bigbulls

No, the 7mm bullet diameter is .284" and the .270 bullet diameter is .277".

okgobbler

If the 270 wasn't so popular, A 6.5-06 and 280 would be much more popular.
I enjoy my 25-308 and 35 whelen. I am considering a 338-06.

cjwink

I would vote for

220 swift for varmits
6MM and 260 for deer
444 for big game.. Although the 444 is making a comeback here in MS..

stalkingbear

My votes is: 41 magnum
284 winchester
280 remington
.32 h&r magnum

TJEN

The 358 win ausome on deer to moose out to 250yards or more and in a short action cartridge with very managable recoil, its flet recoil is less than my 270win. It should have been the most popular east of the mississipi river and then some.

But the 35 whelen is still going stro... well ok for some 90 years its more ausome.

There were alotof popular cartridges like the savage caritridge lineand those based on the 7x57mauser case, but the short action 308 case based cartridges can be loaded right up there or above so most went by by.

DM

The first one that comes tomy mind,is the 280 Rem... What a great cartridge!

DM

eldeguello

Actually, the .280 was snuffed out by the .270 WAY BEFORE the .280 ever became a factory load over here (Krauts had the 7X64mm)-it was introduced about 40 years too late! Yet it is actually better than the .270, a fact which even Jack O'Connor once admitted........ But it's just NOT THAT MUCH BETTER than the .270. Not enough to make a .270 owner sell his .270 so he can buy a .280!

The .220 Swift got a bad rep early on as a barrel burner, mainly because back in the '30's, a whole lot of people thought their barrels were ruined when all that was wrong was bad bore fouling. A good cleaner would have (and has since!!) restored many a "shot-out" .220 Swift. If one used the IPCO greasewads on top of the powder like Harvey Donaldson used to recommend, the barrels didn't even foul badly!

It's true that the .244 (6mm) Rem. got off to a bad start due to rifling twist. The Rem. people thought they'd sell it as a varmint round, when most buyers wanted to shoot 100-grain bullets for deer hunting! (The 90-grain Remington Corelokt load was plenty adequate for deer-hunters just didn'tknow it.) When Rem.finally wised up and tightened the twist, it was too late, despite the name change to "6mm Rem."

Except for the .35 Remington, no .35-cal has ever become very popular in the U.S. Some nuts are still buying .30/30 lever actions for deer hunting, when they could buy a .35 Remington in an identical rifle, and the .35 Rem. is a much better deerslayer than a .30/30.

No-one much likes 8mm's either, over here. Is it because the Krauts used to shoot at us with them?? I personally love the 8mm Rem Mag., and the 8X68S.

The .264 Win. Mag got a rep as a barrel eater too, just like the Swift. BUT, in this case, the allegations are true!

Hairtrigger

If the 220 Swift was introduced in barrels of the steel quality on today's rifles you would never have heard of the 225 win or the 22-250.
I also vote for the 10mm handgun round and would vote for the 225 win as well

Doe Dumper

The 8mm Mag is a stout round and a definite shoulder stomper... As far as the one I wonder the most about..that would be the 284...I mean so many wildcats are based off it yet it didnt make it? Could it be the glkut of 7mm variations already there that caused it?

falcon

"The .280 Remington."

The .280 Remington is a fine cartridge. In 1979 Remington made a huge boo-boo when they re-named it the 7mm Express Remington. This caused a lot of confusion so they went back to calling it the .280 Remington.