How do you stack up?

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Reloadron said:
OK, so of those who do not own a 30-06 rifle how many own a 308 rifle? While designed in 1952 the cartridge really became popular during the 60s and beyond I think. Going from the 30-06 to the 308 you really aren't giving much up and despite the love affair America shares with the 30-06 Springfield the 308 Winchester which came along close to 50 years later is quite the popular cartridge and has spawned several other popular cartridges.

So of the guns listed how many of you that do not own a 30-06 do own and shoot a 308 Winchester?

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Ron
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I have shot 308, but don't like it. Why? Because I learned rifle shooting on the 30-06. Silly, but true. If I had to choose between the 30/30 cartridge and the 308, I'd take 308 all day long. I own and love an old model 94 in 30/30, but it basically has the same ballistics as the 7.62x39 and costs 4 times as much to shoot.

If I absolutely had to give up 30-06, I think I'd go to the 270.
 
I guess I'm out.
I have no desire to own or shoot a .45 or 30-30.
Now 38s and .30'06 are in abundance in my gun locker.
 
Turftech1 said:
I have shot 308, but don't like it. Why? Because I learned rifle shooting on the 30-06. Silly, but true. If I had to choose between the 30/30 cartridge and the 308, I'd take 308 all day long. I own and love an old model 94 in 30/30, but it basically has the same ballistics as the 7.62x39 and costs 4 times as much to shoot.

If I absolutely had to give up 30-06, I think I'd go to the 270.
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Interesting... My first high power rifle shooting was also the 30-06 and I still have a few but actually prefer the 308 Winchester. :)

Thanks for the Comment
Ron
 
Had a '94 30-30 that was a gift from the FIL,but he demanded it back when I divorced his daughter.
I own .45ACP, and I killed a very old muley a couple weeks ago with my 30-06 model 1500.
Never owned a .38, but had a GF who let her snubby S&W live at my place. SHe and the revolver are gone, but I still have the dies.
 
My first centerfire handgun was a S&W Combat Masterpiece. Traded it for a Ruger Blackhawk, but recently acquired a S&W Model 15-6. I have other revolvers in .38 Special and .357.

My first centerfire rifle was a Winchester Model 70 purchased in 1961. That one I still have.

I have three .45 ACP 1911s including a re-issue Series 70, a Springfield Armory, and an RIA.

.30-30s in Model 94 and 336.

Guess I'm covered.
 
My iconic gun is a Gen3 Glock 26. Firearms are tools to me, what is iconic, to me, is whatever I have that is the most useful tool at the time.


I do have a 642 (.38spl revolver) and GP100 in .357 magnum, and I used to own a Garand in .30-06, also used to own a .45 ACP. No need for either of those though.
 
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Own most of'em

I have a couple of 38 Specials, three 45 ACPs, one Henry 30-30, but never owned a 30-06. Might in the future. I love my Henry Big Boy in 45 Colt!
 
Have them covered As was said before this has a lean towards earlier years. Though they are a very good base for any collection. That said, I'd never give up any of what I own in those 4.
 
I am a man whose has owned a hundreds of guns over the five decades since I got my first .22 rifle, but have never had the desire to own guns in any of those 4 chamberings.
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I'm not even sure how that's possible lol.
Got a 1911 45, Smith 38, 94 thuddy thuddy and a Garand and ammo is stacked for them.
 
I have no idea why I'd want to own a .30-30. I have other guns that do the same thing.
 
How do I stack up?

I guess, according to this standard, I score 75%.
Unless multiples of "the ones I have owned/do own" make up for "the one that I have never owned". (In which case I may score 300% or more)

Yes. I'll confess...I have never owned a .30-30, have only shot one once (in 1984 or so) and have only mildly and sporadically had any desire to own one.

So perhaps I am something less than a Real Man, in some people's estimation.

Whatever...I am way too old to care about your opinion of me, based upon what I do or do not own.

Get a life.
 
Currently have a .38 and .30-06.
I have owned a .30-30, a Revelation (made by Marlin) but sold it to fund another rifle. Regret that one.

Never owned a .45 automatic (do have a .45 Colt).

Not sure about the .45 auto, but I certainly plan to get another .30-30, preferably a Winchester 94 next time.
 
All but the .30-06. My big game rifles are .270 & .308. I have 2 .38's & 2 .45's. Technically, my Winchester Model 94 is a .30 WCF and not a .30-30. Marlin coined that term so they wouldn't be confused with Winchester. Oops
 
Winchester Model 94 30-30
Several 1911's
Several Model 10's and a Model 60
M1 Garand 30-06
M1917 30-06
Sako L61R 30-06

Pretty much have it covered.
 
Just for the record, I was not the originator of that observation, came about 'way before my time.

The obsevation was made in the same manner as saying a man ought to have owned a Ford car, or been married a least once, or have had a red-headed girl friend. Many of the cartridges and/or guns y'all mentioned were never even heard of at that time.

And the assumption was that then everybody had a .22 rifle and a 12 ga. double (likely a Stevens) tucked behind the door or over the front door somewhere.

Folks weren't so sophisticated then as now; nobody knew model numbers or "dash numbers" or generation. Folks kept their guns in their houe, handguns in the desk or bedside table, long guns were hung over the front door or behind the kitchen door. No gun experts then, but pretty fair shots. My uncle usually could account for between forty eight and fifty squirrels out of a box of fifty rounds, these .22 Hornet from an old Savage 340 bolt gun.

Bob Wright
 
Don't assume that because it is 2015 and I know the model numbers, that I can't shoot.
 
.30-06 (had 5)
.38 (had 1, but also had three .357)
.45 (had three, still have 1)
.30-30 (had one, couldn't ditch it fast enough).
 
HKGuns said:

Don't assume that because it is 2015 and I know the model numbers, that I can't shoot.
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I am assuming nothing, nor did I intend to single out any one. The point I was trying to make is just how sophisticated we've become in this era.

In the days I referred to, any gun information came from periodicals like Sports Afield, Field and Stream, or True, the Man's Magazine. Gun shops, per se, were nonexistent, tucked away in the back of a sporting goods store, or hardware store.

I was not trying to single out any one as a yuppie or head-knowledge only gun buff. And certainly cast no aspersions on any one's manhood.


Bob Wright
 
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