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7 x 57 classic and still rockin.
If you find yourself in a hole....quit digging
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Myself, I use the .243 win and a straightwall- .450 Marlin, short n' fat.
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7 x 57 classic and still rockin. Fine old cartridge, but short action?
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Two?!? Horrible thought. Torn between 6 creed/7 wsm or 6.5 creed/300 wsm. 223/7-08 wouldn’t suck either. Add a 6.5 prc for my 7th. Perfect 7, right? 
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I could get by with a .223 and a 6.5 CM (or .260, 7mm-08 or 308) but I'm glad that I don't have to.
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.308 Win for general all around. Would like a 6.5 WSM for open windy plains.
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......the occasional hunter wielding a hopelessly inaccurate rifle, living by the fantastical rule that this cartridge can deliver the goods, regardless of shot placement or rifle accuracy. The correct term for this is minute of ego.
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6.5 Creedmoor
7mm SAUM
Shooting heavy for caliber bullets, these two would handle all my hunting on any continent.
Honorable mention to the 6.5 PRC and .338 Federal.
What could be a sadder way to end a life than to die having never hunted with great dogs, good friends and your family?
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Always remember that you are unique, just like everyone else.
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Loaded to 308 Win. pressure in a modern bolt action the 300 Savage would be the 7.62 Creedmoor if it wasn't already the 300 Savage. I load long seated Berger VLD's for my 700 Classic in 300 Sav. and that makes for a very modern looking cartridge.
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6.5 Creedmoor
7mm SAUM
Shooting heavy for caliber bullets, these two would handle all my hunting on any continent.
Honorable mention to the 6.5 PRC and .338 Federal. I almost went with the 7 SAUM. Need to get mine out hunting.
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Loaded to 308 Win. pressure in a modern bolt action the 300 Savage would be the 7.62 Creedmoor if it wasn't already the 300 Savage. I load long seated Berger VLD's for my 700 Classic in 300 Sav. and that makes for a very modern looking cartridge. Heck yeah.....almost like the 30 TC!
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Don’t forget the 22-250 and the 250 Savage!
"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
Thomas Jefferson
GeoW, The "Unwoke" ...Let's go Brandon!
"A Well Regulated Militia" Life Member
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For shooting game:
6.5 Creedmoor
338 Federal
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For me??
Dont need 2.
The 6mm Remington kills critters to Midwest whitetail w ease.
70 grain bullets for coyotes/fox/cats/crows or 85-100 bullets for easy to kill deer, or maybe just an 85 to do it all.
If I were to pick just 2 it would be a 22-250 & the 6mm.
Last edited by 10gaugemag; 09/11/19.
The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
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For anything bigger than coyotes:
7mm-08 Rem
308 Win
Anything smaller
223 Rem
243 Win
"You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass"
~Admiral Yamamoto~
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. ~Thomas Jefferson~
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It's Iowa. .223 and .243.
kwg
For liberals and anarchists, power and control is opium, selling envy is the fastest and easiest way to get it. TRR. American conservative. Never trust a white liberal. Malcom X Current NRA member.
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I don't own a short action at all.
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