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Ok, just because survey. Pick two centerfire cartridges (no rimfires or shotguns) fired in a rifle for varmints to whatever in North America. Doesn’t matter if you handload or not.
Go. Easiest dots to connect all?!? 223Rem and 264 Kreedmire...I'll take both 1-7". Thanks. Hint................. ^ This for me.....
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7mm-08 Remington
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The two I carry the most for everything from hunting to bear defense: a 223 in a light, accurate bolt gun, and a high-cap 9mm in a light, polymer-framed gun. Neither are my favorite for elk at 400 yds, but I'd prefer either for grizz at 50 feet than anything bigger, heavier, more recoiling, harder to shoot. I've seen too many times that "easy to shoot well" trumps just about everything else. Little bullets have been killing huge, dangerous stuff ever since there have been rifled barrels.
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Ah, hell! .204 and 8mmMag. need some love. I wouldn't have come up with that combo because I never owned any of either, but I like it. Always thought the 8 Mag as a very formidable cartridge.
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Ok, just because survey. Pick two centerfire cartridges (no rimfires or shotguns) fired in a rifle for varmints to whatever in North America. Doesn’t matter if you handload or not.
Go. .17 Remington & .338 Win Mag. Tom
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25-06 and 9.3x62 would pretty much cover all my needs. May not be the best in all situations but would work.
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Big Game only...hogs/coyote and up...
.257 Weatherby (in a long barrel rifle like a 700 CDL stainless fluted where shots will be over 150 yards)
.350 Remington Magnum (short light carbine for easy carrying, tree stands, short to moderate range hunting or bears)
...or to be boring...a .223 and .308 would work 99% of the time...
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5.56/7.62 lower 48. 7.62/.375 way up north in Russia.
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For my needs..
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24" barreled Marlin 336A , mfg 1976
30-06
-JC Higgins model 50 w/ B&C Medalist stock, Timney trigger.
-BACO USA Win m70 Extreme Weather..
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For varmints or small stuff, it’s easy. 223 Remington. For bigger stuff, not so easy.........6.5 CM or 7mm-08 Remington or 308 Winchester. If I had to pick one of those three, it would be the.........................................
If we live long enough, we all have regrets. But the ones that nag at us the most are the ones in which we know we had a choice.
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For varmints or small stuff, it’s easy. 223 Remington. For bigger stuff, not so easy.........6.5 CM or 7mm-08 Remington or 308 Winchester. If I had to pick one of those three, it would be the.........................................
If we live long enough, we all have regrets. But the ones that nag at us the most are the ones in which we know we had a choice.
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