Just 5 cartridges

[Nameless Range]

22 lr
.44 magnum
20 gauge
.358 Winchester
7-30 Waters

 

[TOGIE]

When I hunted eastern whitetails back east I barely took over a 50 yard shot. Out west I hunt larger game and shoot over much greater distances. I can see the need for different rifles.

i was mostly commenting in jest. but also cause i don't understand why we have to complicate things so much with rifles.

i shot a whitetail buck in wyoming a few years ago with my 30-06 at probably 30-35 yards. one shot, worked great.

shot a mule deer doe with the same rifle at 430 yards last november. one shot, also worked great.

needless to say, for me it's a 30-06 west AND east of the mississippi

 

[MNHunter99!]

.22lr
.45ACP
12ga
.308win
.45-70

 

[Deleted member 16014]

Hmmm, how about:
22lr
.40
20ga
East: .243
West: 6.5x55ai

 

[cahunter805]

22LR
.45ACP
12ga
6.5SAUM
28Nosler or 7/300Win

 

[Wind Gypsy]

22LR
9mm
12 ga
6 Creedmoor
300 somethin.. probably WSM

 

[MThuntr]

The 5 guns "that they know about"
Rimfire: 22LR
Muzzleloader: 50 cal sidelock (for states with restrictive muzzleloader seasons)
Shotgun: 12gauge (I hate to abandon my 16 but if I were forced to own 1 shotgun)
Western US: 280AI (I was doing it before it was cool)
Eastern (straight wall requirement states): 45-70 which will also be of value in the West

I'll skip the pistol since "they don't know about" that one

 

[morley.tyler]

22LR
9mm
12ga
308
375 H&H

 

[VikingsGuy]

i was mostly commenting in jest. but also cause i don't understand why we have to complicate things so much with rifles.

For each task, a tool.

(you are talking to a guy that carries 4 or 5 wedges in his golf bag)

 

[VikingsGuy]

The only surprise so far is the large number of 20ga selections. I love it myself, but you can use light loads with a 12 and mimic that end, but tough to match higher-end loads with a 20.

 

[TN2shot07]

The only surprise so far is the large number of 20ga selections. I love it myself, but you can use light loads with a 12 and mimic that end, but tough to match higher-end loads with a 20.

For me I don’t use a shotgun a ton, the 20 is way nicer to carry, the 12’s that shoot the heavy stuff and are nice to carry suck to shoot.

 

[rwc101]

.220 Swift
.221 Fireball
.222 Rem
.223 (WSSM)
.224 Weatherby

 

[brockel]

So, what is the vegas over/under on days until that loved rifle is for sale on HT, 210?

 

[MThuntr]

7mm Sherman max right now cause I love the build I just did

pics?

 

[OntarioHunter]

3" twelve gauge, .22LR (that was easy!), .357 (for work) & 38 Special (for play), 30-06 everywhere on this planet.

 

[MThuntr]

.220 Swift
.221 Fireball
.222 Rem
.223 (WSSM)
.224 Weatherby

A bit redundant, no?

 

[TOGIE]

For each task, a tool.

(you are talking to a guy that carries 4 or 5 wedges in his golf bag)

and you're talking to the guy who tees up the par 5 with a 3-iron because he can't and never will figure out how to use a driver

 

[MTLabrador]

For western stuff I’d just use what I use now.

I’ve only been east of North Dakota/South Dakota once. We took a wrong turn and got lost in a bad part of St Louis. Judging by that experience, my east of the Mississippi picks would be 2 or 3 glocks, a shorty 12 ga, and an AR with like 12 spare mags.

 

[VikingsGuy]

and you're talking to the guy who tees up the par 5 with a 3-iron because he can't and never will figure out how to use a driver

I have thought about playing a full round with a 7 iron and a putter. I haven't yet, but I doubt my score would change much

 

[JLS]

i was mostly commenting in jest. but also cause i don't understand why we have to complicate things so much with rifles.

I shot an elk at 30 feet once with my .338-06. It was remarkably as dead as the ones I shot at 300 yards as well.