1stmarine
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6.5x55 great round too. Even the .260 Remington that is very similar in terms of ballistics (again, from the .308 win case) will work in short action rifles and obviously there is nothing wrong neither with a nice 140gr 6.5 bullet at good speed.
A friend of mine shot a bear in the neck with a 50BMG and he ruined the trophy as the head almost totally separated from the body so more times than not, less is more.
Even DPMS has been selling their AR-10 based platform in all those short action including .308win, 243win, .260reminton, and .338 federal all work with the same magazines and everything as the parent case is the .308Win.
Also have a huge array of great performance in Savage, Remington, etc.. bolt actions in any of those calibers and also in the long action with the venerable 30.06.
Kachok is right, the 30.06 will do anything you need it to do and some of its derivations as the .280 reminton and the great 270Winchester.
The .308 Win and some of its offspring too, so personally I would stay away from the Russian stuff. Later if you want something for playing and shooting a surplus rifle with surplus ammo great, not for serious purpose including serious hunting.
You also have great .308win surplus from the 90's that looks like brand new that you can use for practicing and will not be corrosive and in some cases might be able to reuse great brass. The 30.06 was replaced by the .308win both military calibers very popular and very capable. The 308win is the official NATO round and will be for many years to come so something to consider too. Manufacturing demand and volume is what brings the cost of shooting down. I can get 2,000 .308 150 FMJ military surplus bullets for $160 for practice. I also got 2K rounds of 7.62x51(.308win) PMC for $700 and can reuse great brass for target and great hunting rounds.
Keep it simple .308 caliber (along with .224 and 6mm) is the biggest bullet department there is for anything you would possibly need in this continent.
Cheers..
A friend of mine shot a bear in the neck with a 50BMG and he ruined the trophy as the head almost totally separated from the body so more times than not, less is more.
Even DPMS has been selling their AR-10 based platform in all those short action including .308win, 243win, .260reminton, and .338 federal all work with the same magazines and everything as the parent case is the .308Win.
Also have a huge array of great performance in Savage, Remington, etc.. bolt actions in any of those calibers and also in the long action with the venerable 30.06.
Kachok is right, the 30.06 will do anything you need it to do and some of its derivations as the .280 reminton and the great 270Winchester.
The .308 Win and some of its offspring too, so personally I would stay away from the Russian stuff. Later if you want something for playing and shooting a surplus rifle with surplus ammo great, not for serious purpose including serious hunting.
You also have great .308win surplus from the 90's that looks like brand new that you can use for practicing and will not be corrosive and in some cases might be able to reuse great brass. The 30.06 was replaced by the .308win both military calibers very popular and very capable. The 308win is the official NATO round and will be for many years to come so something to consider too. Manufacturing demand and volume is what brings the cost of shooting down. I can get 2,000 .308 150 FMJ military surplus bullets for $160 for practice. I also got 2K rounds of 7.62x51(.308win) PMC for $700 and can reuse great brass for target and great hunting rounds.
Keep it simple .308 caliber (along with .224 and 6mm) is the biggest bullet department there is for anything you would possibly need in this continent.
Cheers..
