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"Boring" may be too harsh a word, but are there any rifles in a mainstream cartridge you consider "ho-hum" and either don't own or own only one just to scratch an itch?
For me, I recently bought my first and only .270 Win and .243 Win, simply because I was interested in the rifle. Not really excited about the cartridge.
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.30-06. It's done it all so often, for so long, there's nothing left to talk about. Unless it's getting 200 grainers up to 2,700 fps...  FC
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30-06 and 308.
Also any cartridge based on these two cases necked UP.
Neck 'em down and they're cool.
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Huh? Interesting....
The .270 is my hands down favorite for many reasons and the .358 is another that I use a lot ( on a cow elk last weekend actually ).
The one that leaves me in the cold is the 7mag.....
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Huh? Interesting....
The .270 is my hands down favorite for many reasons and the .358 is another that I use a lot ( on a cow elk last weekend actually ).
The one that leaves me in the cold is the 7mag..... That one too!
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Huh? Interesting....
The .270 is my hands down favorite for many reasons and the .358 is another that I use a lot ( on a cow elk last weekend actually ).
The one that leaves me in the cold is the 7mag..... Then why not a .260 or a .280? What is it that got you started with the .270? BTW, I agree with the 7 mag as well.
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What do you mean,you don't like the 7mm RM ?
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Shooting game with any cartridge is never boring.
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I don't understand the whole "boring" aspect of a cartridge. Maybe it's just because I'm relatively new around here and am not a seasoned rifle looney, but there is nothing boring about dropping a nice buck DRT no matter what you shoot it with! Though, I've never been one to get excited over FPS and BC.
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The 260, 7mm-08, 264 Mag, 7 Rem Mag, 30-06, 300 Win Mag, 338 Win Mag, geez there is a slew of 'em.
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I don't understand the whole "boring" aspect of a cartridge. Maybe it's just because I'm relatively new around here and am not a seasoned rifle looney, but there is nothing boring about dropping a nice buck DRT no matter what you shoot it with! Though, I've never been one to get excited over FPS and BC. I think what they mean is they are so easy to get accurate it takes no work. I guess some think that's boring. I don't get bored that easily.
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A Camry will get you to where you're going but it is sure a whole lot more fun to drive a Ferrari.
Competent, reliable, and boring.
The 30-06 is the Camry of cartridgedom.
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Cartridges are just boiler rooms for pushing bullets....Bullets are what kills game. That said some cartridges are better at it than others.None of them are "cool".Maybe I'm jaundiced but I find it hard to get really excited over any of them. I approach them backwards...I pick a bullet to hunt with,decide how fast I want to push it,and pick a cartridge that does it easily. This eliminates a lot of drama. That said the 243 and 308 bore me stiff. 
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The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Cartridges are just boiler rooms for pushing bullets....Bullets are what kills game. That said some cartridges are better at it than others.None of them are "cool".Maybe I'm jaundiced but I find it hard to get really excited over any of them. I approach them backwards...I pick a bullet to hunt with,decide how fast I want to push it,and pick a cartridge that does it easily. This eliminates a lot of drama. That said the 243 and 308 bore me stiff. Lets go into this a little deeper. A .308 bores you. What cartridge in it's class doesn't bore you? Then please explain why that cartridge doesn't bore you? How is it different when you shoot it?
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Definitely for me, it is the .30-06, with the .270 coming in second, only by a whisker. One is like eating plain grits, the other like a plain bowl of cream of wheat.
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C'mon Bob, you know the 7MSM gets your juices flowing.
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Definitely for me, it is the .30-06, with the .270 coming in second, only by a whisker. One is like eating plain grits, the other like a plain bowl of cream of wheat.
I love Cream Of Wheat. 
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MH: What is this.....a therapy session?  Lemme put it this way....in a 6mm I want some speed.The 243 doesn't have what I want. In 30 caliber, I'd much rather have a 30/06.Or in some instances maybe a 300 magnum of some sort. In either case,I don't care about short action cartridges. My arms are long enough to work a standard bolt throw. 
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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I totally get this thread. Not a 30/06 or 270 or 308 in my safe and I really cannot remember the last rifles I owned in these calibers that was not gun show trade bait. I am with BobinNH on this to a large degree in that I decide what bullet I want but then I pick the largest case I can fit into the action I want to use as I am a total speed and velocity whore. Thusly, my now remaining rifles (divorce and illness and a daughters wedding kinda cleaned me out of 'extra' guns) are a pre 64 model 70 in 257WBY, a much tweaked 1917 in 340 Tyrannosaur aka 338/8mm RemMag and a much modified CZ 550 in 416 Rigby.
All are fed Barnes TSX, TTSX or Monolithic solids exclusively.
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MH: What is this.....a therapy session? Lemme put it this way....in a 6mm I want some speed.The 243 doesn't have what I want. In 30 caliber, I'd much rather have a 30/06.Or in some instances maybe a 300 magnum of some sort. In either case,I don't care about short action cartridges. My arms are long enough to work a standard bolt throw. I can understand not liking a cartridge for many reasons. There's some that I don't like too. However, I wouldn't use the word boring to describe them. Can't help you with the arm thingy.
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