My list is short 30-06 Springfield for everything i hunt. And with modern bullets and powders it's better than ever. Love the videos keep it up brother!
@@matthewspeller I understand. I have some trouble finding the 225 grain I like. I have similar feelings about the 338 Federal. I want to try it but ammo availability keeps me away.
I'd say.... for the gains you get in a larger projectile than .308, you also lose performance at longer distance. It's a gradient thing. If you don't hunt at the extended reaches of .30-06, then the performance improvements of the necked-up projectiles (larger projectiles, less recoil for similar initial velocity) in the intermediate ranges may be worth it. Yet, people put down big game with half the energy and smaller calibers. It's more about the projectile design than it is the size and weight.
@@matthewspeller If you like the AR 10 I build and sell uppers that no place can be bought commercially. I have now just about finished for sale 1 AR 10 upper in 358 win that will be up for sale very soon. I don't have a sale price on it yet because I just ordered the bolt and bolt carrier then comes the shooting testing and gas block adjustment. AR 10 uppers coming up for sale soon are in 6mm- 284 win - 6.5x51 Jap --- 6.5-284 Norma - 7 mm WSM and a 300 WSM. I also build and sell AR 10 upper in 375 - 300 WSM for a match to the 375 H&H magnums
Never had a use for magnum rifle cartridges either. You had all my favorites on the video: 6.5x55SE, 30-06 SPR, 280AI, and 7mm-08 Rem. This year, for deer in SoTX, I plan on using a Remington 700 SPS in 25-06 Rem. Good luck and stay safe!!! 😉😉😉
Great list. Here’s my top five: 1. 300 Win Mag 1a. 300 Weatherby with a muzzle break 2. 7MM Rem Mag 3. 280 AI 4. 270 Win 5. 243 Win And if you’re hunting Bigfoot or T-Rex a 25 MM Bushmaster mounted on an M-3 Cav Fighting Vehicle shooting uranium depleted rounds. You can never be too careful.
🤠 Yes, I Live Out West and The 270 Winchester is My #1! FOR MY CURRENT HUNTING PURPOSES, I'LL SHORTEN YOUR LIST TO: 1.) 270 Winchester 2.) 280AI 3.) 30-06 4.) Tie = 6.8 Western and 270 WSM 6.) 300 WSM 7.) 308 Winchester 8.) 7mm-08! 😜
🤔 However, If You Value Ammunition Availablity, Price, Cartridge Magazine Capacity, and Barrel Life More Than Downrange Ballistics - We Could Change That List and Cut It Down To These Three: 1.) 308 🥇 2.) 30-06 🥈3.) 270🥉!
I live and hunt in British Columbia we love are 270 but when your hunt may have Grizzlies l take my 300 win not that the 270 can't look after it with today's bullets there are many capable cartridges be safe out there 👍
Thank you for your great video!!! 3👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 thumbs up! Your personal insight and knowledge of rifle cartridges is amazing, I am drawn to your channel just for the amount of precise information! Thanks for the excellent video!!!
🤠 I THINK THAT IS A GREAT LIST, EXCEPT FOR THE ORDER! I DON'T PREFER LONGER BARRELS AND MORE RECOIL FOR MY HUNTING (i.e. Magnums), So I Could Slim The List Down a Bit! But, Every Cartridge Listed is a Worthy One! 💰
Thanks again for sharing your time and expertise! And yes hats off to the 270 Win! It was my first rifle in the woods of WI and what I started with when I moved out west to NV. It’s the first cartridge I started reloading to its ‘full’ potential, which led me to a 6.8 SPC upper on my gas gun and eventually to my 6.8 Western! In many circles 270 Win is the granddaddy!
I recently wanted to get a new gun that was better than 30-06. After studying about it and watching videos I chose 7 mm pro because it seemed to have the best of all these cartridges. So far I’m pleased with my choice.
Good list. One new cartridge that looks great is the 22 creedmoor. Many great reviews and results people are sharing. With modern fast twist barrels allowing for heavy for caliber bullets what’s not to like? Many a deer has fallen from 22 caliber guns and this looks to be the best in that caliber yet for hunting
So many good ones. I still believe in the '06 as the ultimate cartridge for hunting in North America. Having said that, I am also partial to the 7mag, 300 Wby, .308 Win, 300 Win Mag, .300 PRC, 6.8 Western, 6.5-284 Norma, .270 WSM, 6.5 Wby RPM, .257 WBY, and the venerable .340 Wby. The list of honorable mentions in my collection is too long to list here. Nevertheless, it's just good to have choices.
I shoot the 270 Winchester, 300 Win Mag, 30-06 Springfield, and the 308 Winchester from your list. I hand load for all of them plus a few more that you didn’t mention. These are all exceptional cartridges for anything on the North American continent and for almost any other game around the world.
Great vedio glad to see your line up and it's not all these heavy pushed new cartridges. Like the 6.5 CM . I own all your line up except the 7PRC . I have the 7mm08 , 7mag , 7RUM , 28 Nosler . So I have no use for the 7PRC . Other than that what a beautiful line up . A couple you left out 243win , 25-06 , 270win . Great vedio God bless you and God bless America your
Great video and list, my top 5, 30-06, 30-30, 264 win mag, 300 win mag, 340 weatherby, 06 has taken most game, white tail, mule deer, black bear, pronghorn, elk, moose, for me, enjoy your videos, keep them coming
270 is my favorite of all time. Have several from 243 up to 300 rum. But the 270 to me is the perfect blend of range, power and shoot-ability good bullets of today make it even better than ever.
Good picks, you won't get much pushback. Suppose the 243 guys will be a little upset, but they'll get over it LOL. Of those on your list I can speak to the 30-06, 308, 7RM, 6.5x55, and a close twin to the 300WM, the 308 Norma Mag. They all do what they're supposed to do, some better for certain situations, but those are my go to's. Good luck, and congrats on the upcoming milestone. You have good content worth subscribing to.
my top 5 would have to be 1 the 30-06 2 7mm rem mag 3 would be the 308 winchester 4 would be the 6,5x55 sweed and the number 5 would be the 303 british enfield all great hunting rounds
71+ year old FUD here. I think I understand your criteria. Sort of. If 6.5 Swede is on the list 7.5x57 should also be there along with 300 H&H , 375 H&H, 338 Win Mag and 458 Win Mag. All of those based on long term sales and use success around the world. None of the relatively recent WSM’s, SAUM’s, PRC’s etc have been around long enough to be in a greatest ever list. Some may be slightly more powerful than others in the same caliber but most are solutions looking for non-existent problems. Except for their costs and the relative few hunters that use them, several of the Weatherby cartridges should probably on a GOAT list. Although my favorite former wildcats, 338-06 and 35 Whelen are both great cartridges now listed by SAAMI and loaded by commercial manufacturers, I’d probably leave them off because of their relatively small commercial success. I could mention some of the really big bores like the 416 Rigby but except for gun nuts like me and you, most of the hunters from the U.S. now days have probably never heard of it. The one cartridge I have and is known around the world, or at least on several continents and has a growing following in the U.S. and Canada is the 9.3x62 Mauser introduced in 1905. It’s a do it all cartridge good for anything from Whitetail deer to the largest African dangerous game. Happy hunting boys and girls!😊
1. 270 Win, 2. 6.5-284 Norma, 3 through 12 - 7PRC-AW, 7RemMag, 300WSM-long, 308, 708, 30-06, 280AI, 280Rem, 270-7PRC-AW, 6.5PRC-AW in no particular order. Honorable mention - 6.5 Creedmoor If there were ever a day you leave the range and smiled the whole way home (for me a 35 min drive), today is one of those days especially due to my 300WSM-Long and the 200 grain Federal Terminal Ascent. I have read and heard that bullet can be or has been hard to tune. Fortunately, that's not been an issue for me. I have yet to reach max powder charges with IMR4350 and VVN560 so I'll be loading more in a bit but I'm already in the 2900s with a 24" barrel. This one is a 10 twist. The first one is a 9 twist and I regret buying it. At the time I ordered it I was sucked into the whole fast twist is necessary crap. Now I have 8 and 9 twist 30 cal barrel blanks here I don't even need. I should have trusted my gut and went 10 at the fastest and ordered more 11 and 12 twist. The other joy is my 2nd 270-7PRC. I went up on powder for it too, VVN570 and Retumbo, all still safe, no pressure signs. With retumbo, 5 shots went into one hole, but It took nearly an hour to shoot those 5 letting the barrel cool 10-12 min between shots. 170 EOL, 73.0 Retumbo, new ADG 7prc brass necked down, Federal 215 match primer seated at the lands. Sadly though, this LOT of powder is slower than the previous lot by roughly 100fps so I'm at 3150 fps where the previous LOT was at 3250fps. But that speed was also in my first barrel. This is an identical barrel but on a different action...I just realized that. Duh. Will double check both
I enjoy the 270 Winchester so much I have the 270 Winchester Super Mag and I have the 27 Nosler and with the 6.8 Western I feel I have the complete family up to 277 caliber cartridges
Love all 12 calibers, they are all great. I will pick one to do it all as far as big game hunting, if I had to choose one world wide. I do not hand load. Factory rifles and factory ammo, it is the 300 win mag!
The Ultimate Rifle Cartridges would be the ONES that you have: 3006, 308, 30/30, 30 Carbine, 45ACP, 9mm, 223, 556, 7.62x39 and 22lr. Yes, there are rifles/carbines in 45ACP and 9mm.
The right type of bullet and the right impact velocity, it'll down any beast in N America. Easily. Because it's a 6.5 and people have put down elk longer and more reliably with a 6mm over the years. Out of all the arguments and objections and challenges I've read/heard between a double lung vs. CNS shot, the CNS shot (high shoulder) wins every time. Quickest, cleanest, most ethical place to shoot, stops the game where it stands every time. The most important thing is projectile construction, and this is where tradition and marketing blinds people, they buy tough bullets that fail to expand quickly and end up prolonging or preventing a clean kill. Call it scared of losing less than 1 pound of meat, scared of the "projectile explodes and doesn't penetrate" pseudo-scientific nonsense. Scared of "target projectile" marketing (what do they know that I don't know). Scared of doing something different after 50 years of hunting. Who knows. Cartridges and calibers, people focus on that too much. Use the right projectile in a 6.5mm at moderate velocity, and it'll outperform a .30 magnum at high velocity with the wrong kind of projectile. It's just physics. You need that available energy to smash tissue, not pencil through it.
I grew up reading Elmer Keith vs Jim Carmichael. Big bore (Not 458 Big Bore, more like the 333 OKH)heavy bullets vs the 270 Win. Today I'm between both, have a 35 Whelen and a 7 Rem Mag. Good for whatever
Great list for sure and I wish that I could afford to own most if not all of them. I currently own two Savages one in 270 Win (that I have had for 25 years) and a 300 WSM that I got 5 years ago. My next rifle purchase will probably be a 350 Legend because I now live in Ohio, then eventually get a 360 Buckhammer lever gun. 🤠 But as far as my next bottle neck cartridges I plan on getting a 7 PRC and a 308 both in left and threaded for suppression.
@@hopefulballistics Right on indeed. I actually have the rifles picked out. For the 350 Legend I will go with the new Savage Axis 2 Pro Woodland in LH, for the 360 BH it will be either a Henry or Rossi depending upon what happens at Shot Show, as for the 7mm PRC it will be the Bergara B14 Sierra Wilderness and for the 308 Win I will go with the Tikka T3X Veil Wideland or Alpine.
Wonder if the 6.5 Weatherby RPM holds any potential staying power in the market, if they could only make the brass more available and less costly. Thinking of alternatives to the 6.5-284 Norma and 6.5 PRC.
@@Eye_Guard are you still obsessed with the watch? I told you it’s advertising, of course it was given to me. Do you call the television network every time a commercial comes on to complain about it?
It's nice to see you grow over the years. Great list too.....well except for the fact you left 375h&h out. I'm sure it was a simple mistake of course 👍🙏✌️
Hunting cartridges can be very niche. For the person who hunts from the same elevated blind over a field 300yds long, only one cartridge makes sense......that's not in any way a slight towards that person or that type of hunting.
🤔 QUESTION: I AGREE WITH YOU IF I HAD TO PICK 1 MAGNUM CARTRIDGE FOR HUNTING, IT WOULD BE THE 300 WSM! BUT, IF THE 6.8 WESTERN IS AN IMPOVEMENT OVER THE 270 WSM, THEN IT WOULD STAND TO REASON THAT THE 7.82 WESTERN WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THE 300 WSM? YOUR THOUGHTS? 👨🏫
@@ronlowney4700 30 cal western? Well, in 30 cal you don’t really need a faster twist rate. 1 in 10 is perfect. As far as the other differences, it would be a slight upgrade.
All of those cartridges get the job done no doubt. However, there are existing wildcats and new cartridges that are equally, if not more effective, with a fraction of the recoil. Recoil is the limiting factor for consistent marksmanship, and machismo and bravado do not make up for poorly placed bullets. However, it's hard to convince those that grew up on the .30-06 family of cartridges that there are "better" options. My personal favorites right now are my fast twist .25-284 shooting 134 ELDMs at around 2800 FPS out of a 22" barrel and my 18" 7-08 shooting 162 ELDX around 2650. With a suppressor the recoil for both is around 12 ft. lbs and easily managed by adult, kids, and women alike. Both rounds are flat shooting and deadly for any big game animal in North America.
🤠 JIM HARMER'S POLL (300 VOTES ON BACKFIRE TV) FOR THE BEST DEER CARTRIDGES EVER: 1.) 270 WINCHESTER (32.84%) 2.) 30-06 (18.66%) 3.) 7MM-08 (13.68%) 4.) 308 (10.70%) 5.) 25-06 (4.23%)! 😁 I THINK THE RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES! 😎
@@hopefulballistics 🤭 I Know That! It Was Just "Evidence" of Feedback From Around The Country As To How The Cartridge is Viewed! Younger People Like Jim Harmer Are Discovering - Threw Experience of Shooting Animals, Like Elk and Blue Wildebeest - That Though The 6.5 prc Has a Similar Trajectory as The 270 Winchester, That Extra 10% Additional Frontal Area Makes a Big Difference on Killing Bigger Animals! For Those That Live in Most of The Country (Like Yourself and Only Hunt Deer and Antelope) and Are Using a 270 or 30-06 For Deer, You Won't Have To Buy a New Rifle When You Come Out West To Hunt The Bigger Stuff (Just Pick a Good Bullet and You'll Be Fine)! 🤑
i own 6 of the 12,,,,my 6,5 sweede,are mil conv,one with double set triggers. YOU alsomust consider,,,COST avail MY best 7mag 22-250 30-06,270.300win 340 wea {45-70}
Yea I'm killin it with mine. I'm now down to fine tuning the 200 grain Federal Terminal Ascent with IMR4350 and VVN560. Still have not reached max charges and I'm swimming in the 2900s with nearly all bullet holes touching at 100 despite all powder charges still being worked up.
@Accuracy1st yeah it's accuracy loading is so easy. I'm running 208eldms out of a 22 at 2800 no pressures with h4350. Love this case and hope it regains some momentum.
Why all this hoorah, in a few years there will be no hunting left. Between CWD, wolves, lions bears and out of staters, hunting in the west will cease to exist.(native Montanan)
@hopefulballistics Your video was on rifle cartridges, accordingto your description. When you want to do a watch video, a part of your description would make sense.
@hopefulballistics ...also, saying that you don't care to a loyal subscriber who has consistently "liked" your videos when watched is not very wise. Is this your actual true colors?
@@Eye_Guard it’s just an advertisement. Skip on past it if you don’t want to see it. I wasn’t trying to be rude, but I do get frustrated by comments sometimes. Not you specifically, just can’t please everyone. I appreciate your views and likes.
