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Your most usefull chambering?

No questions why. Mine's the 6mm Rem.
Mike
Mike
"Walking away seems to be a lost art form."
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Ive got some comfort from handgun, shotgun, and rifle cartridges during times I would have otherwise felt vulnerable. But Ive never had to actually use them for the purpose the were being put to.
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
Can defend and get food
There is not much that combination can't do.....except maybe bring home squirrel for dinner. Wouldn't be much squirrel left to dine on with a hit from either one.
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
Mike
N454casull
If you can't get closer than 300 yards.....stalking ain't your thing.
Mike
N454casull
Next would be .223 Remington.
-96 lbs
.223/5.56 is a distant second
.270 is for losers. Discuss
Reuters, Dec 2020.
The '06 can be dialed waaaaaay back - some guys even tweaking it to shoot a 00 buck pellet with tiny charges. At least one 'net vid of a single sheet of nitrocellulose magician's flash paper being used as the propellant for such a thing.
I am in the earliest stages of investigating the .375 H&H's qualities in this discussion. Report to follow soon.
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
Reuters, Dec 2020.
Here shooting ranges are few and mostly for handgun use; ammo is expensive, usually twice the US price, and since I like to shoot as lot as possible, this round is the most reasonable choice.
For that, my 7 mm Remington Magnum is by far the most useful. I've taken all three of the animals mentioned above with this round. If I travel anywhere to hunt, I take it. But, I don't recall the last time I actually shot anything with it. I think the last time I carried it in the field was 2011, and that was a couple of days AFTER I killed the elk in my avatar with another rifle. I haul it along as a sure fire backup rifle.
It allows me to use one of my pet rifles, such as .243, .284, ..338x.284 or .358. I just like using those, but it's nice to know I have good ol' reliable to fall back on if problems arise.
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