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View Poll Results: If you could have only one caliber, what would it be and why?

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  • .45-70

    35 3.46%
  • .357 / 38 SP

    190 18.77%
  • 44 Mag / 44 SP

    108 10.67%
  • 41 Mag

    18 1.78%
  • 45 Colt / .410 Shotgun / 454 Casull

    59 5.83%
  • 45 ACP / 460 Rowland

    26 2.57%
  • 22lr / 22 Short / 22 long

    44 4.35%
  • .223 / 5.56x45

    19 1.88%
  • .308 Win / 7.62x51

    80 7.91%
  • 7.63 x 39

    13 1.28%
  • 300 AAC/Whisper

    8 0.79%
  • 9mm Luger

    26 2.57%
  • 10mm / 40SW

    5 0.49%
  • 22 Hornet

    3 0.30%
  • 20 Gauge

    8 0.79%
  • 12 Gauge

    87 8.60%
  • 6.5x55 Swede

    16 1.58%
  • 7mm-08

    5 0.49%
  • 30-06

    143 14.13%
  • 30-30

    34 3.36%
  • 22 Mag

    3 0.30%
  • Other

    82 8.10%
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Thread: If you could have only one caliber, what would it be?

  1. #301
    Boolit Mold
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    7.62x39 is my choice also. ammo cheap.,200yard knockdown good.very accurate in a good bolt gun,also in a ar platform . low recoil. easy to load for. favorite deer hunting round. oh also dont mess up to much meat. i use speer golddot bullets in a wolf steel case. works for me.

  2. #302
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    Hard choice to pick one , 30-06 if I can only have one I guess.Changed my mind as soon as I voted.

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    im a hunter so its an easy answer. 06 all the way. it can be loaded up or down to do about any animal in the US. From squirrels with cast to griz with good 180s.

  4. #304
    Boolit Master
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    I love my .357 SIG. Good for black bear when hiking with my kids, and general self defense.

    .45’s are nice, but things just explode more when hit with the SIG. It’s made me want a Kimber K6 .357 Mag, so I can have a slim carry in summertime.

  5. #305
    Boolit Buddy
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    .30-06

    Bullets from 100gr to 220gr. Can be loaded down to squirrels and up to moose, elk, and bear. And you can probably (in normal times) find .30-06 ammo on the Moon.

  6. #306
    Boolit Master
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    I scavenged the moon last month. No more ammo up there either.
    Last edited by justindad; 03-11-2021 at 09:46 PM. Reason: Correcting auto-correct

  7. #307
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    12 gauge for sure. Its so versatile, I'd feel wrong leaving it out. As far as metallic cartridges go, .45-70 gets the win for it's ability to fire anything from a 125ish gn round ball at squirrel hunting velocities to 500+grain grizzly stompers. You can get revolvers, and even Derringers chambered for it. Most of all that cartridge and the guns chambered for it are ideally suited to shooting cast boolits at full power. You leave nothing on the table for hunting anything in North America out to 200 yards.

  8. #308
    Boolit Bub
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    500 Linebaugh. It's not SAAMI, I don't think, but it is factory chambered and commercially loaded.
    Just because...

  9. #309
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    Bogus Poll ... Need one rifle and one handgun and one shotgun .

    My Dad lived and hunted his entire adult life , hunting lots of small game birds , larger ducks and geese . Small game , rabbits , squirrels , a few coons , possums and armadillo's .
    White tail deer , wild hogs and a turkey .
    His whole life he hunted with a Sears Roebuck bolt action 16 ga. shotgun he bought in 1946 when he got out the Navy and went Rabbit hunting with his cousin's .
    Said he always meant to buy a better gun ...but with birdshot , buckshot and slugs it was all he ever needed and my old man didn't spend any money if he didn't absolutely have too ...
    Mamma said she forced him to take her to the hospital for me and my brother to be born !

    I could probably get by with a scatter gun and assortment of shells .
    12 ga. because of availability of different ammo , but 20 ga. would do .
    Shotgun makes a dandy self defense tool .
    Gary
    Certified Cajun
    Proud Member of The Basket of Deplorables
    " Let's Go Brandon !"

  10. #310
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    Rifle: 30-06
    Handgun: 38 Special
    Disclaimer: The above is not holy writ. It is just my opinion based on my experience and knowledge. Your mileage may vary.

  11. #311
    Boolit Man
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    Marlin 1894 CST 357 Magnum. Lightweight and flexible in that it can take 357 mag and 38 SPC.

    Sent from my SM-G975U1 using Tapatalk

  12. #312
    Boolit Master
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    I voted 7-08, simply because it's the best, and most accurate rifle I own. If I was starting from scratch, I'd choose 308.

  13. #313
    Boolit Bub
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    Hands down, 45 Colt. Bullets from 185-300 or more. Powder can be BP to pistol to shotgun...
    Easy to load and handle

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    Y'all are killing me. I'm down to 5 and thought I was doing OK.

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    .45 acp: very useful for all activities required for survival out to 50- 100M, firearm dependant. Hunting, Defense, recreation. It is arguably , third or so on the list of remaining popular calibers so if a run was made on ammo ( current events) I am still able to find componants vs 9mm. It has a wide array of useful componants and reloading recipes. It is also extremely easy to load with bare minimum equipment. Just my 2 cents.
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  16. #316
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    The 22 LR, easy answer. A single shot and a little ingenuity and I can shoot clothes pins off of a clothes line at 100, quietly.
    “There is a remedy for all things, save death.“
    Cervantes

    “Never give up, never quit.”
    Robert Rogers
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    There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
    Will Rogers

  17. #317
    Boolit Bub
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    38-55 good all around load

  18. #318
    Boolit Master
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    Think I'm still in the .22 rimfire camp. But if I lived on the plains or in the desert or in griz country my choice would probably be different.

  19. #319
    Boolit Bub
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    my choice is 30-30 ammo is plentiful & good deer shell

  20. #320
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    The one I had from the beginning .... 338 win. mag., because it is enough for me for everything.
    "When the homeland is in danger, everything is allowed, except not to defend it."

    Gral. Don José de San Martin.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check