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I have an older M700 BDL in .308 Win I'm thinking of changing up. So keeping it .308 caliber or smaller to continue working with my .30 cal suppressor, what would you do? It's a constant 1.5" shooter with me behind the trigger for five shots.

I bought as a barreled action with a factory barrel sporter contour currently cut to 18" and threaded. I added a TT Primary trigger to it, and a Greyboe Trekker stock. Hunted it, it's about was about 10 lbs all up with mountain sling, Omega 300 suppressor, NF 3-10X42 SHV, Warne MT pic rail and rings, plus five rounds. I'd like to keep it the same weight or a little less.

I'm open to most ideas for cartridges, but I'm kind of stuck between .308 and .22 Creedmoor. I'm thinking of adding M5 Hunter bottom metal as well.

284 win but you are going to need to make sure the mag will accomodate about 2.9

The 284 Win is a Goat Fhuqk and a Double Goat Fhuqk at a paltry 2.900" COAL. Hint.

I LOVE the 224 Speedmire and have a herd,but with the M5 talk,I could go 6 BR real fhuqking easily. Hint............(grin)

You sound like a man of experience when it comes to goat fhuqks

Ms. Detroit,

I "only" shoot multiple S/A 700's in each: 6-284,25-284 and 284Win. Now as per your HILARIOUS version of "experience",just what in the fhuqk bullet are you gunning in 284 Win at 2.900" COAL. Be VERY careful here. HINT.

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

I'm not a long range shooter nor a paper puncher.

However, for everyday killin', IMHO, the 308 Win is my "go to"






























ya!

GWB

GWB, it's hard to argue with your success. I like my .308, but I'm exploring options.

6 Creed

If I had a SA .473" face action today I would build a .22 Creed and not think twice about it.

I’d go with a 243, twisted per what bullets you prefer. I find 1:10 to be adequate, but your mileage may vary.

What do you plan to hunt with it, and at what ranges?

6mm Creedmoor.

He has it down to a science.

A 6mm Creedmoor would cover a lot of ground and be legal for hunting the western states.

This opens up a lot of ground for choices, depending on what you plan to hunt. Figure out if you want this to be an off the shelf ammo proposition or if you want to craft ammo that isn't available in Joe's Bait Shack when you go hunting. That should narrow it down substantially. Nothing wrong with the 308 in any instance, but if it doesn't sound exciting enough for you there seem to be lots of choices from 22 creedmore, 6 creed, 6.5 creed, .243, 7-08, etc... to choose from. You're going to get a list of everyone else's favorites here, but what speaks to you when you think about this? The first one that comes to mind would be the one I would go with if it were me... there are no wrong choices, just not enough money to build them all...

I shoot multiple Custom Rifles in every chambering cited thus far and if SALAMI,I also run high Zoot OEM's so chambered. R&D never ends,I gun an open mind and am rather at ease in reflections of same. Hint.

Coming full circle to 6BR in said application,one can shorten spouts and not take much of a velocity hit and as cans go,there's simply less gas to cool. Terminal effects ain't a fret. Hint.

Skull size muchly exceeds barrel length(19"). Hint.



Oddly enough,I just started carving some Mail open,which just happens to meld nicely. Hint.





Ms. Detriot is still Googling gumption. Hint.

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

Keep your 308 and if you want another caliber, buy another rifle. A Crudmoor would be a good choice or a fast twist 22-250 maybe.

+1,

KemoSabe

I've heard it said that "variety is the spice of life".



17 Ackley Bee




17 Mach IV




a couple of 475 Turnbulls





It does seem to help keep one off the couch.


ya!

GWB

7mm-08 !

Glad to see others using the BR, I ran several since the 90s. Mild efficient killers. If one can get that round to feed, it's a bonus, as is double the barrel life of a 243 capacity 6 bore.