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I've always thought the 7-08, 30-06 combo is a great one. The SD/BC/FPS of each is nearly identical for similar trajectories.
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If I ever shoot out the '06 (not at this rate), I'll rebarrel to 7x57, and bridge the gap with a century+ of mojo and class instantly added. Win-win. 
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
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“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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If I ever shoot out the '06 (not at this rate), I'll rebarrel to 7x57, and bridge the gap with a century+ of mojo and class instantly added. Win-win. +1!! Winner, winner, chicken dinner!!
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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If I ever shoot out the '06 (not at this rate), I'll rebarrel to 7x57, and bridge the gap with a century+ of mojo and class instantly added. Win-win. +1!! Winner, winner, chicken dinner!! Got my vote. Oh wait! I already did it.  Paul B.
Our forefathers did not politely protest the British.They did not vote them out of office, nor did they impeach the king,march on the capitol or ask permission for their rights. ----------------They just shot them.
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I have a 7x57, a 280 and a 30-06. I use the 77x57 at least 70% of the time. captdavid
"It's not how hard you hit 'em, it's where you hit 'em." The 30-06 will, with the right bullet, successfully take any game animal in North America up to 300yds.
If you are a hunter, and farther than that, get closer!
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If I ever shoot out the '06 (not at this rate), I'll rebarrel to 7x57, and bridge the gap with a century+ of mojo and class instantly added. Win-win. I sent my .308 out to get re-barreled to 7X57 and it was new! I just can't warm up to .30 cals and keep coming back to the little 7's.
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Brad,
For a number of years I've thought the .17 Hornet, .22 Hornet, .204 Ruger, .223 Rem., .22-250, .243 Win., .257 Roberts, .257 Wby. Mag, 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5x55, .270 Win., 7mm-08 Rem., 7x57 Mauser, .280 Rem. AI, 7mm Rem. Mag, .30-30 WCF,.308 Win., .30-06, .300 WSM, .300 Win. Mag, .300 Wby. Mag, .303 British, 8x57, .338 Win., .358 Win., 9.3x62, .375 H&H, .416 Rigby and .45-70 combo is a great one.
Of course, once in a while throwing in a .250 Savage, .33 WCF or 9.3x74R helps break up the boredom.
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Loonie 
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Mule Deer, do you still have those "I'm a Rifle Loonie" hats for sale?
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Brad,
For a number of years I've thought the .17 Hornet, .22 Hornet, .204 Ruger, .223 Rem., .22-250, .243 Win., .257 Roberts, .257 Wby. Mag, 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5x55, .270 Win., 7mm-08 Rem., 7x57 Mauser, .280 Rem. AI, 7mm Rem. Mag, .30-30 WCF,.308 Win., .30-06, .300 WSM, .300 Win. Mag, .300 Wby. Mag, .303 British, 8x57, .338 Win., .358 Win., 9.3x62, .375 H&H, .416 Rigby and .45-70 combo is a great one.
Of course, once in a while throwing in a .250 Savage, .33 WCF or 9.3x74R helps break up the boredom. A guy's got to have at least one BS-29! 
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340boy, Yes, we have Rifle Loony hats, and in fact last year "expanded" them to include extra-large sizes, due to demand from apparently very brainy rifle loonies. They're on the website, www.riflesandrecipes.com.
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340boy, Yes, we have Rifle Loony hats, and in fact last year "expanded" them to include extra-large sizes, due to demand from apparently very brainy rifle loonies. They're on the website, www.riflesandrecipes.com. Oh happy day! (I'm one of the large domed loonies, though my family tells me that it is due to too much bone, not brains.) 
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Teeder,
Oh, yes!
But I must mention a slight technical correction to your post. The B-29 was my fictional wildcat, and the "article" stirred up more reader comment than any previous HANDLOADER article, to the point where I was commanded NEVER to write a similar article.
The 9.3 B-S, on the other hand, is a very real wildcat, the .350 Remington Magnum necked up to .366. I came up with the idea, and Charlie Sisk built the rifles. Actually, he still builds 9.3 Barsness-Sisk rifles for anybody who wants one. Last time I asked he'd built a few dozen, aside from his and the one he built for me.
But some people wouldn't believe the 9.3 was a real cartridge for a while, evidently because of the B-29.
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Ha, I must have combined them! I really got a kick out of the B-29 article!
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Some people actually believed it--one of the reasons I was commanded to never submit anything like that again. A few wrote to the mythical addresses in the article, asking about .29 caliber barrels and bullets, and were puzzled when their letters came back stamped "Address Unknown." And about three YEARS after the article appeared, one of the guys at Redding phoned me, barely able to speak because he was laughing so hard: Somebody had just called them, asking if they had any B-29 dies in stock....
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Teeder,
Oh, yes!
But I must mention a slight technical correction to your post. The B-29 was my fictional wildcat, and the "article" stirred up more reader comment than any previous HANDLOADER article, to the point where I was commanded NEVER to write a similar article.
The 9.3 B-S, on the other hand, is a very real wildcat, the .350 Remington Magnum necked up to .366. I came up with the idea, and Charlie Sisk built the rifles. Actually, he still builds 9.3 Barsness-Sisk rifles for anybody who wants one. Last time I asked he'd built a few dozen, aside from his and the one he built for me.
But some people wouldn't believe the 9.3 was a real cartridge for a while, evidently because of the B-29.
MD : Never Understood why you went with the .350 Rem Mag case vice a 9.3 WSM for that one. Do you recollect ?
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I have a 7x57, a 280 and a 30-06. I use the 77x57 at least 70% of the time. captdavid Probably a typo, but don't you mean 77% of the time ?
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338Rules,
There were two reasons:
1) I wasn't trying to produce the MOST velocity possible from a short-action 9.3. Instead I was just trying to duplicate the ballistics of the 9.3x62, since they'd been working well for a century, without excessive recoil. The .350 case has just about the same amount of powder room as the 9.3x62.
2) Charlie Sisk had found the .350 case fed even slicker than WSM cases in actions supposedly designed for short, fat, beltless magnums. I thought that might be handy in a rifle that might be used on dangerous game.
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The 9.3 B-S, on the other hand, is a very real wildcat, the .350 Remington Magnum necked up to .366. I came up with the idea, and Charlie Sisk built the rifles.
Very Neat and I like the idea however, A guy's got to have at least one B-S-29! Sorry but I couldn't help myself. Jerry
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