What’s your favorite short action cartridge and why

[jasnt]

Like the title says??

[gutsnthegrass]

I sure do like my .260 mountain rifle.  It has put several deer in the freezer!  All of them have been bang flop with a 140gr bullet.  Closest was 175 yards, furthest was 396yrds.  Close second would be my sons 7-08 with 140gr bullets.

[b23]

Probably my 6-284.  Top notch brass, it's easy to make and load for, they shoot fast, what's not to like. 

[Karl Blanchard]

The answer to this question is very dependent on the application of the rifle.

[jasnt]

The answer to this question is very dependent on the application of the rifle.

just your favorite to shoot and load for. Target isn’t important just your opinion

[BULLBLASTER]

I’ve been liking my 223 lately. Cheap to load for and has been accurate as all get out.
Zero recoil or blast makes it fun too

[Emptyhanded]

.243 Win. It’s a *censored* cat to shoot and lays the hammer on whitetails.


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[Karl Blanchard]

The answer to this question is very dependent on the application of the rifle.

just your favorite to shoot and load for. Target isn’t important just your opinion

man I cant choose just one all around.  For steel I love anything 6mm, especially anything based off the .308 case. 

For a hunting caliber the 6.5-284 is high on the list but I'm a big fan of 30 cal holes so 300wsm is at the very tip top.  185 berger vld at 3100 is a wicked killer

[BULLBLASTER]

I don’t think of the 6.5-284 as a short action cartridge. But that’s ok

[huntnphool]

 I love my Daughters Ruger M77 Compact 7mm-08. Short and light but low recoil, it shoots 140 Partitions great.

[Skillet]

Killed my first deer with a 300 Savage, so that one will always have a place on my favorites list.

Have always had a desire to own a BLR in 358 win as well.

[Alchase]

I like the 243WSSM, Love to shoot it.
.223 or 5.56 is a close second.

[b23]

I don’t think of the 6.5-284 as a short action cartridge. But that’s ok

Sure it is, or maybe I should say it can be.  You can do a 6.5-284 on a long or short action, they tend to shoot a little faster in a long action, if they are throated properly, because it frees up a little case capacity, but there isn't really a great deal of difference, in velocity, between one built on a SA versus LA, and even less when you use an extended mag box in the SA.

I say all that and my 6.5-284 is built on a Rem 700 LA. 

[hunting4sanity]

I've always liked my 260, but my current favorite is my 25 Creedmoor. I've been loving the accuracy and ringing steel with it in the short time I've had it.

[JakeLand]

.270WSM with 140 accubonds! Deadly accurate