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Rickety,

Your Retardation,never disappoints...you "lucky" kchunt. Hint. Congratulations?!?

A Texan wouldn't be able to discern BC from A/C. Hint. Fhuqking LAUGHING!




Bless your poor poor(literally) heart,for trying though.

Hint.

Fhuqking LAUGHING!...............





Teal,

I feel your pain.(grin)





Laughing!................






'sore,

NOBODY gets "good"or "better",by gunning Schit Riggin' and increasing recoil,drop and drift. Hint.(grin)

The 264 Kreedmire operates in Rare Air,with a .697 BC of MODEST "recoil" and superb consistency,which kicks a 308 Win in it's fhuqking face. Hint.

Side by each extrapolations,tend to bear more than a "touch" of credence. Hint.

Fhuqking LAUGHING!..................

That’s a hard mantra to follow for a lot “hunters”. I told a family member to keep 5 boxes of ammo on hand for every rifle he owns. He didn’t take my advice and was down to 3 rounds of 243 and 7 of 270gay. I found him some online and the price was very good but do you think he ordered more than 2 boxes? Nope.

The only thing a 308 brings to the table is cheaper factory ammo. That's about it's only redeeming quality. The 243, 260, and 7-08 are all a better use of that case.

Better how exactly? I own all four and find nothing wrong with the 308. What can the other three do that a 200 grain partition going 2400 fps can't? My favorite of course is the 7-08.

That’s a hard mantra to follow for a lot “hunters”. I told a family member to keep 5 boxes of ammo on hand for every rifle he owns. He didn’t take my advice and was down to 3 rounds of 243 and 7 of 270gay. I found him some online and the price was very good but do you think he ordered more than 2 boxes? Nope.

Another of those "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink" things.

I have seen it happen time and again. I had a guy show up at the range awhile back to check the zero on his Remington 742 in 30-06 who had 10 rounds of mixed ammo, different brands but the same bullet weight, plus the screws in his base were loose, plus there was a year's worth of dust built up on the objective lens of his scope such that it looked "foggy". I tightened the screws on his base, bore sighted it with a collunmator, and cleaned the lenses on his 40 year old Bushnell Banner 3-9x40. He used the 6 rounds of Remington and Winchester to zero the scope, leaving him with 4 rounds of Federal to hunt with. I didn't have any 150 grain 30-06 factory ammo, just 165 and 180 grain, so I couldn't help him.

I have very little patience or sympathy for anyone who doesn't plan ahead at least a little. If you actively fail to plan, you are passively planning to fail, right? Make a list, check it twice, and check it more than a day before openning day of the season.

I have a 6.5 creedmoor rifle that I've been using for deer and antelop hunting and hoping to make my all-around rifle. I'm hoping to draw an elk tag next year and use the same rifle for that as well. The only other centerfire bolt rifles I own are a 223 and a 243 that has a compact stock and is used by my wife. I like keeping my number of rifles relatively small and am not interested in getting many more.

Ammo availability has been a major issue lately for me, as it has been for most folks. I was fortunate enough to grab two boxes of ammo for deer season this year, which will last me a long time if I never practice with the thing.

Every time I go to Scheels or Cabelas I notice that there is usually a variety of 308 offerings. I know that this ammo shortage will eventually come to an end, but what about the next one, and the one after that? I suppose the answer could be to just hoard all the 6.5 CM ammo I can when it becomes affordable, but it seems like this shortage has shown the priorities of the ammo industry, and that priority is to manufacture lots of 308.

I'm considering selling the 6.5 and picking up a 308. The 308 would give me a little more recoil and a little less BC, but it would give me cheaper ammo and more trigger time.

Is there any real downside to going to the 308?

This thread. Holy moly.

1. Keep the 6.5 it’s pretty badass
2. Get the additional .308 - it’s badass too but a slightly different era of badass & developed for different reasons.
3. Always keep 3-5 boxes of ammo on hand no matter factory or reloads - don’t ever run out. Do you let your car run out of gas?
4. Don’t get wadded up on ballistics. Are you a hunter or target shooter - define this & set up accordingly.
5. Indeed, headstamps don’t matter but having a .264 & .308 bullet launcher isn’t a bad idea.
6. Do what you want cuz why wouldn’t you?
7. Once you have ammo - worry WAY more about putting a slug where it needs to go.
8. Practice and don’t ever stop. Ever. You owe it to the animal & yourself.
9. Start reloading. Even a basic simple setup. It’s good for the mind & wallet.
10. Be happy & prosper.

Better how exactly? I own all four and find nothing wrong with the 308. What can the other three do that a 200 grain partition going 2400 fps can't? My favorite of course is the 7-08.

Is there any real downside to going to the 308?

I never met anyone who dropped the .308. Its fan base is loyal.