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Rimfire / centerfire 22LR and 7x57
centerfire 223 and 7x57
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This ^^^^ And then throw in a 12ga for good measure...
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Montana centerfire:
257 Rob, 270 Win
World centerfire:
270 Win, 375 H&H
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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BobinNH
the battery must be ready for situations that will never occur
“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away”.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Posted by Brad.
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BobinNH
the battery must be ready for situations that will never occur
No relationship to reality.
“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away”.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Posted by Brad.
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"There's more to optics than meets the eye."--anon
"...most of us would be better off losing half a pound around the waist than half a pound on our rifle."--dhg
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BobinNH
the battery must be ready for situations that will never occur
No relationship to reality. RinB: I understand.....but i will never be without a 375 H&H. 
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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16bore eventually refined the search to everything from paper to elk, under 500 yards.
I could get by with my Sauer drilling, a 16x16/6.5x57R. The 6.5x57R provides very similar ballistics to the 6.5x55, and I also have an 8" .22 Magnum insert for the right-hand shotgun barrel, which groups well enough at 50 yards to take any sort of small game. And I wouldn't even have to add a shotgun!
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John Steinbeck
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I actually hope I never have to make that type of decision. I can't decide when it is just a question on the fire.
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The thing always missing from these 2 or 3 rifle battery threads is that no one ever says...."for what"? Paper to Elk, <500 Then my 270/280 & 9.3X62 becomes an 8T .24 and a 7 Rem.
Anybody who seriously concerns themselves with the adequacy of a Big 7mm for anything we hunt here short of brown bear, is a dufus. They are mostly making shidt up. Crunch! Nite-nite!
Stolen from an erudite CF member.
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The thing always missing from these 2 or 3 rifle battery threads is that no one ever says...."for what"? Paper to Elk, <500 Do you really need two for this? How about just picking a rifle you like first and then make sure it is chambered for a cartridge between .243 and .300 Mag that will expand bullets at 500 yards. If you need two, buy a second just like the first as a spare.
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Given the parameters:
223
30-06
I wouldn't mind a 243 in the light spot either.
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In 1996 when I moved here, that's what I had, a Ruger 77 Mk II SS .338 and a heavy barreled Ruger 77 VT .25-'06. I changed because the volume of shooting for varmints went up. With a .17 HMR which didn't exist back then covering a lot of that additional volume I could go back without any trouble. Tom
Anyone who thinks there's two sides to everything hasn't met a M�bius strip.
Here be dragons ...
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The thing always missing from these 2 or 3 rifle battery threads is that no one ever says...."for what"? Paper to Elk, <500 Do you really need two for this? How about just picking a rifle you like first and then make sure it is chambered for a cartridge between .243 and .300 Mag that will expand bullets at 500 yards. If you need two, buy a second just like the first as a spare. Kinda started off as being silly with the "3 rifle battery" thread. Boredom if you will. However, the appeal of a baby rifle and a thumper with similar BC's and velocity is appealing for wind education. Is it likely to happen? The world may never know.....
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222 and 400 Whelen.
222 for all varmints and fur and load reduced load cast bullets for rimfire applications.
400 Whelen for everything else in the world.
Chronographs, bore scopes and pattern boards have broke a lot of hearts.
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For my big game hunting I am very quickly settling down to just using my .308s and .300WMs.
Quite frankly though, the older I get and the less and less time I have to fiddle with stuff, the more I think just using (centerfires) .223, .308, and .300WM for everything makes sense.
Then I play with a 6.5 and it all goes out the window..
THE CHAIR IS AGAINST THE WALL. The Tikka T3 in .308 Winchester is the Glock 19 of the rifle world. The website is up and running!www.lostriverammocompany.com
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These two will work for anything I do, 243 and 270. ![[Linked Image]](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/montanasam/A%202015/Spring%202015%20002_2.jpg)
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Sam, the 243 just needs to be a Rob.
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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