Which cartridge do you like so much, you have multiple firearms for it?

[35 Whelen]

When I was a boy here in Northern Maine it was not uncommon for families to have ONE gun. I knew of one with 4 boys that all learned to hunt with the same Savage 1899 in .303 Sav! Our next door neighbor had ONE gun a single barrel 12 ga. Another family had a Marlin 1895 in .33W the grandfather showed me a box of empty cartridges and informed me that box was responsible for 19 deer. Those were different times than we live in today......
I will always remember when a feed of fryed deer meat and pan of mom's hot soda biscuits dripping in butter, just seamed to be as good as it got!
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[Blkram]

Do you remember the old Federal ammunition ad about a single box of ammo that had accounted for 19 elk? Or was it deer?

I recall as a kid when grandpa got us the 22LR (Winchester Model 69A that a family friend gifted us when we moved to the family farm when I was 11), and the .410 (new Winchester Model 37A); after teaching us kids how to shoot and clean those firearms, he gave us each 5 rounds for each firearm. If we didn't bring home a snowshoe hare or a grouse, we did not receive a replacement cartridge or shell. Other than that we had to buy our own.

 

[RL338]

When I was a boy here in Northern Maine it was not uncommon for families to have ONE gun

For about 25yrs I only had a Remington 7400 in 308 Win , times are sure different today.