What's your favourite general purpose calibre?

[Texas Armadillo]

.308 also... but am leaning toward 260 Remington lately. Proven .308 casing necked down to a 6.5 bullet... I hope the 260 gets more popular. White Tail aren't that big down here.

 

[skoro]

I'm old-fashioned. I like the 30-06 best of all. But the .308 is just about as good.

 

[longtooth]

My favorite is .308. I hunt w/ a SA M1A & shoot it on the range. If I had only one rifle in Texas it would be a .308.

 

[RIATAC45]

I personally prefer the 6mm Remington. I have a Remington mdl 600 mohawk that has done all I ever needed a rifle to do, its short enough I can take it where I need, and a light enough caliber to not wear you out. I can shoot ~1 1/2" groups at 200 yds from a bag with it.

 

[dtb1]

Good ole 30-06

 

[kville79]

another .308 man here... mostly because thats what I'm familiar with, I can figure it's trajectory faster than I can blink. When you know a round so well accounting for wind, and other environmental factors become second nature.

 

[plexreticle]

12 gauge

 

[iratollah]

I'll swim against the current here. Without a doubt, the absolute most fun calibre is the .22. I have .308, .223 and more, but nothing puts a smile on my face like a .22.

 

[Major Dave]

I'm with you, Pappy - 7x57 Mauser.

Bought a military surplus M93 Mauser in 7x57 for $30 from Sears store in 1966, sporterized it with a Herter's stock, and put a Weaver V9 scope on it. Shot an elk with it, using Norma 150 grain ammo in 1973. Traded it in for a left handed DuBiel custom rifle, also in 7x57 Mauser, at a gun show in Dallas Market Hall in 1998.

Currently handload 140 grain Hornady Interlock to 2,950 fps (Chrony verified velocity), and also shoot deer with it using Remington 140 grain factory loads (2,650 fps-not Chrony verified). Blows holes completely through deer with the factory loads -shooting over a feeder at about 75 yards.

No recoil with factory loads, a small amount of recoil with high velocity handloads.

What loads do you shoot in yours, Pappy? What game do you shoot with it?

 

[Pappy]

What loads do you shoot in yours, Pappy? What game do you shoot with it?

I mainly shoot 150 gr Nosler BT over H-414.
I have not taken any game with it, but my son has shot many deer, both native and exotic.

He finds that sometimes bullet fails to expand, I suppose, because the 150 gr weight.
139, 140 would be better for Texas game.

 

[p99guy]

Really depends on what General Purpose its self revolves around, (self defense/hunting/or plinking)

a majority of rifles I own are full power .30 caliber types, but If I was going to be living in the north, and having to hunt larger animals for food
It would be hard to beat the Weatherby Mark V .270 WbyMag my dad passed down to me...its light enough to carry up and down the hills and revines all day, yet very accurate and flat shooting when the time comes.
I have seen this very rifle in the Hands of my dad hit a coyote at 490 yds
across a open plowed field, and drop several white tail deer like they had
been killed with a packing house bolt gun. Its Taken several ELK, and Mule
deer in Wyoming, and Colorado. If hunting was the plan , it would be my pick. Actually fun to shoot as well.

 

[Roadkill Bill]

I'd be happy with my 6.5x55 Swede, or trusty .30-30. Don't really need more than that.

 

[TexasGuns]

It would be .308 or 5.56/.223

 

[50calRay]

50 BMG...everything is bigger in Texas

Really though, I don't hunt anything out side of paper or steel targets. So I would have to say my favorite caliber would actually be one of the smallest, the .22lr.

 

[philbo]

Seem to grab something in 270 win more often than anything else. Fills the majority of my needs.

 

[RookRifle]

General Purpose

Iam from northern Ontario my all-round gun is 1893 Marlin 38-55 dense bush a factor

 

[BIG7636]

308

 

[idleprocess]

In Texas, it seems like it's hard to go wrong with the more modern military/military surplus rounds - namely 5.56x45 and 7.62x51 (or .308), or even .30-06.

Of course, I'll probably own a levergun in 30-30 someday. It's picked on for being a "weak" round, but rumor has it that it's taken far more deer than it's given credit for and is losing ground not to some other hunting cartridge, but cheaper, similar-shooting 7.62x39.

 

[TexasHK]

I'll vote for a couple, for Texas the .25-06 is probably all you need and I have carried one to kill hog, white-tail, coyotes, to the troublesome Audad.

Personally, I'm still a devoted .30 caliber fan and love having a .30-06 around...carried one since I was 12 off and on.

When I want the extra power or range (depending) I like the .300 Win Mag on a 26" Pipe (this will give you nearly .300 Weatherby Ballistics).

 

[carnaco]

9MM and 30.06