Another been there, done that round

[MCgunner]

First it was the .30 TC, a short action .30-06, wow, how innovative. Now, I see a show on outdoor channel where they're pushing the ".308 Marlin", think it is, Hornady loads it with the lever evolution bullets. That part of it is pretty revolutionary, I guess. But, there was the .307 Winchester. Anyone ever hear of the .307 winchester? Yeah, guess what, .308 ballistics in a lever gun. Hmmmmmmm. Of course, my buddy was hunting with his .308 Browning BLR 30 years ago, but I guess that's another story. :banghead:

 

[skinewmexico]

Gotta sell new guns somehow.

 

[MCgunner]

Well, deal is I guess, they had to re-shape the case a smidge to be able to label it as ".308 Marlin". Wouldn't be good to have a new lever evolution round and a Marlin rifle chambered for .307 WINCHESTER, I guess. Whatever. I like Marlin rifles. All this re-inventing the wheel just sorta gets stupid after a while, LOL.

If I wanted a .308 lever gun, I'd get the BLR in .308, though. Used military brass in 7.62x51 for reloading ain't likely to dry up anytime soon and it's dirt cheap in bulk.

 

[.45Guy]

How about the .348? Had the .358 and .338 beat in 1936... And also levergun friendly.

 

[Andrewsky]

A lot of the Fudds don't realize that knowing how to shoot theirr 20 year old .30-.06 is more important than having an exotic caliber.

There are way too many rifle calibers in my opinion. I'll stick with .308.