What's your favorite
45-70 of course and second the good ole thutty thutty.

30 30

9.3 x 74R 25-35 .44-40..........I got more, too many to choose from

30-30 and then 45-70. 22 s/l/lr is in there somewhere

16 gauge. 44-40,

221 Fireball

45 Colt!

6x47 (6mm/222mag)........
I guess you could call it old timey

Define "old timey".

400 Whelen, 256 Mannlicher, 10 gauge 2 7/8", 44 Special, 300 H&H.

6.5 Swede

44 Special

45 Colt and 30-30 Win

45 Colt, and though it's not a handgun, I really like .303 British too 😁

75/100 years old timey.....

45-70,'can be loaded down for deer and up to elephant.

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45-70

30-40 Krag. Killed 35 deer with a Contender barrel rechambered from 30-30 by SSK.

358 Win

I would have to say 30/30 Win. My first big game gun was a Winchester 94 that I still have and dont plan on parting with until a grandson gets it. I suspect the next two barrels I order for the Encore will we a 45/410 and a 30/30.

22 and 45/70 are by far my two favorites. The 308 would be next. It's only a year younger than me.

No real favorites, but the .30-30, .45-70, and .22LR are in the running, with nothing else close.

Handguns: 45 ACP. Rifles: 30-06 and 375 H&H.

I'm a fan of the 7x57 Mauser. I always thought it would be a great chambering in a specility pistol.

Ditto for the 7x57
It is a excellent choice in the Encore, mine is the Ackley Imp version SSK 15" with arrester brake. I've taken several deer with it.
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I currently have pistol length Encore barrels in 35 Whelen and 6.5x55 Swede.

8mm Mauser, 44 Special, 6.5x55 and the 7x57. Hard to beat the classics.

.30/30, .45/70

I bought a Ruger M77 RSM in .416 Rigby a couple of years ago for a planned trip to Africa that never panned out. My son is carrying it today out in the bush up here in the northern part of Alaska because of the big boogers up there, and I have to admit that grand ol' round has become a great favorite of mine as well. It's right up there with the 45-70 for me these days. It was developed in 1911, so that's pretty "old timey".

That puts it right up there with you, doesn't Dewayne??

My wife calls me "old timey", "old fashioned" and sometimes just plain "old". And that's only when I'm not an "old dinosaur", a "broken down old cowboy" or a "relic from a by-gone era".

Whew! I sure am glad she loves me!

Nah! Just messin with ya. You ran circles around a lot of the younger guys while you were out here in the oilfield. I'd have ya back out here in a heartbeat, but if I were you, I wouldn't ever leave AK.... EVER!!

.45-70 Govt.

44special,35Whelan,45colt,38-55,38special and of course 45-70,44russian

By old timey wouldn't it need to stay with a true to its original loading to really be old timey otherwise its a old cartridge modernized.

In original loading:
.416 Rigby
7x57
30-06
.303 Savage

With modern loads
45/70
.416 Rigby
7x57
30-06

I'd like to speak up for the .22 hornet. The Goldilocks of small game cartridges.

My father in law's favorite caliber. He's taken a LOT of game with that during his day.

Deer included I suspect ???????

Lots. The .22LR, .32-20, .38WCF, .44Colt, .44Spl, .45Colt. Plus quite a few rifle cartridges like the .30WCF, .38-55, .405WCF, .416Rigby and I might finagle a .500NE in the next year or two.