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I am looking at ordering a 26" barreled Cooper Phoenix. I intend to use it for shooting deer and antelope at ranges out to 650 yards and paper to 800 yards. I am looking at the 308 Winchester and the 6.5-284 and trying to determine which would work best. I enjoy shooting and am concerned that the barrel life on the 6.5 is only around 1200 to 1500 rounds. Does the extra performance warrant the shorter barrel life? Opinions please.
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The Good Lord gave us the 308 for a reason . . . . . . . . (grin)
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308 +1(maybe even the big ONE)
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if you shoot out the barrel they will replace it for shipping i believe..
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6.5-284 has it all over the .308 at long range shooting. Lighter bullets with equal or greater BC=more fun in my book.
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i agree. ifn' your gonna' do something special, do it different.....
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I am still kicking it around. I am tending to think the 6.5-284 will get the nod though. I can get it going for $1175 in the Cooper Phoenix with 26" at no extra charge.
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30, they also offer a two stock plan if you can swing the extra funds.. the wood is just too purty to beat up but if you can swing the wood they will send you a fit glass stock also....
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30, they also offer a two stock plan if you can swing the extra funds.. the wood is just too purty to beat up but if you can swing the wood they will send you a fit glass stock also....
woofer With the current state of my budget, I just didn't need to know that...Thanks alot buddy <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/help.gif" alt="" />
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<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> i haven't got the number yet for the two stock plan so i cant comment on price but ifn' your gonna' do it............. on the other hand.. it would make a nice deposit on the next one if you can live with the glass stock on the first one and get wood on number 2!!!
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The reason I am so interested is that my wood stocked 22-250 Cooper is the most accurate rifle I have ever shot. I'm thinking I could beat around on the Phoenix model and not feel too bad. I sold off a lefthanded Cooper that had great wood in order to help with the financing on this project. The 22-250 is going to see some serious duty on prairie rats this spring.
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