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Pretty much anything pushing a .323 bullet.
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6.5x55 hands down.... gotta be a handloader though to make it shine.
Just discovered it myself only a couple of years ago. Was looking for a 6.5mm and damn near fell for the hype lavished upon that certain 6.5mm the tacticool wannabe's all froth over.
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30-06 is always the answer.
Best cartridge: 30-06
Worst cartridge: 30-06
Underrated: 30-06
Overrated: 30-06
All around: 30-06
One and done: 30-06
Most likely to succeed: 30-06
Most ideal to take home to parents: 30-06
Found at gas station in middle of nowhere: 30-06
Killed most game worldwide: 30-06
Most hated: 30-06
Most liked: 30-06
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30-06 is always the answer.
Best cartridge: 30-06
Worst cartridge: 30-06
Underrated: 30-06
Overrated: 30-06
All around: 30-06
One and done: 30-06
Most likely to succeed: 30-06
Most ideal to take home to parents: 30-06
Found at gas station in middle of nowhere: 30-06
Killed most game worldwide: 30-06
Most hated: 30-06
Most liked: 30-06
We have a winner folks! Thanks for giving me a good laugh.
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The way things are going the 270, 25-06, and 6mm .
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Pretty much anything pushing a .323 bullet. Or, especially, a .318 bullet....
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John Steinbeck
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Every one of them.
The more people learn to "hunt" the better any cartridge gets.
When truth is ignored, it does not change an untruth from remaining a lie.
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Another forgotten one is the 300 Savage. It's been killing deer and bear for a very long time. IMHO it's the original short mag. Just to help keep it alive I'm having a custom #1 so chambered. My smith thinks I'm nuts LOL
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338 Federal, all the features of the 358 Winchester, but with more modern ballistics.
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338 Federal, all the features of the 358 Winchester, but with more modern ballistics. All the features of the 318 Westley Richards with modern components
I got banned on another web site for a debate that happened on this site. That's a first
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338 Federal, all the features of the 358 Winchester, but with more modern ballistics. 44 A person could do worse than the 223, 6.5 CM, and 338 Fed for a 3 rifle set for hunting in the contiguous 48 States.
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6.5 X 55 is definitely quite underrated and I'm going to put in a vote for the 30/30 and 303 cartridges. They've been killing all types of North American game for years, yet today many hunters think the cartridges are approaching obsolescence.
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Serious question.
Pre latest Panic —
How often did U see 303 B ammo in stores ?
Might have something to do with it. ???
Jerry
jwall- *** 3100 guy***
A Flat Trajectory is Never a Handicap
Speed is Trajectory's Friend !!
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The Swede! +1. Loaded in a strong action, it will suck the doors off a Creedmoor.
The first Swede I ever saw was in a garage sale, a classic original '96 the ol' gent had $125 on, including ammo. He swore the scandinavians used it for decades to kill moose. Looking at the cartridge, I lost all confidence in his possession of the facts, and passed on the purchase.
I'm still kicking myself. But I now also own more 6.5X55 than any other chambering.
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Grousechaser,
Just curious: How exactly does the 6.5x55 "suck the doors off a Creedmoor"?
Asking because I've owned several of both--though right now don't have a 6.5 Creedmoor. Do have a custom 6.5x55 built on an FN Mauser commercial 98 action, with a custom "California English" walnut stock, which I'll probably never sell.
The difference in powder capacity is around 8%. with the same bullet seated to standard OAL. This means a potential difference in muzzle velocity of about 2% when both are loaded to the same pressure, which amounts to around 50 fps with 140-grain bullets, in barrels of the same length.
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John Steinbeck
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Part of the reason the .25 WSSM might be underrated is both rifles and ammo are scarce. Partly this is because the WSSMs never sold well--and a big part of the reason for that was rebarreling any common bolt action for the rounds was extremely impractical. That's not true of the .25-06, which gets about the same velocities.
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.”
John Steinbeck
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Part of the reason the .25 WSSM might be underrated is both rifles and ammo are scarce. Partly this is because the WSSMs never sold well--and a big part of the reason for that was rebarreling any common bolt action for the rounds was extremely impractical. That's not true of the .25-06, which gets about the same velocities. >> i always wondered why Winchester never took the 270 Win. short mag and never necked it down to a 25 caliber ? that would have been an excellent cartridge 25 W,S.M. ???
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