What's your favorite caliber?

[CuttnStrut]

I'm torn between the .270 and .308 ;D Had lots of success with both so it's a toss up with both ;D

[BlueNorther]

I like alot of calibers but I hunt with a 7mm magnum.Where I live you can expect to shoot anything from white-tail deer up to moose and elk at any given time.

[hunt4fun1]

Yep....I'm with Blue.

If I know I may need to take a long shot, I'll bring my 7mm Rem Mag. In West Texas, that round works well for me.
If it's pigs in brush, I like a .45-70. Drop a hog real fast with that one even with branches in the way.
If it's whitetails out of one of my blinds or tripods, I like my .30-30 with iron sights.

[gulfcoasthunter]

My old stand by is my '06 but I like my 243 for deer.

[BT]

with out a dought the 45-70.

i love that round.
its strictily close range but when you hit some thing with that big slow moving slug of lead it dosent go far.
i have had a good run of one shot instant drops with it.

for longer ranges the old 06 is my stand by for now.

but i have been things of something a little biger.

[Shorthair]

30. Anything in .30 I don't care whter it's a 30-30 or a 30-06 or 300 WinMag. I just love a 30 caliber.
Of course my rifle is 7mm-08. It's a long story.

[noonebil]

I agree with gulfcoaster. 30-06 is the standard but I love a 243 for deer.

My favorite to shoot at the range is a 50 cal inline muzzleloader.

[deerslayer11]

I like an 06 with 150grn remington core-locts

[Bucktales]

I love my 7mm Mag. I have killed deer at all ranges, out to 462 measured yards. It is the one rifle I have that shoots right where I want it to. Sometimes I think it has auto-pilot.

[mudfish2]

single shot 30-06...

BT I am seriously thinking of getting a 45-70 as my next rifle..man I just like the look and every shot on my place is close range but one..

do you have any negative to say about the rifle?

[SteveMD]

My .308, Remington 700 topped w/a Weaver V9.

[DeerFearMe]

The 6pt that I got on opening day of the KY rifle season I took with my 300 ultramag Rem. model 700 BDL left handed bolt, an let me tell you something this gun kicks like a full grown mule that 6pt lifted up off the ground when I shot him an hair flew up in the air like id shot him with a army tank, an lord have mercy you shoulda seen the entrance an exit holes the entrance was as bout as big as a nickle an I could stick my fist thru the exit hole his heart an lungs wasnt even in his chest cavitity when i field dressed him they exploded on contact i dont see how he went as far as he did.
But the 300UltraMag aint nuttin to mess with.lol my shoulder has a big bruise from shooting it.

[commanche]

mudfish2, no dont get it. if you want to know which caliber to get, let me know what you want to do with it. you wont be sorry, i know my guns and what each can do.

[commanche]

without knowing what you are going to hunt, i would pick the .270

[noonebil]

As is shown above, there is no 'best gun' or 'best caliber'. It all depends on what you like. Single shot, bolt, lever, pump, autoloader... they all have their positives & negatives. .17 to 12 ga. they all have their place.
Some like knock down power. Some like hyper velocity. Some people want to blend in. Some people just like to be different. Everyone has an opinion. There is no right or wrong.

Mud, I say get the 45-70. If you don't like it, I'm sure you will have no trouble finding someone who will.