mausermate wrote:Chronos wrote:7mm, anything in 7mm. (You did ask for caliber and not favourite cartridge)
That said I'm quickly becoming a fan of the 6mm caliber, bullet weights to do anything from varmints to long range targets.
Chronos
ever tried the 7mm Vom Hoff? a mate has one. Absolute rocket!
No, never heard of it until you made made google it
"The hottest 7 mm Super Express fired a 155 grain bullet with a muzzle energy of 4224 ft/lb (584 kg/m)..... more than a 300 RUM and close to the monstrous 30-378 Weatherby introduced more than 60 years later...
No other 7 mm cartridge can hold a candle to such load."
Sounds like an excuse to replace barrels every year
To be honest the 7-08 performs as well as or better than a 7X57 and my .284win should also beat the 7x64 for performance. If I wanted more speed a 7mm rem mag would be a step up again but I'd be burning 50% more powder than the .284win and it's already capable of pushing a 180gr bullet at around 2900fps
Chronos