What to get.
12-02-2008 | 08:30 PM
#21
Boone & Crockett
Joined: Feb 2003
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RE: What to get.
I would think that with three 30 cals, the 7mm's are fairly redundant.
I'd get a .243 Win...
I'd get a .243 Win...
What's the point in purchasing another rifle that will only duplicate what the 308 and 30-06 already does. IE: .270, 280, 7mm-08, 300 mags, etc...
I vote go lighter to something like a .243, 22-250, .223 or go bigger and get into the 338's which include the 338 Federal, 338 Win mag, .338 RUM, and many others.
Or, another idea is a big bore lever gun like a 444 Marlin or 45-70.
Oh, BTW, get the 308 out of the safe and shoot it. Don't you know that guns hate to be retired to being safe queens.What a boring anddegrading life for a gun!
12-03-2008 | 07:33 AM
#24
Typical Buck
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: Mich
RE: What to get.
ORIGINAL: mrholland
Here in northern Louisiana we have lots of pipeline access which provide extra long shots, so I have a savage 110fp 300 win mag, I shoot 168 grain nosler reloads and get consistent kills out to 600+ yards, I use a Bushnell 4200 Elite Scope 6-24x50 30mm tube, with a mil-dot reticle. I've also hunted with the Savage 7mm mag and Savage .308 both tactical setups.
Here in northern Louisiana we have lots of pipeline access which provide extra long shots, so I have a savage 110fp 300 win mag, I shoot 168 grain nosler reloads and get consistent kills out to 600+ yards, I use a Bushnell 4200 Elite Scope 6-24x50 30mm tube, with a mil-dot reticle. I've also hunted with the Savage 7mm mag and Savage .308 both tactical setups.
12-04-2008 | 11:32 AM
#28
Giant Nontypical
Joined: Nov 2004
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RE: What to get.
I'd also have to lean toward a .243...Assuming you are hunting GA deer, within 300 yards it's all you need...
Now...On our farms here in NC, between, brothers/cousins/nieces, etc...We have used just about every cartridge listed...
We kill between 40-50 deer a year on these farms, so I've seen the damage each of these do and have tracked deer from
each...On lung shot deer you will not see a difference on how far the deer travel...
They all work...Some have sure gotten mighty expensive to buy ammo for...
The past few years I have bought a few boxes of 100gr CoreLokts from WalMart for $11.88-$15.24 a box...
You can spend more if you want, but the .243 will do all that needs doing to a whitetail...
I'd spend more on a scope....And a bigger freezer...
I've converted four 30-06 users to .243s in the past 5 years, sounds like you might have enough experience to graduate to one as well...
You can thank me later...
Now...On our farms here in NC, between, brothers/cousins/nieces, etc...We have used just about every cartridge listed...
We kill between 40-50 deer a year on these farms, so I've seen the damage each of these do and have tracked deer from
each...On lung shot deer you will not see a difference on how far the deer travel...
They all work...Some have sure gotten mighty expensive to buy ammo for...
The past few years I have bought a few boxes of 100gr CoreLokts from WalMart for $11.88-$15.24 a box...
You can spend more if you want, but the .243 will do all that needs doing to a whitetail...
I'd spend more on a scope....And a bigger freezer...
I've converted four 30-06 users to .243s in the past 5 years, sounds like you might have enough experience to graduate to one as well...
You can thank me later...
12-05-2008 | 02:57 PM
#30
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Nov 2008
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From: Adirondacks
RE: What to get.
One big advantage for a 243 is ammo cost.Popular rounds like the 243,270,30-30,308,and 30-06 cost far less than most others.The shop in my town gets $10 more for a box of .280 Rem vs the .270 Win.Wouldn't take long to recoup the cost of buying a reloading package vs factory ammo at that rate.