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As I've said many times before, I had a Ruger 77 Mk II in .338 WM and that gun just brutalized me.
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Anything in mm. Now that an have stated that, I must admit a new passion for a Winchester Featherweight in 6.5 Swedish. Darn thing is a blast to shoot. My lucky little boy gets to hunt with it some day. Never thought I would see the day.
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I am not fond of:
1. .300 Winchester Magnum; I don't like the design. I wanted a factory .30-338. I do have a .308 Norma Magnum and .300 Weatherby and much prefer them.
2. 7mm Remington Magnum; I have a 7x61 S&H and admire the 7mm Weatherby and 7WSM. I just don't care for the Remington.
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270 ? Never could warm up to it. No Idea why not.
Last edited by Cntrmass; 05/19/17.
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8mm just seems weird........ My 8mm Rem mag was more like the grim reaper to the three bears, three whitetails and one huge bodied bull elk I pointed it at. It stuffs 200 gr Partitions into itty bitty groups near and far. Having said that I have no desire to own an 8mm Mauser. Go big or go home.
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Now that I think about it, there have been several cartridges I didn't want to like, but owning excellent-shooting rifles in those chamberings really helped to soften my attitude.
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1. .... I wanted a factory .30-338. ----- I do have a .308 Norma Magnum ...
No one else has...so, il take the bate. ? ? ? ? What am I missing ? How much difference can there be ? ? Jerry
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Not much. Actual difference,want and need have little to do with it. I did say factory .30-338 which never happened.
I do have a small stash of factory .308 Norma ammo, new brass and dies.
FWIW the USMC was using the .30-338 for a time when I was in.
My statement was that I didn't like the .300 Win Mag.
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I understood what you said. No factory "308 N M" exactly.
My point is SINCE you have a 308 N M, you have 'virtually' the same, just not a factory offering.
No insult intended.
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1. .... I wanted a factory .30-338. ----- I do have a .308 Norma Magnum ...
No one else has...so, il take the bate. ? ? ? ? What am I missing ? How much difference can there be ? ? Jerry In my .308 Norma I simply resized .338 Win Mag brass. So in essence I was shooting a .30/338 for the first couple firings after sizing.
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1. .... I wanted a factory .30-338. ----- I do have a .308 Norma Magnum ...
For you D B and Moosemike - IMO the 30-7 RM is a better round. Seriously , I've always liked the 300 WM's larger case better. I got my first 300 @ 1978 and the short neck hasn't been any problem at all. Jerry
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jwall, I got my old .300 in about 1970.. Great caliber.. BUT as you mentioned necking the 7mm R. up to .30.. Brought to mind a couple guys I met in Casper.. They told me that had developed a round that would beat the 300WM by a huge margin.. The necked the 7mm R up to .30 cal.. a real super winner.. They were young 25 or so.. When you are old, life is really interesting!!!
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For me, the 30-06 is like that really hot chick with a fat momma and a grandma with a beard, no good will come from it long term. Yeah I bet in another 110 years it will be dead. But you gotta admit - he stated his prejudice well! I hope you are all feeling better for having gotten all this stuff off your chest. Glad to have been of service.
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I don't like people who can't discern the difference between calibers & cartridges. I was waiting for that one....didnt take long. Well duh.... Besides, he can't get partitions to shoot well. I think he has problems... We might want to take it easy on the poor guy... I'd reply with FYVM, but i like your posts. Thanks for your concern.
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For me, the 30-06 is like that really hot chick with a fat momma and a grandma with a beard, no good will come from it long term. Yeah I bet in another 110 years it will be dead. But you gotta admit - he stated his prejudice well! I hope you are all feeling better for having gotten all this stuff off your chest. Glad to have been of service. For me, the 30-06 is like that really hot chick with a fat momma and a grandma with a beard, no good will come from it long term. Yeah I bet in another 110 years it will be dead. But you gotta admit - he stated his prejudice well! I hope you are all feeling better for having gotten all this stuff off your chest. Glad to have been of service. I freely admit that my prejudice is bounded in the irrational, and I don't care. The 30-06 for me is Cliff Claven wrapped in brass and topped with lead.
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308 until I bought one for suppressed loads. It kills just as well as my cannons.
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caliber, I am not in for .30s cartridges, I am not in for short and fat
.308WCF has both attributes which explains my deslike for the cartridge. tasteless. not that there is something impractical about it, though.
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The older I get, the more the .308 is becoming my favorite cartridge. Diff'rent strokes, diff'rent folks.
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Seems easy enough to answer.
'any cartridge that is not applicable to the task currently being undertaken'.
These are my opinions, feel free to disagree.
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