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Old 10-11-2020, 06:48 AM
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Ericict
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Originally Posted by Bob H in NH
One thing to check is off the shelf bullet availability. It's not the same everywhere.

Any of .243, 257, 25-05, 7mm08 will work great.
this is sage advise. With the ammo issues over the last few years, this is important. The 6.5 is a great round but it doesn’t have longevity of these rounds mentioned above. I bought my grandson a Henry lever action 30-30. Solid round for NA and the recoil is not bad at all. One thing to look at is the shape of the stock, some are more inclined to give a much higher felt recoil than others.
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