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I like my .257 WBY. Its a little hot for any kind of barrel life, but fun and accurate.
Just came across a .338 win mag Super America I haven't shot. Heard some folks really like the .338 so we'll see.....
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Campfire Tracker
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I hate to admit it but probably the best cartridge I never had is that damned .270. (And I don't intend to make it right either!)
Wag more, bark less.
The freedoms we surrender today will be the freedoms our grandchildren will never know existed.
The men who wrote the Second Amendment didn't just finish a hunting trip, they just finished liberating a nation.
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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I hate to admit it but probably the best cartridge I never had is that damned .270. (And I don't intend to make it right either!) That's real smart.  ,  Jerry
jwall- *** 3100 guy***
A Flat Trajectory is Never a Handicap
Speed is Trajectory's Friend !!
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Campfire Tracker
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Campfire Tracker
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For me it's the 280 rem, I built myself a nice one on a mod 70 and my son made off with it....that was fine as I can build another one...
I have a donor sako in 270 that will become a 280 when I get to it....
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Campfire Regular
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I hate to admit it but probably the best cartridge I never had is that damned .270. (And I don't intend to make it right either!) Same here. Never picked up a .270. The first gun I purchased when I was 16 was a model 70 in 7mm rem mag. Since I've added stuff smaller and bigger but went with a 280 instead of the 270 since I already have .284 bullets on hand. .007" doesn't make that much of a difference to me. Not saying I will never own one but it's not real high on my list.
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Campfire Savant
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Campfire Savant
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280 Remington, I have everything around it.
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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The first gun I purchased when I was 16 was a model 70 in 7mm rem mag.
Since I've added stuff smaller and bigger but went with a 280 instead of the 270 since I already have .284 bullets on hand. .007" doesn't make that much of a difference to me. Not saying I will never own one but it's not real high on my list.
Same page here, w/ diff cartridges. 280 Remington, I have everything around it. Yep. I have 270s > 7 RM and lately 284 Win. IF I'd started with a 280 in the 70s I 'might not' have a 270. There isn't a poot in a whirlwind's difference. Jerry
jwall- *** 3100 guy***
A Flat Trajectory is Never a Handicap
Speed is Trajectory's Friend !!
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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6.5 anything. I've just got that caliber surrounded by others, with no solid reason to dip my toe in as yet.
One of those handy light Howas in 6.5 Grendel might just break the ice. Still waiting for one without the DM.
What fresh Hell is this?
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Campfire Outfitter
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Yeah, the 6.5's are great rounds but I have yet to catch the bug and get one. I was recently shooting my sons Creedmoor and that was pretty sweet.
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Campfire Member
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22-250, 6.5-06, 30-06, 338rum
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Campfire Tracker
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6.5x55 Swedish, always wanted one in a Remington 700 Classic.
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Campfire Regular
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I didn't realize how many were on my list but still " need" :
220 swift
257 Weatherby
264 Win Mag
270 WSM
300 WSM
338 Lapua ot or 338-378 Weatherby
35 Whelan
416 Rigby.
Since I sold my 375 I'm too light at the top end
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I started hunting after college in 1980, but never had a 30-06 though the years. I fixed that last summer with a Win 70 Featherweight in 30-06. Guess I can't say "never" anymore. It went elk hunting last fall, but retained its virginity.
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Campfire Member
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416 Rigby. Been plotting and scheming to get one for years. Got brass, got dies, got ammo built and tested.
Just keep getting distracted and buying other rifles, hand guns, and bows. One a these days though, gonna get one, put the smackdown on the monster blacktails we have in SE Alaska...
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Campfire Ranger
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.25-06
Buddies have had them, I've shot 'em. Nice rigs (700 and B78)
There's a break open single shot Peterlongo at my LGS.
Too much $ for me, but cool rig!
I've been wanting a MkV in .257 WM since I was a kid. Never had one, never shot one.
Maybe next yr. Kids in college killing my toy fund.
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toss up between the 7x57 and the 416 Rigby.....
Dang it! now I'm lusting again.....LOL
Tom
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