Thread: Calibre Choice in the 1970's

I was born in 72.....My old man hunted with a semi 243 that I never saw....used a husky 30/06 and raved about its putting down on spot power,had soft spot for 303 and not the 308...go figure???
older bro had 30/30,then 223 then 308
one of the crowd they hunted with had a 270
and that was about all I came into contact with as a kid
handled some nice rifles over the years,savage 66 in 22hp savage...apparently my Grandfathers rifle of choice,
32/20 both in lever and a single shot bolt gun.
styer/manlicher full wooden 270win was possible the most classy hunting rifle Ive ever handled.
we went up to by piha beach to buy an ellis charmers HD6 and the fella had huge gun collection,got to fire brown bess with priming charge,handled a vickers and just was gob struck....
happy days when collections were stacked against wall of strong room and WERE SAFE....