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270 Win... unheralded at its birth, and it took some years for it to get discovered. Its popularity far exceeds most modern cartridges. The 7-08 isn’t even close to “least-hyped and popular” compared to the 270.
No military cartridge belongs in this discussion...
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Geedubya, you are the man!
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270 is over hyped and has been since the 30s! Doesn’t make it bad...but the 7-08 is a thinking mans cartridge. It remains on its merits alone. JOC didn’t have to pimp it for 40 years for it to find acceptance.
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.223? became quite the whitetail killer after the internets was invented and actual testimony drowned out the old wives tales and superstition.
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Scratching my head after reading through this.....
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Scratching my balls. Been without a 7mm-08 for too long.
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Holocaust Deniers, the ultimate perverted dipchits: Bristoe, TheRealHawkeye, stophel, Ghostinthemachine, anyone else?
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I am guessing you don't. Maybe some others will. Don't pay any attention to Blackfart. When his hemorrhoids get to bothering him, he gets on here and takes it out on other posters. Now, if you had asked the question as to the least hyped medicine for your itchy ass, he would have fit right in.
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Most of the military cartridges probably fit the bill, as they were designed to be used to kill people, not animals. The 30-06 is probably the biggest name, but the 45-70, 7X57, 6.5X55, 308, 303 British, and the 223 are all known as great hunting cartridges.
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If the wife ever raises her eyebrows over my paltry collection - I have screenshot photos from geedubya ready to show.
My home is the "sanctuary residence" for my firearms.
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Now that the Creedmoor is here and selling briskly it will cut heavily into 7-08 sales and may eventually push it into the grave next to the .284 Win.. Nice! That will leave more for me............ yowsir! GWB Is that Styer a .284 or 7-08?
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6.5 variants. 6.5 Swede has been around for ever. But now we have 6.5 CM, 6.5PRC, 26 Nosler ,6.5-300... When did 7-08 become main stream like the 6.5 CM?
All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.
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Is that Styer a .284 or 7-08?
ya! GWB
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30-06. Was it hyped a hundred plus years ago or did become popular because it is so good?
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I'll cast my vote for the 300 Savage. While it may have had a bit of a fuss made about it in the early '20s, it seems to receive mention only in articles about the 99 Savage now.
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30-06. Was it hyped a hundred plus years ago or did become popular because it is so good? Probably both. Over-hyped...AND it delivered.
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Oops. Brad is correct. The 270 Winchester.
“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away”. Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Posted by Brad.
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270 Win... unheralded at its birth, and it took some years for it to get discovered. Its popularity far exceeds most modern cartridges. The 7-08 isn’t even close to “least-hyped and popular” compared to the 270. I'd add the 338. That one took a LONG time to catch on. Okie John
If Montana had a standing army, a 270 Win with Federal Blue Box 130's would be the standard issue.
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How was the 30/06 "hyped"? Was using it in three wars a means of promotion? GD
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Ever read the writings of the day? Everyone with a typewriter was pimping it for all it was worth. Not much has changed LOL
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Scratching my balls. Been without a 7mm-08 for too long. Ok. Put your balls back in their box after you are done.
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