Hey guys. Have another hard question for you, fortunately, I already picked the rifle to go with it.
I was in the Funstore the other day, and they had a CZ-550 FS there, in 9.3-something mm. Now, I have a serious, serious soft spot for Mannlicher stocks, so naturally I decided I had to have one. I'll figure out some uses for it later.
Now, here's the problem. They only make the 550 FS in long action, so I have three choices of common ammunition I can pick from. .30-06, it's little brother the .270 Winchester, and oddly enough, .308 Winchester with a 4-round detachable magazine. The other two have 5-round internal magazines.
My guts tell me .308 is the technically right answer, being the most general-purpose of the three rounds, but I already have 40 rounds of primo hunting ammo in .270 that I was given (For free no less!), and .30-06 is a classic round.
Now, while I do have some .270 on hand, it is not really a cheap round to shoot, and once I burn through my first 40 rounds, it's all on my dime then. Plus, they don't really seem to make non-hunting (SP or HP or Balistic Tip is about all I can find) .270 ammo in a factory load. Since one of the uses of this rifle would be as a starter rifle into >300 yard shooting, this seems to hurt the .270 real bad, because you can still get all kinds of match-grade ammo in .30-06 and .308.
And, since I can get 168-grain, HPBT Match ammo in my choice of either .30-06 or .308 Win for around $20/box (the .30-06 is actually a little cheaper here) I'm thinking one of them is the way to go. Now, since the 550 FS is a long-action rifle, the .308 version gets a detachable magazine, and they're only $42 each.
So I'm thinking .30-06 is the winner here, being a long-action cartridge by default, having fairly cheap ammo, an extra round of capacity over the .308, but being marginally less accurate.
I dunno, what do you guys think?
I was in the Funstore the other day, and they had a CZ-550 FS there, in 9.3-something mm. Now, I have a serious, serious soft spot for Mannlicher stocks, so naturally I decided I had to have one. I'll figure out some uses for it later.
Now, here's the problem. They only make the 550 FS in long action, so I have three choices of common ammunition I can pick from. .30-06, it's little brother the .270 Winchester, and oddly enough, .308 Winchester with a 4-round detachable magazine. The other two have 5-round internal magazines.
My guts tell me .308 is the technically right answer, being the most general-purpose of the three rounds, but I already have 40 rounds of primo hunting ammo in .270 that I was given (For free no less!), and .30-06 is a classic round.
Now, while I do have some .270 on hand, it is not really a cheap round to shoot, and once I burn through my first 40 rounds, it's all on my dime then. Plus, they don't really seem to make non-hunting (SP or HP or Balistic Tip is about all I can find) .270 ammo in a factory load. Since one of the uses of this rifle would be as a starter rifle into >300 yard shooting, this seems to hurt the .270 real bad, because you can still get all kinds of match-grade ammo in .30-06 and .308.
And, since I can get 168-grain, HPBT Match ammo in my choice of either .30-06 or .308 Win for around $20/box (the .30-06 is actually a little cheaper here) I'm thinking one of them is the way to go. Now, since the 550 FS is a long-action rifle, the .308 version gets a detachable magazine, and they're only $42 each.
So I'm thinking .30-06 is the winner here, being a long-action cartridge by default, having fairly cheap ammo, an extra round of capacity over the .308, but being marginally less accurate.
I dunno, what do you guys think?