I recall scoffing at the stubby .308 in my youth, even as my aunt killed everything with her Savage 99 in .300 Savage. Over the years I picked up a Polytech M14S, then a M1A-A1 Sgringfield with an 18" bbl. Both very accurate w iron sights, but still toys. I bought an HK 91 that cheek slapped me to no end, I traded it for an AR10T with a Lothar Walther bbl. Thalt was the most accurate rifle I may have ever owned. I took a couple Antelope with that before I sold it in a moment of financial strife. I picked up an AR10a4 carbine during the '12 gun grab scare. It shoots, but that skinny bbl heats up quickly. Then, about 5 years ago, I kept falling into deals on Sakos. An AII Varmint with the benchrest trigger, then an AII Deluxe, and now an AII carbine. ( Not a great deal, but I had wanted one for a long, long time.)
I guess I'm a fan after all.
