I GOTTA COME CLEAN !

[DShortt]

I want to play.


223
308
300 WSM

That covers everything in my book. 2 Share projectiles and barrel blanks. 2 can share primer size. I'm a sucker for the basics.

I felt bad for the .223. So, I decided to get it some company.

Why? Why not?

 

[Xerothermic]

If it wasn’t once loaded with black powder it’s not a real cartridge. 30-30 45-70 44-40 38-55 and all the others. My carry gun is a 1851 Navy. I fire six shots and disappear in the smoke.

Windy day and you're naked.

 

[D Coots]

A .224 The mongrel

 

[Bottom Fodder]

A .224
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And I bet you will never have to anneal it

 

[Fast14riot]

I do love them all. Its like gears on a bicycle, lots of overlap from different combos. The rifles are like golf clubs, each one has a different purpose.

Except for the 224 Valkyrie. Its an half-evolved rodent of a cartridge that can't do anything well. And I do love the 6.8spc, I own 3 of them. But the Valkyrie is just a poor attempt at marketing a cartridge to sell a bolt face diameter in auto loaders.

 

[TheOtherZilla]

I for the life of me do not understand why some people hate certain cartridges

I just don’t get it

Some like the 270 are totally useless sure, but I couldn’t lose sleep over it.

Keep hatin and I'll keep dropping elk every year with a GASP! 270/130 nosler part.

 

[CJ6]

If it goes bang I'm in.
That being said there are individual guns (not makes) that drive me NUTS.

 

[BHP9]

I don't care what I shoot, but, my first love is the .308, second is the .223\5.56, then the .338LM.

I now have a Tikka T3X Tac A1 in 6.5 Creedmore that I really like, got that in mid 2025.

 

[Charlie-NY]

I loved my 460 Wby Mag, right up until I fired a few boxes of factory ammo. I've hated it ever since.

 

[DShortt]

It is funny how fast a change of direction can be! I was all in. Bought brass and dies and powder and made a plan! Then I fired it. OUCH!!!!!!! When did I get old?!?!?!

Those slip-on recoil pads make a world of difference.

Probably a day late and a dollar short in your circumstance.

I don't enjoy recoil, either.

If you can place a shot well, the collateral damage isn't as necessary.

 

[ISS]

Shoot4Fun,

I know, I know! You can still buy parts for a Prius.