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I'd buy it for that,....even if it's an 8400.....
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Yes for an 84L, no for an 8400. Personal preference
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I love it... Jimmy lives in GA and is being encouraged to buy a highly specialized rifle for elk/moose for the backpack hunter. Too funny. Well, I re read the OP and he asked "would YOU" buy it. I answered for myself not for him. BTW I've had a 308 and will not have another. Personal preference. I have my reasons. You have your's for the 308. Jerry
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I am thinking buy it and toss it up on the classifieds here for $900 and turn a quick profit. This what I was thinking as well. I also like the idea of getting it re-barreled - a 6.5 lb standard 280 wouldn't suck. I also agree with Brad on the 30-06 in the 84L. They ain't fun to shoot from the bench or some field positions, especially prone. But if you're going to use it on deer, a 150 of some flavor isn't too bad in the recoil department.
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For $600, unless it had been drug behind a skidder, I would buy it. Hell, even a 270.
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I love it... Jimmy lives in GA and is being encouraged to buy a highly specialized rifle for elk/moose for the backpack hunter. Too funny. Best thing to do is buy it and rebarrel it in a no.2 to 6.5x55 😄
Only on the Campfire... yep, plus my 308 is a kimber montana as well, too much overlap. Its not more power I need, its sometimes more than one quick shot. Yes I know typical red neck woods deer hunter.
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For that price, I'd buy it in a heartbeat(budget permitting) and I already have rifles in .308, .30/06 AND .300 Win Mag...of course my primary rifle is 8x57 so it may not get much use...
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I love it... Jimmy lives in GA and is being encouraged to buy a highly specialized rifle for elk/moose for the backpack hunter. Too funny. Best thing to do is buy it and rebarrel it in a no.2 to 6.5x55 😄
Only on the Campfire... yep, plus my 308 is a kimber montana as well, too much overlap. Its not more power I need, its sometimes more than one quick shot. Yes I know typical red neck woods deer hunter. LOL, I hear that. We've all been there. Why not something a bit different. Why not a 308 or 30-06 with a bit more barrel weight? Or something even lighter in recoil with more barrel weight for faster follow up? I wasn't kidding about taking the 30-06 and making it a 6.5x55 with a no.2 contour!
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I have had a few .308s over the years, all of which have come and gone. The only rifle that has never gone anywhere (and never will until I die) is my pre-64 Model 70 .30-06. I even gave my two favorite .270s away last year, one to my son-in-law and the other to my only nephew. YMMV.
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Yes, for the price as well as in 30 cal bolt guns, I like 200 grains, as in Partition, at 2700 fps.
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There are four .30-06 rifles in my safe at present, along with a single .308.
So a qualified "maybe".
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Buy it and build something. Action and stock (assuming 84L), are worth more than 600.
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No, Or maybe for resale or trade but I have a really good .308. Shilen DGA.
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Buy it and build something. Action and stock (assuming 84L), are worth more than 600. A Montana in .35 Whelen....
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I did the reverse. I've got a Remington 700 30/06 that I've used to kill everything for the past 35 years. I want a Savage 99. I found one in 308. I plan on using it this coming elk season. Time for something different.
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Depends on the rifle. A 30-06 covers every base pretty well in the USA. It is probably maxing out it's abilities for buffalo and it's awful big for ground squirrels, but in skilled hands with good loads designed for the game, it will do everything.
The 308 will match it with 150 and 165 grain bullets, but bullets over 165 grains give up a bit to the 30-06, and in some guns because of the magazine length, you can't use the very long bullets over 200 grains very well.
So to me I would ignore the abilities of the cartridges if (A) you were never going to hunt bison with it and (B) you don't intend to shoot many ground squirrels.
So my answer is yes, I would buy a new rifle, but I would probably not care about the cartridge as much as I would the rifle itself. As an example I might fall in love with an M-1 Garand. Or I may come across a nice custom made Ruger #1 that I just can't live without. If it was a 30-06, or a 308, or a 270 or a 338, it would probably not effect my buying the RIFLE if I just liked it.
I might be more caring about the cambering of such rifles if I were in the sad place of not having any, or very many rifles already. For a one gun hunter I still recommend a 30-06, but it has very little advantage over the 308 or 280 or 270 in the real world. We love to talk about the "one rifle for all game" but if we are honest, we have to admit that if someone can afford to hunt white tails, fox, prairie dogs, elk, moose, mule deer, caribou, coyotes and bison it's probably certain he can afford to buy a few rifles to do it with.
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I am thinking buy it and toss it up on the classifieds here for $900 and turn a quick profit. Most logical post on the thread. Logic? on the 'Fire??
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Of course I would buy it. Even though it is the same bore size, it will probably prefer a different bullet. You can always add to the variety by choosing a completely different type of scope. Happy Hunting
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Logic? on the 'Fire?? laugh grin
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