the rifle. Ive got shotguns that kick more than my 470 Nitro Express

 

[Dobbinsky]

I deer hunt out in the western mountains of Virginia. Most shots are under 100 yards through the brush. A larger caliber would probably be over kill.

I've bagged all my deer with a 30-30 lever action in less than 100 yds and with open iron sights...in NH and MT. My favorite manner of the hunt is walking slow and quiet with momentary breaks, or simply sit in a spot that appears promising, and do it alone.

 

[Oldmountaiman]

25-06 and 41 mag 315 hp

 

[jumpinjoe]

9mm for the little guns, .270Win. for the long ones. Or maybe .22LR and 7mm08, or maybe .38Spl and .308, or maybe .357mag and 30/06, or maybe .22mag and 410 shotgun ................................ I don't know, I think I love 'em all!