Cartridge love...i mean real obsessive love

[SKWERLZ]

260 Remington, learned so much from it!
My new love is 7SAUM, 260 on trenbolone
Lol
6bra is another favorite now.

 

[TonyinKY]

10MM! I have absolutely no doubt if I had to live with one cartridge the rest of my life it would absolutely be the 10mm. 40 years of owning one and I love it more every day. Now choosing one gun for this cartridge is something I hope to never have to decide!

 

[Will Henry]

I have always had a fondness for the 30/40 Krag. I even built a HV rifle in that chambering and currently have a prone rifle so chambered, along with a "F" class gun, and a hunting rifle.
When I was a teenager, my Dad had his Model 70 re-chambered to the 308 Norma Magnum. I have always had a fondness for that cartridge as well and have one of those.
I've always admired the cartridges of Charles Newton. So it is that I have two .256 Newtons. One I built on a Model 54 Winchester, the other on a Kimber Montana.
The truth is, cartridge designations and configurations don't mean a lot, for most purposes. The cartridge case is mostly just a container for powder and a gasket to contain pressure. WH

 

[Kittitas George]

I have been shooting a 25-06 much longer than most of you, way back, when I was much younger, there was not as many different cartridges and calibers. Bullet selection was also limited, so we 'made do'. My 25-06 was built before Remington made it 'legal'. It was easy to reform brass, good powders were readily available and some almost decent bullets. I also had a 22-250, but, it couldn't handle the spring wind. I've shot many gophers, sage rats, rock chucks, mule deer and antelope with that rifle over 60 years. I've interviewed most of them and not 1 has said "you should have used something different". The only change on that rifle in 60+ years is a different stock. The scope is Bausch & Lomb 2.5X to 8X in a Buehler mount. I had a Richard Franklin 6mm AI, 40X action, best shooting rifle I've ever had, consistent groups of .156. It's gone and the 25-06 is still here. There is nothing like a trusted old friend.

 

[jackieschmidt]

Or a divorce???
Why do you think I spend a lot of time in the reloading room?

I think some of you guys need a girlfriend. jd

I put this in another thread, but it’s still funny.

That being said, Marilyn puts up with a lot of my crap, but this is where she draws the line.

 

[FNSafari]

I think when someone says they "love" a particular cartridge, they are saying that it satisfies all of their shooting and hunting needs. They don't love it as in the romantic meaning of love. Or, maybe they do?

 

[CJ6]

Mine is the 6-284. Accurate fast and easy to shoot.

 

[ChrisA]

Small=17MachIV
Medium=6.5x47L
Bigger=35 Sambar

 

[bobcat93]

The answer is NOSTALGIA and an appreciation of the dart like sleekness of the cartridge/bullet and the attitude towards quality by expert craftsmen that made the rifles to shot those Wildcats which were latter adopted by major rifle manufacturers!!!

The really old 25 Neidner (standard 25-06) was the first SPRINGFIELD 30-06 (1906) wildcat made by simply reducing the neck!!! Standing a 25-06 up to a 30-06 loaded rounds, one would choose the 25 cal because it looks balanced!!! And when you reload for both cartridges, you look at that sleek, dart like 25 cal bullet and wonder why you still have the 30-06 around?? That cartridge and rifle do have sedimental value too me!! My 25-06 was my 1st custom build over 40 years ago!!! It is a battlefield proven (both WW1 and WW2) tough and reliable Springfield 03A3 action make specifically for the 30-06 cartridge!!

NOTE: Of all the AI cartridges PO Ackley designed, his favor round was the standard 25-06 (slightly over bore) where he ADMITTED the 25-06 AI is way over bore and the added powder charge was a waste with very little gain in velocity!! Ackley also stated the same with the 6.5-06 (at bore) vs 6.5-06 AI (over bore) with the same length barrel comparison!!!

The 256 Newton was developed prior to WW1 and factory ammo was available up an till WW2 when that cartridge died out! Factory made rifles were also made for that cartridge!! If memory serves me right, the parent cartridge was the Springfield 30-03 (1903)!!!

The Rem 22-250 (ak: 22 Varminter, .220 Wotkyns Original Swift (.220 WOS)) are also another old time wildcat made from the 250-3000 Savage (1914). The 220 WOS was slightly different than the simple necked down 22 Varminter!! For all practical purposes, the reloading data was the same for both expect for reduced loads, which the 22 Varminter being the better option!!! Once again, stand the reloaded 22-250 up next to it patent cartridge, the 250-3000 Savage, one would pick the balanced, sleeker 22-250 with slender dart like bullets!!! My go to, but lightly shoot out rifle is a REM 700 VLS!! It has a barrel code dating stamp being one year prior to the release of the 1st year production/REM sales VLS run!!! I TEND TO SPECULATE IT WAS A SHOW, DISPLAY, PRE PRODUCTION RIFLE WITH THE ADDED FACTORY CHECKERING!!!

One of my favorite and oldest rimless bottleneck cartridge is the 6.5x55 SWEDE (1894)!! My old C/R M96B Swedish Mauser (1917 all matching numbers) was designed to shoot a 156 grain bullet at 2460f/s out of the long (29.5") military tapered barrel and loves the 139 and 140 Darts!!!! It is fun to shoot long distance plinking with very little recoil!!

If I want to get into more serious open sight plinking, out comes my now antique, CROWNED JEWEL OF SWEDEN, CG63 target rifle ((1965) a factory modified M96 action (Mauser designed small ring receiver), milled and polished sears which reduces lock time, cut off pull/lock firing pin knob, wide ribbed tuned target trigger, 29.5" Norma Palma barrel, mounted on a Birchwood target stock)!! This rifle is extremely rare (1900 German made Swedish pre production receiver) and I always wanted to know what the full accuracy capability would be by mounting a target scope!! BUT, no modifications will be done on that gun!!! It is extremely valuable and part of my investments!!!

That was good stuff. Thank you Wild Bill

 

[Texas Solo]

I've shot .223 most of my life. Critters mostly. But when I got involved with F Class I went to a .308. It did well, but at 140lbs I hated the recoil. Last year I went to a 6Dasher. Now I'm in love.
Super accurate out to 1000yds. I'm stocked up on components for a year.

 

[rlporter507]

I was down with the 25-06 for a long long time. Loved to whack antelope with it. dont hunt anymore, and got a 6mm dasher. Its like dumping the wife for a 26 year old!!!! love the 6mm!!!!!

 

[ggshoots]

I think when someone says they "love" a particular cartridge, they are saying that it satisfies all of their shooting and hunting needs. They don't love it as in the romantic meaning of love. Or, maybe they do?

I have always been "partial" to the 22-250 and 222. I dont know about the love thing when it comes to rifles, its not a good thing to fall in love with an object.

One thing I don't like though. My wife waking up in the middle of the night because she rolled over on my rifle. She knows I always keep it in the bed between us. I sure do "care" for that rifle!

 

[centershot]

I always love an oddball cartridge. I loved the .280 Remington when no one knew what it was. Later the 7 mm Express. I now own a .300 H & H. Owned a .222 when it was becoming a bench rest cartridge and now there is a resurgence for it. Also loved the .257 Roberts and its Ackley variant.
I collected cartridges as a child so maybe that is where my ideas came from.

 

[357Mag]

This is supposed to be a fun topic, so we can tell on ourselves because we’re all kind of weird. You gotta at least admit that.

All -

Howdy !

When I design my own “ wildcat “ case /cartridge, and the design ultimately accomplishes all of its intended performance goals; I develope a profound fondness for it.

For my anti-groundhog work, I wanted a .224” calibre cartridge that could deliver a bit more kinetic energy than what the .22-250 generated ( w/ 55gr varmint bullets ).
The .35 Remington case had dimensions that gave me the case capacity I needed; with a neck-down to .224” cal… and using a 26* shoulder angle. I shot the wildcat from both a 24” SS 1-14 Hart, and later…. shot 75 “A”- Max using the “ . 22-35 “ chambered in a 28” SS 1-8 K & P. These days… I am preparing to order a new .224” cal Bartlein w/ gain twist, to chamber in “ .22-35 “ again; for shooting Hornady 55 SX @ significantly elevated velocity… in support of my 2026+ anti-groundhog work.


With regards,
357Mag

 

[Doug Casner]

Mine went from big bores to small bores. 22-250 seems about right. Doug

 

[JBT47]

.223 & 6.5x47 Lapua

 

[ELR LVR]

10MM! I have absolutely no doubt if I had to live with one cartridge the rest of my life it would absolutely be the 10mm. 40 years of owning one and I love it more every day. Now choosing one gun for this cartridge is something I hope to never have to decide!

Gotta agree here for pistol
Ive had so many pistols and always loved my 44 Mag from a youth
and the second I shot a 10mm a few yrs ago I thought
"If I had to pick just one pistol and give up all the rest, it would be the 10mm"
It always cycles, its always accurate, even at 100 yds, has enough energy for most every animal, recoil is great, its just....a perfect little package"
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But for rifle, 22 BR for years
Its Just so cute, efficient, accuracy all day long even without trying even when your elbow slips even with FMJ's, but yet so fast and powerful

 

[Lance21]

GMC, black T shirts, 6 BR and amber shades.

Been my thing for as long as I can remember. We like what we like.

If there’s anything else that shoots under .250, kills coyotes without damage and will body slam a whitetail, please enlighten me.

25x47 with heavies.

 

[Clancy]

25x47 with heavies.

You don’t get exits?

 

[WileyG]

I'm a 22LR, .308 and 45-70 guy