270, 30-06, 375win

Killed my first with a 25-20 which was my uncles and is now mine after he passed. From there it has been 30-30, 308, 270, 243, 6mm, and 22-250.

30-30, 243, 30-06, 223, 7mag, and one with a 338 win mag

mainly well always 300 wm

7mag, sold it, so next deer will be dropped by a 270 or 30-30.

arrow
.22 LR (I know, don't ask - don't recommend it - not in Texas)
.30 Carbine
20 Ga.
12 Ga.
7mm-08
.30-06

i bet there are more folks on here that have killed a deer with a .22 than would admit

TT85...all the different calibers come from being a rifle looney starting at an early age. Killed my first WT with a 243 SAKO my GF sold me in 1967 after I "quituated" college finally. Spent 12+ years in the gun bidnizz as a Dallas based distributor and mfg'ers regional sales rep from the mid 70's to the late 80's and got to hunt as a customer's or factory guest & shooting lots of factory samples, as well as do bidnizz with almost every gunshop & distributor in 5 states...and used the exposure to do a lot of horse trading with stuff I picked up that would not sell in somebody's shop. I doan't play golf, cards, shoot archery, pistols or black powder and have pretty much quit bird hunting, although duck hunting was my first love. I quit fishing competively statewide when I got in the gun bidnizz too.

Unlike when I was out and about constantly for lots and lots of years, I always had some trade bait working, with 6-12 personal rifles of some sort available to deals with. These days I am down to a "hard" core of 4 hunting rifles, a Tikka T3 Hunter Grade 6.5 Swede, a Tikka T3 SS/syn 270, a 90's era Win M70 SS/syn 300WMg Classic Grade, and my new found fun gun in a 9.3x62 CZ 550 American, that was bought with the intention of going to Africa in 2002 for use as a light/heavy rilfe for daily use....and not have to put up with the abuse of a 375 H&H.

Or put another way I have a pair of light and heavy caliber blue/wood guns (the 2 metric calibers) and a pair of light & heavy caliber SS/syn guns (in US calibers). Truth be told I have almost always had a pair, or even multiple pairs or even sometimes matched pairs (or several caliber matched gun collections) in 270 & 300Wmg since the early 70's, since they are well matched in bullet flight characteristics. For example ...Golf clubs all swing alike from 2 iron thru 9 iron and that was the basis for a matched collection one time of 5 calibers...all in the same gun model & brand rifle. Well certain calibers and bullet weights do the same thing like a 270 130 gr'er & 300Wmg 165 gr'er, or a 270 150 gr'er & a 300WMg 180 or 200gr'er depending on the bullet used.

However since I started messing about 6-8 years ago with the older euro metrics I find that the 6.5x55 SE (aka the "updated high pressure "Swedish Express)& 9.3x62 Mauser - they also work well together, especially with modern powders and bullets...and I started swapping rifles again for a short spell until I ran out of money for toys again.

FYI the big mauser was invented the year before the American 30-06 was accepted by the US Army, in 1905, in Berlin by Otto Bock a noted German gunsmith of the day for use in Africa by the German & Dutch farmers for crop protection from elephants, cape buffalo & hippo's and other similar sized maurading critters and built on an inexpensive standard sized '98 Mauser action before the Boer War...but the Swede design goes back to 1894 when it was commissioned by the Norwegian & Swedish governments as their official military rifle & caliber...and continued in production until 1938 in updated designs. Just cause these calibers are really old don't mean they don't still work well on game within their limitations of effective range out to about 350-400 yards with todays powders and bullets. I am also a great believer in the old adage of "get closer" especailly at my age and seemingly continually failing state of grace these days !!! I am a living (so far anyway) testament to the idea that If I had known I was going to live this long... I'd taken much better care of myself.
Ron

HOLLAN & HOLLAND 570 Nitro Express Double Barrel Rifle

650 grain NEI Cast Bullet and 300 grains FFg Black Powder

WAM!

243, 270, 257 Roberts, 257 Weatherby Mag, 300 win mag, 30.06, 22-250, 30-30, 30 Carbine, 220 swift, 7 mm short mag, 7mag, 308.

222, 22 Hornet, 223, 30-30, 25-06, 6.5x55 Swed, 270, bow&arrow,

17hmr (in the fence)
22lr (" ")
12ga
223
243
270
7mm-08
45acp (he got back up)
7mm

30-30, 30-06, .243, .308

223,243,260,270

I'm using the .270 caliber now and I'm loving it.

.223, 30-30, .35Rem, 25.06, .308, 30.06, and about to add 300WSM

My old one owner Savage 99 lever action in .308 is my go to gun. When I open the safe, it always has it's hand up yelling pick me, pick me, pick me.

Well............something like that, but i cant share the details on a public forum.

When I was younger my only deer rifle was a sporterized .303 British Lee Enfield. Now I pretty much only shoot a 7mm mag.

7mm/08
30/06
.243
7 rem mag
270 win
270 wby mag
300 win mag
308
257 wby mag
270 wsm
300 wsm
this year a 300 RUM hopefully

30/30
243
270
280
308
30.06
300 win mag
50 cal smokepole
20 gauge
12 gauge

My grandpa gave me his 99 in 308 several years ago and I almost feel bad when I hunt with something else now!

45 acp
22-250
243
270
7mm rem mag
7mm Weatherby mag
30/30
308
30-06
Several arrows
and several vehicles
I am sure there are some I have left out.
And for this year, Im looking to get one with the 25-06 or the 280.

222, 22-250, 243, 25-20, 25-35, 25 rem, 30 rem, 35 rem, 284 winchester, 270, 30-30, 280, 30-06, 32-20 and 22 short or pocket knife to finish of wounded deer tracked down by ranch dog.
Reason so many, dad, uncle and grandma had land and 4 cabins with 30+ hunters year round. Many wanted us to sight em in and hunt with em. Them does were a lot easier to head shoot with a scoped rifle. Out of 150 - 250 deer I've shot, only 3 were bucks except for cull spikes or oops spikes. First deer 10 point, basket rack, 2nd buck a 8 point, 109 b&c, 3rd buck 7 point whose horns shrunk when it hit the ground. The 109 b&c was old and didn't even make good chili meat. Can't get me to shoot a buck, unless I'd see one bigger than the 109 b&c.
Can't eat horns. Plus bucks were $$$$ for the ranch.

6mm Remington awesome caliber for just about anything shooting 100grain nosler partitions drops them everytime

222, 223, 22-250, 243, 25-06, 264 winmag, 30-30, 308, 30-06, 270, and 7mm-08. My favorites are the 25-06 and 264. The 243 for head shots on does. Waiting on a 260 Rem to get finished for my daughter, looking forward to seeing the results on deer and hogs. I hunt in very rough country where you dont want them to run very far.

270, 30, 30.30, 30.06, and 762x39.