The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Whats your biggest/loudest/most powerful rifle?

**44 AMP** · December 28, 2012, 03:15 PM

My Rifles, in ascending order..
.22 Hornet, .222 Rem, .223 Rem, .22-250, .243 Win, 6mm Rem, .25-06, 6.5x55 Swede, .30-30, .30-40, .308 Win, 7.62x54R, .303 British, 7.7x58 Jap, 8mm Mauser, .350 Rem Mag, .375 H&H Mag, .45-70, and .458 Win Mag.

Most powerful? by fl/lbs? easy, look it up.

Loudest? without hearing protection they are ALL bad. with protection the 7.62and .308 carbines have a real bark. And the .350 carbine is in a class of its own

The .458 is odd, to me, I don't notice the noise, as much as the recoil...

December 28, 2012, 03:15 PM	#6
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,817	My Rifles, in ascending order.. .22 Hornet, .222 Rem, .223 Rem, .22-250, .243 Win, 6mm Rem, .25-06, 6.5x55 Swede, .30-30, .30-40, .308 Win, 7.62x54R, .303 British, 7.7x58 Jap, 8mm Mauser, .350 Rem Mag, .375 H&H Mag, .45-70, and .458 Win Mag. Most powerful? by fl/lbs? easy, look it up. Loudest? without hearing protection they are ALL bad. with protection the 7.62and .308 carbines have a real bark. And the .350 carbine is in a class of its own The .458 is odd, to me, I don't notice the noise, as much as the recoil... __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.