Bostonterrier97
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Hunting Rifles are very useful things...even if you don't really "hunt" ..they are nice to have around..like other types of rifles...
Anyway..I think that they are really the most useful tool one can have (in addition to a Thompson Contender).
All you need for an Accurate Hunting Rifle..is several hundred rounds.
Since you can't really get the full benefit of the rifle's potential for accuracy..surplus ammunition is best left alone for other rifles.
Consider the range of calibers from 7mm (or 284) to 257 (about 6.3 mm) (basically your 7mm, 280, 270, 6.5mm, 260 Remington, 25 (257 Weatherby, 25-06, 257 Roberts)..ballistically these calibers occupy a sweet spot..it the optimum being the 6.5mm.
A 140 grain 6.5mm has a high sectional denisty and ballistic coefficient that you can't touch with a 30 caliber round until you get up to about 200 grains.
The 6.5mm is lighter, more efficient in terms of penetration, flatter shooting and has less recoil than your usual 30 caliber round.
Good cartridges to consider for a "hunting" rifle are:
243
257 Roberts (I especially like the Ackely Improved version..the 28 degree should version can still shoot the regular 257 Roberts with a velocity loss of about 100 fps..the 40 degree shoulder version will give you 25-06 velocities..but you must fireform your cases first..)
25-06
257 Weatherby
6.5x55
260 Remington
264 Magnum
270
280
7x57
7-08
7mm Magnum
On the Contender...the Thompson Contender is a nice urban hunting rifle. It can be scoped, it is highly portable and hence concealable..it is cheap, you can readily change calibers for it by putting on a different barrel (the Contender is designed to make it easy for a shooter to swap out a barrel and change calibers)..so you can used everything from revolver ammunition up to .308 provided you have the barrel.
You can even screw on a shoulder stock to steady the contender while shooting.
As long as your ranges are within 200 yards..the contender offers reasonable accuracy, in addition to the above mentioned qualities...additionally calibers like the .308 would enable the urban hunter to be able to penetrate any game with a thick hide that he or she may encounter in the urban environment as well as a more..pastoral environment.
If the hunter does his job..then minimal amounts of ammunition will be expended in a most efficient manner.
Anyway..I think that they are really the most useful tool one can have (in addition to a Thompson Contender).
All you need for an Accurate Hunting Rifle..is several hundred rounds.
Since you can't really get the full benefit of the rifle's potential for accuracy..surplus ammunition is best left alone for other rifles.
Consider the range of calibers from 7mm (or 284) to 257 (about 6.3 mm) (basically your 7mm, 280, 270, 6.5mm, 260 Remington, 25 (257 Weatherby, 25-06, 257 Roberts)..ballistically these calibers occupy a sweet spot..it the optimum being the 6.5mm.
A 140 grain 6.5mm has a high sectional denisty and ballistic coefficient that you can't touch with a 30 caliber round until you get up to about 200 grains.
The 6.5mm is lighter, more efficient in terms of penetration, flatter shooting and has less recoil than your usual 30 caliber round.
Good cartridges to consider for a "hunting" rifle are:
243
257 Roberts (I especially like the Ackely Improved version..the 28 degree should version can still shoot the regular 257 Roberts with a velocity loss of about 100 fps..the 40 degree shoulder version will give you 25-06 velocities..but you must fireform your cases first..)
25-06
257 Weatherby
6.5x55
260 Remington
264 Magnum
270
280
7x57
7-08
7mm Magnum
On the Contender...the Thompson Contender is a nice urban hunting rifle. It can be scoped, it is highly portable and hence concealable..it is cheap, you can readily change calibers for it by putting on a different barrel (the Contender is designed to make it easy for a shooter to swap out a barrel and change calibers)..so you can used everything from revolver ammunition up to .308 provided you have the barrel.
You can even screw on a shoulder stock to steady the contender while shooting.
As long as your ranges are within 200 yards..the contender offers reasonable accuracy, in addition to the above mentioned qualities...additionally calibers like the .308 would enable the urban hunter to be able to penetrate any game with a thick hide that he or she may encounter in the urban environment as well as a more..pastoral environment.
If the hunter does his job..then minimal amounts of ammunition will be expended in a most efficient manner.