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W A

I would not argue, ..... buy my choice among those rounds is 7-08 and I've never owned one.
I have HAD 243s, 308, & 358. Here I'm a middle if the roader.

Jerry

WA. I have to agree with you. Funny in all the guntrading my friend and myself have engaged in neither of us had ever landed on a 308. About 10 years ago I bought one just because. I have to admit I really liked it a lot for hunting as well as just shooting it. Relative cheap , easy to load for and powerful enough w/o being too big. Jwall is right the same can be said for the 7-08 but I just like the 308 better for some unexplained reason. I didn't keep mine as I have too many rifles and others with more personal history and that meet my simple deer hunting needs. However if I ever lost everything and had to start over I'd be looking for a 308. Interestingly for as popular chambering as it is. I don't see a lot of used ones around for sale.

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BangER & Mike

MY 308 was on the used market in 1989.

In 20yrs I've known 1 guy on TWO deer leases that used A 308. The last lease was -2000 acres &
100 members. The other was not that large in acres or members.
I have a long time friend & hunting pard on a 3rd lease. No one had a 308 there.

IMO they may not be that popular in the S as a hunting round.

No offense intended at all.

Jerry

They seemed to hold their own in North Carolina.

That's kind of funny, because I am an inveterate churner when it comes to rifles, and it seems like 1/4 of the rifles I find and want to buy are chambered in 308 (nearly as frequent as 270).

I have enough 308's, but I just keep finding them

I cannot recall ever seeing a used 308 around here in a gunstore. Either they are not used here much, or nobody trades them in.

It must be a regional thing
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About 21 years ago I finally found a Sako Bofors steel manlicher stock .308 that I was searching for. It was made around 1967-68. John Wooters had one and I wanted one bad. That little .308 has accounted for Black Bears, Deer and a bunch of hogs. 130 gr TTSX,s and TAC will take care of about any game I hunt for. One of those rifles that I will never sell.

I had a Savage 99 in .308 once. Sold it and went back to my .300's which I like much better.

300 Savage?

Yes, .300 Savage.

Joe, what is it about the 300 Savage that you prefer it over the 308?

Not Joe obviously.

Predict -,nostalgia

Jerry

I hunted with a 308 Win for 90% of everything from age 13 to about 35. Then for the next 8 years I used a much wider array of cartridges which was of course fun.

Recently consolidated my battery and most of those other cartridges are gone now, but there are still two 308s and I do NOT feel like I am underdone!

Me and two mates took 29 feral pigs this week, most were shot with two 308 Winchesters, a Sako A7 in my case and a Tikka CTR owned by one of the boys.

I'm convinced there is no finer pig cartridge. All were one shot kills except some of those which were shot running at great pace, none of whom were able to escape before a finishing shot was delivered.

Great cartridge.

I found it had a sharper report, sharper recoil, and for my use, didn't kill any deader or farther than my .300. Yes, the .308 is easier to find and less expensive but, I prefer the .300. To each his own, they're all good.

Let me see, I have one 300 win mag.
One 30-06
One 7mm rem mag.
One 338-06
One 338 RUM
One 22-250
One 223
One 50 cal smoke pole
A few others @ one each.
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- Four rifles that are chambered in .308 Win.

A 308 has always worked great for me.

Yeah, it works pretty well. Last time I looked through my hunting notes, my wife and I had taken 22 species of big game with the .308.

I've got a .308 bolt gun in my cabinet. Haven't shot it in years. Much prefer my .30-30 lever guns for the woods hunting I do here.

The way I look at it is that the '06, loaded to the same pressure, and often even less, will always be capable if out-performong the .308. However, with current powders, the .308 can equal or even exceed standard factory '06 speeds, and really beat the original velocities the '06 made its reputation with way back when, at least with light to middle weight bullets. New bullets help even more. To me, it just makes sense to match the cartridge to the action you're using, or even as in my case, the pile of brass you've got on hand.