Having never ventured out of my comfort zone (long action standards/magnums), my interest in the .308 Win. has recently been peaked.
I've just never owned/hunted with ANY short action cartridges. With a new piece of property to hunt this year (pastures/gas pipe lines/heavy timber/box stands) I'm beginning to see the merits if a compact rifle that can still reach out. It's amazing how much more maneuverable a 22" barrel is than a 24" barrel in a box stand.
I've long since though a .308 caliber/165gr BT (or similar) would be pure lightning on whitetail and hogs....and it has been from several .30-06's I've used.
I simply have ZERO "on game" experience with the .308 Win., but I'm WANTING to love it.
Would like to know your experiences with it and what you feel is its maximum effective range on deer and such.
I have a feeling the .308's MER will considerably farther than MY maximum effective range.
Schooly
