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Old 02-28-2012, 05:40 PM
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Ok I have an 7m08, 270win , 270wsm, 7mm rem mag, and a 300wsm. now I would like to add another rifle to my gun cabinet , but dont know what cal, thought about a 30-06, or a 308win, any ideas and tell me why u like the cal, ?? Thanks..
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Old 02-28-2012, 06:04 PM
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Hmmm. Not to bust your bubble, but there's a lot of redundancy in that list. I'd be comfortable carrying any one of them anywhere in the lower 48.

My suggestion would be to either fill out the bottom end with a .204, .223, .22-250, or maybe a .243 - OR - fill out the top end with a .338, .375, etc.

Adding a .30-06 or .308 is just more of the same.
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Old 02-28-2012, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by homers brother
Hmmm. Not to bust your bubble, but there's a lot of redundancy in that list. I'd be comfortable carrying any one of them anywhere in the lower 48.

My suggestion would be to either fill out the bottom end with a .204, .223, .22-250, or maybe a .243 - OR - fill out the top end with a .338, .375, etc.

Adding a .30-06 or .308 is just more of the same.

+1

Nuff said
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Old 02-28-2012, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by homers brother
Hmmm. Not to bust your bubble, but there's a lot of redundancy in that list. I'd be comfortable carrying any one of them anywhere in the lower 48.

My suggestion would be to either fill out the bottom end with a .204, .223, .22-250, or maybe a .243 - OR - fill out the top end with a .338, .375, etc.

Adding a .30-06 or .308 is just more of the same.
25-06???maybe
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Old 02-28-2012, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Sheridan
+1

Nuff said
+2. What would be the point?

If your set on another 30 cal I'd go the precision rifle rout in .308 or .260 Remington and learn to shoot at longer ranges.
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Old 02-29-2012, 06:47 AM
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I would get something better suited to hunting something other than big game.A .223 springs to mind.
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Old 02-29-2012, 07:01 AM
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Must be some unwritten law about redundancy in rifles that I am not aware of.

.204 Ruger....shoots flat and accurate. I have THREE of them and alot of other redundant rifles.
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Old 02-29-2012, 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by skb2706
Must be some unwritten law about redundancy in rifles that I am not aware of.

.204 Ruger....shoots flat and accurate. I have THREE of them and alot of other redundant rifles.
It is nice to have more than 1 rifle in the same cal I hear ya I woundn't mind getting a new long or short tract browning BAR in a 30-06 or 300wsm
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Old 02-29-2012, 08:33 AM
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Get what lifts your skirt....never mind what everybody else thinks / says.
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Old 02-29-2012, 10:00 AM
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You definitely need a varmint/prairie dog rifle....IMO
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