Whats the cartridge you LOVE to HATE?

[Critter Picker]

30-06 , I think it's highly overrated. However with a fast twist barrel it has an advantage over a .308.

Also not a huge fan of 270.

 

[SeamusP]

Just because ....
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The 30-6 is probably more fun. It can get the same job done as the 300 WM without the excess muzzle weight! LOL

 

[VinceMule]

I don't hate it, but despise all the brass flow(case trimming) in the 220 Swift, AFTER I got my first 22/250 AI.

Now, the Swift AI is a MONSTER, and there is nothing not to like!

 

[skipglo]

7 PRC.....should have just come out with the 7 / 300 prc and maybe had a caliber that actually added some value....to which class...I don't know!
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[Gregg C]

I only "hate" any cartridge that doesn't go bang!

Kinda like cars- they are ALL junk when you turn the key, and nothing happens!!

 

[coop2564]

300 UM

 

[Rob L.]

I once walked by a gun rack with a Creedmoor in it.
(Just wanted to add towards the 3000 posts, hahaha)

 

[SteveBurton]

Two cartridges.

The venerable 30-06. If I have to hear from some boomer that it's the only round you need and can take every game animal in NA ever again for the rest of my life, I will always hate it. Sure, it can do those things but it doesn't mean that every other cartridge is useless.

The 6.5 Creedmoor. Another very capable round within its limits and yes, I have one. But I think it gives people confidence on taking shots outside of its practical limits. I cringe when I read people shooting a bull elk at 950 yards with a 6.5 Needmoor. Even though it might work, it doesn't mean it's the best tool for that job. I've used channel, locks to hammer bolts out but...

 

[Alibiiv]

I am disappointed, I expected 32 posts of

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Let me help with the bashing!! It it says Creedmoor I'm out. Not that I consider it to be a bad cartridge, it's that it's received so much manufacturer's hype!! I can say the same about anything that ends in Nosler as well. There's a lot of manufacturing hype there also. Nosler saturated the market with all of their Nosler cartridges and now it's impossible to find ammo or components, and if/when you can find components it's like $4 apiece for brass. And no offense to anyone who has either of the cartridges that I've mentioned.

 

[Web1350]

Blogs like this are always good for some comic relief. I would bet that many of the people posting have never fired or maybe even owned a rifle or cartridge they profess to "hate". They're like the mushy-brained idiots (Democrats) that jump in line behind uneducated athletes or celebrities just because they think they're the ones to follow, instead if being free-thinkers and rationalizing right and wrong. Virtually, every caliber "hated" here has its place and, at one time, was the $h!t but times change, as do opinions. Just a few decades ago many new cartridges of today failed to exist and the ones hated now were our beloved ones. Just remember, cartridges are like **s, they're all good, just some are better than others.

 

[Leaf Litter]

I don't hate cartridges, I simply have no love for fanboiism. The PRC and Creedmoor crowds tend to be the worst fanboiz by an insurmountable margin, but none of the cartridges are objectively bad, IMO.

 

[bultinkle]

Y'all talk to people at the range?

 

[Wyo37]

I once walked by a gun rack with a Creedmoor in it.
(Just wanted to add towards the 3000 posts, hahaha)

I bet that was awful. Did you need therapy?

(joking)

 

[hunter2405]

I know people will not like this , but my choice is the 338 win mag , only because of the recoil, I have owned and shot 458 Winchester and 375 H&H magnums and they just push you , The 338 Winchester SLAMS YOU , The older I get the less recoil I like , It is a great round but I don't like it's recoil !!