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Your a fat pussy. Hint.

Fredrica,

Pardon my horning you up,yet again. Congratulations?!?

Perhaps steal another of my pictures,for "your" album...to help satiate your very WELL founded Insecurities.

As an aside,"your" is a VERY big word for you.

LAUGHING!

Hint.................

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Sugartits I just made an offer. You’re far to much of a fat fûck to back any of your bullshît up. It’s telling.
Oh and I’m not in the slightest “horned” up just think it would be fun to kick your fat azz. Here’s to you trying to save face and skate backwards at the same time.

Fredrica,

Might I suggest that you follow my EVERY word,swipe all of my Splend Pixels and then "convince" yourself that you "don't care". Congratulations?!?

LAUGHING!

Hint....................

Pussy

This has been a great thread with the exception of our resident troll. My vote would be for the 30-06. I have a Mauser 98 custom that doesn't do anything particularly great. It will throw a 150 into 3/4 circle at 100yds. This is good enough for my needs. The 30-06 covers any base that you want, light or heavy. I've been experimenting with the 125's and they shoot fine. I'm looking into a hunting round at this weight because it is just a joy to shoot. The ironic thing about my Mauser 98 is that it probably started out life as 8 x 57.

Another thread that has moved off the beaten path. No need to really build a 30-06. You can find several brands on any gun rack and website. No need to worry or listen to the nonsense, the 30-06 works at close range, in the mountains and in the bean fields. It can easily put down 95+% of all game wandering the planet. With today’s superior bullets, excellent powders and even over-the-counter ammunition you can fine tune to any field need you have.

8x57 is really cool.

Got nothing against it, but all 8mm use in the USA has been limited and not particularly popular, i.e., 8mm Rem Mag, 325 WSM and 8mm Mauser. I think some of the problem is they are caught between the .30 and the .33s and offer nothing over either.

Simple...shoots better bullets faster for the same recoil. Components are easier and cheaper to get...there are options for quality components in the 1st place. Factory ammo can be had...quality factory ammo exits...factory rifles exist. Need more?

You had to know the answers before you asked i assume...

If not for war relics the 8x57 would cease to exist imho. It hasn’t even been common in Africa for the past 50 years in talking with the white Africans I know.

In Europe I seriously doubt if it’s even top 10 anymore

Rossimp,

IF I find another .270WCF or .30-06 rifle with a Mauser action & "problem barrel", it might get reformatted as a 8mm-06, AKA 7.93x63mm in Europe. = That is a POWERFUL & EFFICIENT caliber for most anything in the Americas/Europe, when loaded with 200-250 grain RN JSP or the 250 grain GCCB at 2000-2400FPS.= A spectacular MOOSE or BEAR KILLER out beyond 200M - DEEP penetration on game to 600KG plus is its forte.
(My Uncle Josh had his "brought home from the war" Mauser rechambered about 1947 & killed TONS of game of all sorts with it.)

just my OPINIONS, tex

7.92x57 is still a military cartridge in Yugoslavia and a few other places.

I never said they were bad...quite the contrary. But you mentioned 4 cartridges iirc. Now your bringing up 2. Sure the 25-06 isn’t obscure but the 9.3x62 sure as hell is. I agree it’s awesome but common it’s not. If not for a random cz or a special run Ruger who makes them? Maybe a Sako every blue moon for sale in Lichtenstein?

Maybe in their wwii vintage machine guns.

Nope, they still manufacture the M-76 sniper rifle in it and the M-53 Sarac machine gun which is a virtual copy of the MG-42.

Nothing wrong with a handloaded 8x57. Get a couple of hundred cases and some 180gn Ballistic Tips and you are set.

That’s fine, like I said nothing wrong with an 8mm, they are somewhat limited in bullet selection. I would say a 338-06 would prove to be a better 06 derivative having a huge selection of .33 projectiles.

Quak,

Among my "fellows" here in South TX who hunt BIG game, the 9.3x62mm is becoming a commonplace sighting at gun-shows, shooting ranges & in the hunting fields.
(It's so expensive to get a decent deer lease here in TX that AK, Canada, Eastern Europe & Africa LOOK really inviting.)

I have one & soon will likely have another one, IF it doesn't go to Jessie to be reborn as a .375 Whelen or a .400 B-WI.
(I have a Model 760 with a pitted barrel that I paid 100 bucks for & that won't shoot ANY BULLET decently. - The PO evidently shot a lot of corrosive service ammo in it & W/O cleaning it well.)

Btw, I really don't NEED a BIG-bore like the .375 or .400; I just WANT one..

yours, tex

Shoot, there’s not a deer, pig, moose, or caribou alive that wants to get hit by factory Hornady 195gr interlocks at reasonable ranges. Ping pong balls or not, they mean business.