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Good one that's my next build I'm working on getting a 284 W up and running now. It's a 98 action with a Douglas (?) barrel. I'm in the middle or deer season and next Spring I'm looking forward to tweaking it all together. For whatever reason the 284 case has always appealed to me.
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.220 Swift. People who haven't shot a .22 bigger than the .22-250 don't realize how much harder it hits, they just talk out their ass assuming they know something they actually don't.
For honorable mention I'd bring your attention to the .25-20 WCF with the factory 60 grain high velocity hollowpoint loading. Back in the days we had a bounty on bears my father and grandfather used it to kill many many truckloads of black bears. It's a stupid stunt IMHO but it's hard to argue with their results: dead is dead. There was no bounty on cripples.
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22 hornet, a pound of powder goes a long ways,you can fit a [bleep] load of them in your pocket.
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Scott; Good evening to you sir, I trust this finds you and yours well. So in the spirit of your reply, I'll see your 43 Egyptian and raise you an 8x56 Kropatschek. You just never hear anyone say anything good about either one really. Dwayne
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I have to agree with Ken. The 358 Win is underrated. I'll also add, under appreciated! It is one of my favorites.
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"The number one problem with America is, a whole lot of people need shot, and nobody is shooting them." -Master Chief Hershel Davis
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So in the spirit of your reply, I'll see your 43 Egyptian and raise you an 8x56 Kropatschek.
Bless you.
Me
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That's my choice as well. Suffers from being underloaded by the factories but it will basically do anything a 30-06 will do and that's a lot. Since it has been so under rated for so long it also suffers from lack of bullet variety. A real Rodney Dangerfield! Yea if they come out with a higher BC 8mm 200gr I would be very happy.. If Swift would ever come out with their 190gr. �Ballistic Coefficient: 0.511
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in my neck of the woods, most people would laugh at anyone using a 223 for anything other than varmints. They don't realize what it is capable of with good bullets, and a good shooter. My vote is 223 Be a good role model and start using a .223 and teach them. We've used them (and .22-250) since Tenn. changed it to "any center fire rifle" a few years ago. Not full time, but they're in rotation. Which reminds me: I need to step up my stunt-shooter game with a .17 center fire deer rifle...
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2 years ago when ammo started to get hard to find the .243 was the first to disappear and the .270 was still on the shelves when everything else was gone.
Unfortunately 8x57 was never on the shelves so I'm going to say the 8x57 followed by the .270. kwg
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My vote would be for any metric.
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Thought you were blowing smoke, and then wondered if it was an old rimfire, but ya got me on that one, Scott.
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260 Rem,
and bet NO ONE mentioned the 6.5 x 54
or my favorite, the 6.5 x 57 Mauser
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25-06 for elk... killer on elk!
Your Every Liberal vote promotes Socialism and is an attack on the Second Amendment. You will suffer the consequences.
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Those and the 7x64...
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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375 H&H, does more than kill elephants. Yes, I use mine on squirrels.....It way over penetrates better than the puzzy azzed 243 that those sissies use...
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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John,
The 6.5x57 is looked down upon because it's far inferior to the 6.5x57R, the cartridge I used to fill my Montana whitetail doe tag this year.
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Count me in the 8x57 crowd...got one in the works right now.
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I'll go with the 8x57. People just don't like that "Kraut" cartridge but I love mine. A beautiful M98 sporterized, vintage 1950's I believe, with the original barrel in a nice piece of wood with double set trigger. I shoot the now unavailable 185 grain Remington Core-Lokt (gasp!) and it's one of the most accurate rifles in my safe. Probably due to the trigger.
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