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Slamo dunk the 7 Mashburn Super it's a real Rock Star!..  Dober No doubt...it's the "best".....  
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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280AI without a doubt.
Oh wait, it isn't a wildcat any longer.
The Chosin Few November to December 1950, Korea.
I'm not one of the Chosin Few but no more remarkable group of Americans ever existed.
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.25-284  Flinch That one has been off the Campfire radar long enough now to be considered "retro". Fancy rebated rims, fat bodies, and sharp shoulders...... I'll keep on shooting mine until it dies. If I could just borrow a reamer to run in there to make mine a no turn neck it would rock. Actually the wife's gun, but it is cool. Too bad she has barred me from shooting it without her supervision. Anybody remember the "Giant Prairie Dog" video? I never did get to see it....
Now with even more aplomb
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Maker of the Frankenstud Sling Keeper
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Slamo dunk the 7 Mashburn Super it's a real Rock Star!.. Dober No doubt...it's the "best"..... In the world!! 
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Slamo dunk the 7 Mashburn Super it's a real Rock Star!.. Dober No doubt...it's the "best"..... In the world!! Easily....!
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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.338-375 Ruger/Campfire -- based on merits, not popularity
.338-06
6.5-06
AI the -06's to taste.
Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!
No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.
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30/40 necked to 25 and blown out.
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Campfire Ranger
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What off-the-beaten-path cartridge do you feel is most deserving of, based on merit for hunting, not target shooting 6 Dasher...... for prairie dogs to deer...... The accuracy of a PPC..... performance of a 243. And still excels at target shooting if the desire looms......
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After more that 20 years with it, the 8mm06 AI.
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My 260 aint a 260 Rem, it was cut from a 6.5x243 reamer. That makes it more better.
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.22-243 cheetah 6.5-06 6.5-257, and ofcourse the: .257 roberts necked up to 7mm, the best ever!!! although the 30.06 necked to 7mm is pretty good, much better than necked to .277!!!
Nothing is fool proof for a sufficiently talented fool !!
"Keep your booger hook off the bang switch until your sights are on the target".
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The 6mm-284 is a sweet shooting gun.
Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the hell happened
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No "Ackley" configuration is a wildcat. A true wildcat cannot fire factory ammo. An Ackley is merely an "improved" cartridge.
On a side note...The smith who did my 223AI would not even engrave "A" on my barrel. Ackley never made a 223AI, so it technically doesn't exist. It is engraved 223 Imp.
Carry on...
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30 Gibbs
Neckem up, neckem down, fireform, and away you go!
62 gr 4350 150 NP
60 gr 4831 200 NP
I tend to use more than enough gun
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I LOVE my 257 AI, 6mm-250, and 338-06, personally.
Of those three I'd say that it'd be the 338-06 that'd cover the "all around big game" niche you describe in the OP.
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What off-the-beaten-path cartridge do you feel is most deserving of, based on merit, belonging with the likes of the .270/7mmRM/30-06/.300WM? (okay, maybe a bit more niche than those but you know what I'm getting at) .35 Whelen? .338-06? Other? (This is for hunting, not target shooting) One thing is for certain, if it don't start with a .25, it's either too big, or too small. That is a FACT.
The only thing worse than a liberal is a liberal that thinks they're a conservative.
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I'm liking the 6.5-06 more and more.We'll see what the deer think shortly.....But I'm not givin' up my Creedmoor!
Come on America,
Athletes and actors are not heroes, only soldiers, airmen,marines and sailors get that respect�and let's add firemen and LEO's
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I tried to get a wildcat to hunt once, but all I accomplished was receiving 47 sutures in my hands and face. Had to have the Sierra's seat reupholstered too, damn thing shredded it. I found dogs hunt better than wildcats and are glad to see you, especially when you point to the truck and say, "Let's go". The wildcat made a great man cave rug though.
I have a wildcat Ackley Improved cartridge, the .35-348 Winchester Ackley Improved. Gotta neck the .348 Winchester up to 35 and fireform it, can't shoot factory ammo. It was one of Bob Hutton's "Lever Power" series of cartridges, a little more juice than the .350 Remington Magnum when fired in a Siamese Mauser. I don't remember why I built it, maybe to use up one of the spare Siamese actions, then again I think it was right after my last motorcycle accident - before the brain swelling went down.
The 7mm International Rimmed is a good one, neck the .30-30 down to 7mm and fireform, crappy pistol cartridge but works well in a rifle, kinda like the 7mm Waters only longer neck - completely forgettable cartridge.
Then there is the .375 Epstein Magnum. Takes longer to form up the brass than it does to drive to Montana from California. Only thing I ever shot with it was a 1/2" thick piece of armor plate, now if I could get an elk to hide behind a piece of armor plate I'd fill the freezer. Then the .357 Ruger came along, same ballistics and no forming - damn.
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Don't have one yet, but I figure a 6.5-06 would be a good one for antelope to moose and everything inbetween.
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