My first big game was a 308 because that's what the used gun came in. My first new gun was a 30-30 cause I wanted a short " bush gun" for thick timber hunting. My next gun was a coyote rifle. I picked 22-250 cause it gave me specific advantages over the 223. Then I picked up a 243 for my wife / kids to use. Then I was given a 300wm. Since then I tend to buy based more on platform of gun rather than caliber but given a caliber choice I often choose one that I already have dies / components for as a cost saving method.
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