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What will you hunt that your 280 won't handle? Yea by all means, rationalize him into not buying another rifle. Congratulations.
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What will you hunt that your 280 won't handle? Yea by all means, rationalize him into not buying another rifle. Congratulations. When the question is asked, the decision has already been made. Only the particulars remain to be sorted out.
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You would really like a 338-06, or just go all the way to a 375 H&H.
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The question is: What do you want to do that you can't do with what you've got?
If the answer is nothing, then upgrade stuff, quit where you are, or save your money for tags or trips or dancing girls.
What fresh Hell is this?
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338-06
The idea of upgrading something that you already have is sound also.
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I have
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Colt M4 .223/5.56
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25-06
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Obviously my next must be in a 3 somethingish caliber..
.300 Win Mag or short mag
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I reload so wildcats are no issue, any top choices there? What an I leaving out? Next choice is not obvious to those who don't know the intended use. Elk/moose/big bears? Whitetail? Mulies? Or...?
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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Life Member SCI
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Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association
Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell
Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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buy any of them and sell me that .218 bee
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There really isn't a "need" for another rifle. But sometime down the road I will add another to the collection. It's nice to have an idea what you may "want", never know where you will find a good deal...
I could upgrade glass on a few of the lesser calibers in my cabinet, but they all shoot great with the optics they currently wear.
Tags... Buying a CO elk tag, PA deer/bear tags.. maybe NY deer/bear tags this year.
Hunt...
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buy any of them and sell me that .218 bee That would be my Model 43. Was my grandpaps gun. He told me he was selling it back in 1996. The price...I won't say.....  I was a senior in High School and started making payments on the gun. I had the gun half paid for around the time I was graduation day rolled around. Pap called me up and said he needed my help. When I got there he had the Bee up on the bench with some fresh reloads and told me I didn't owe him anything else for it.. It was mine. We shot those reloads into a dime sized group at 100 yards with the old tasco 3-9 it wore.. He said "it I had known it shot that good, I would have kept it" with a sly grin... He knew what it was capable of... Sorry.... That one is my little sweetheart... Not for sale...Never...
Hunt...
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That's a great story, CBB.
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Since you're just playing around, looking for excuses for a different rifle, why not try something exotic like a 330 Dakota?
If you want to get going on a real hunting battery, then 30-06 and ditch most of the rest.
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.223 bolt gun.
And do it quick.
Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again!
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All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.
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Snag that .338RCM in the Link!!!!
Your Every Liberal vote promotes Socialism and is an
attack on the Second Amendment. You will suffer the consequences.
GOA,Idaho2AIAlliance,AmericanFirearmsAssociation,IdahoTrappersAssociation,FoundationForWildlifeManagement ID and MT.
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308 win, 300 WM and a 45-70
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buy any of them and sell me that .218 bee That would be my Model 43. Was my grandpaps gun. He told me he was selling it back in 1996. The price...I won't say..... I was a senior in High School and started making payments on the gun. I had the gun half paid for around the time I was graduation day rolled around. Pap called me up and said he needed my help. When I got there he had the Bee up on the bench with some fresh reloads and told me I didn't owe him anything else for it.. It was mine. We shot those reloads into a dime sized group at 100 yards with the old tasco 3-9 it wore.. He said "it I had known it shot that good, I would have kept it" with a sly grin... He knew what it was capable of... Sorry.... That one is my little sweetheart... Not for sale...Never... As it should be!
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it would depend on what use for the new caliber. personally i prefer a 30 caliber for elk,or moose
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