Caliber roll call, anyone?

[GAHUNTER60]

Of course I NEED a few more:
.318 Westley Richards Accelerated Express
.338 Marlin Express
.404 Jeffrey
.50-90
.500 JRH
9x25 Dillon

Nice list of calibers owned AND calibers lusted for.

I've got one of your "dream" calibers: a .404 Jeffery I had built on a Ruger RSM action back in 2002. It's been to Africa twice: the first time in 2003, on a plains game hunt to Namibia; and again in 2005 on a dangerous game hunt to Save Conservancy in Zimbabwe. I could have taken my .458 Lott on that second hunt, but decided on the Jeffery due to its deep African roots. I had it loaded with 400-grain Swift A-Frames shooting 2,350 fps., which is well above the original 400-grain load of 2,150 fps. on which the caliber gained its fame. It literally knocked a cape buffalo off its feet when I shot it at 30 yards.

On that trip to Zimbabwe, I garnered a certain amount of respect from my Professional Hunters due to my choice of a caliber so steeped in African hunting history. They were used to American's showing up with super modern, whiz bang calibers (like the Lott), or ubiquitous .375 H&Hs. In fact, one of my PHs carried an original Oberndorf Mauser, Circa 1910, in .404 Jeffery as his primary "sort-things-out-when-they-go-bad" rifle.

Last I heard, he was still alive and pounding the bushveld, which means the old gun is doing its job!

 

[woods&water]

I'm not gonna list em all but I do have 2 that I don't think have shown up yet. They are both gitrdun calibers that have killed a lot of critters over the years.
220swift
45winmag

 

[calibob1]

284 , 25-20 ,model95 winchester7.54 for Russian army, 351 al, 455 webley fossbery, and some of the more common ones

 

[pacecars]

Nice list of calibers owned AND calibers lusted for.

I've got one of your "dream" calibers: a .404 Jeffery I had built on a Ruger RSM action back in 2002. It's been to Africa twice: the first time in 2003, on a plains game hunt to Namibia; and again in 2005 on a dangerous game hunt to Save Conservancy in Zimbabwe. I could have taken my .458 Lott on that second hunt, but decided on the Jeffery due to its deep African roots. I had it loaded with 400-grain Swift A-Frames shooting 2,350 fps., which is well above the original 400-grain load of 2,150 fps. on which the caliber gained its fame. It literally knocked a cape buffalo off its feet when I shot it at 30 yards.

On that trip to Zimbabwe, I garnered a certain amount of respect from my Professional Hunters due to my choice of a caliber so steeped in African hunting history. They were used to American's showing up with super modern, whiz bang calibers (like the Lott), or ubiquitous .375 H&Hs. In fact, one of my PHs carried an original Oberndorf Mauser, Circa 1910, in .404 Jeffery as his primary "sort-things-out-when-they-go-bad" rifle.

Last I heard, he was still alive and pounding the bushveld, which means the old gun is doing its job!

Nice! I did leave one off I would love to take to Africa for Elephant and Buffalo, a Rigby or H&H double rifle in .450/400

 

[rosewood]

Nice list of calibers owned AND calibers lusted for.

I had it loaded with 400-grain Swift A-Frames shooting 2,350 fps., which is well above the original 400-grain load of 2,150 fps. on which the caliber gained its fame. It literally knocked a cape buffalo off its feet when I shot it at 30 yards.
!

That is 4906 ft*lbs of energy. Bet that one kills at both ends. I myself am quite content with the 405 grain out of the 45-70 at about 1500 fps for my purposes.

 

[pdsniper]

22,22 mag,223,243,6 mm Norma BR,6.5 creedmoor,30 cal carbine,7.62x39,308,8mm Mauser,300 Norma mag,338 Norma Mag,338 Lapua mag,4570,4590
22 TCM,7.62X25 Tokarev,380,9mm,40,10 mm

 

[GT-40 GUY]

.22
.380
.45 ACP
5.56
6 mm NORMA BR.
30-06
12 gauge 3/4

 

[sbroadwell]

.22
9mm
.357mag/.38
.45
35 Reminton
5.56
12 gauge

 

[Mr Bya Lungshot]

Slingshot
.177
Nah I don’t have either yet.

 

[Mr Bya Lungshot]

But I’m willing to trade up!

 

[lonewolf247]

.17HMR
.22LR
.223
.257WM
.270
.308
.30-06
.357
.35 Whelen
.44 mag

410
20 gauge
12 gauge

Used to have a few more rifle calibers. but sold a few over the years to fund premium optics. Plan to buy a .243, 6.5 Grendel, and maybe a .280 in the future, to close in a couple gaps. lol

 

[rosewood]

Slingshot
.177
Nah I don’t have either yet.

Didn't consider those.

Sling Shot (Caliber varies)
.40 Blow Gun
.177 Air rifle
Cross Bow
Compound Bow
.68 Paintball Gun

 

[Jester896]

yeah...I didn't add the Tippmann A5 with the Response Trigger and Flat Line barrel that all of the internals were highly polished on...there's probably a Wrist Rocket here somewhere and left over marbles.

 

[pacecars]

Holy crap! Left out one of my favorite rifles! Browning Safari Grade .300 H&H

 

[Knotmuch]

Rifles:
.17 HMR
.22 LR
.22 Mag
.222 Rem
.223 Rem/.556
.243 Win
.25-06 Rem
6mm Rem
6.5 Creedmoor
7mm/08 Rem
7.62x39
.270 Win
.308 Win
.30-30 Win
.300 Savage
.30-06 Sprg
.44 Mag


Handguns:
.22
.22 Mag
.380
9mm
.357 Mag
.38 Spcl
.40 S&W
.45 ACP


Shotguns:
410 ga
20 ga
12 ga

This is all I can think of at the moment.

 

[BriarPatch99]

.17 HMR, .17 WSM, .22 Short, .22 Shot, .22 LR lead, .22 LR Plated, .22 Stinger, .22 Winchester Magnum, .25 Stevens Long & .32 RF.



.25 ACP, .32 ACP, .30 Carbine, .380 ACP, 9 mms Luger, .38 ACP, .38 Special, .357 SIG, .357 S&W Magnum, .41 Magnum, .40 S&W, .44 Magnum & .45 ACP



.223 Remington, .223 Blank, .223 Fluted, .243 Winchester, 6mm Remington, .243 WSSM, .25/06, .260 Remington, .264 Winchester Magnum, .270 Winchester,7-08, 7 SAUM, .270 WSM, 7mm Mauser, 7mm Remington Magnum, 7.62 Russian, .308 Winchester, 7.62 X 39, .30/06, .300WSM, 8 mms Mauser, .35 Remington & .45/70.



.410 Bore , .410 Bore 3" , 20 Gauge ActIv, 20 Gauge 3" , 16 Gauge & 12 Gauge 2.75"



Two 80% .....

 

[georgia_home]

some states require registration of 80%ers now. Suppose their cal: multi!

.17 HMR, .17 WSM, .22 Short, .22 Shot, .22 LR lead, .22 LR Plated, .22 Stinger, .25 Stevens Long & .32 RF.



.25 ACP, .32 ACP, .30 Carbine, .380 ACP, 9 mms Luger, .38 ACP, .38 Special, .357 SIG, .357 S&W Magnum, .41 Magnum, .40 S&W, .44 Magnum & .45 ACP



.223 Remington, .243 Winchester, 6mm Remington, .243 WSSM, .25/06, .264 Winchester Magnum, .270 Winchester, .270 WSM, 7mm Mauser, 7mms Remington Magnum, .308 Winchester, 7.62 X 39, 8mm Mauser, .30/06, .300WSM, .35 Remington & .45/70.



.410 Bore , .410 Bore 3" , 20 Gauge ActIv, 20 Gauge 3" , 16 Gauge & 12 Gauge 2.75"



Two 80% .....

 

[BriarPatch99]

some states require registration of 80%ers now. Suppose their cal: multi!

Yeah ... left one is a YR-15 ... bb thru ball bearing ....the right is a YR-10 ....000 thru log cart size ?

 

[GAHUNTER60]

Holy crap! Left out one of my favorite rifles! Browning Safari Grade .300 H&H

I've always covered a .300 H&H caliber, but could never justify buying one due to the fact that I already own its ballistic twins, a.300 Win. Mag., and a .300 WSM., both of which are tack drivers. Sometimes it's just better to save the money to spend on a hunt, which is the reason for owning all these guns in the first place!

Which Browning Safari Grade so you own? The early ones were FN controlled round feed actions, and later ones (mid '70s, I think) used push feed Sako actions. Both are great, as long as you don't have one of the "salt wood" rifles.

I've got one of the FN , CRF rifles built in 1969 in .375 H&H. It is a custom gun in that it has an after market Bishop stock. This gun is very particular about what load you feed it, liking cheaper factory ammo over any of my dozens of handloads I've tried. I took a 5x5 elk with it using plain old 270-grain, green box Remington factory ammo.

 

[pacecars]

It is a FN Mauser action with long extractor CRF. I have seen a .458 that had an FN action with a short extractor non CRF.