Recommend a new cartridge

[KansasSasquatch]

6mm PPC.

 

[R.W.Dale]

]That collection needs a cheap to feed centerfire.

and the cheapest is a 223

Lets be realistic here. With the calibers you do have the last thing you "need" is another medium bore deer rifle.

Might I suggest doing like I've done and I bought a 223 ruger that's IDENTICAL to my 30-06 GO TO gun.

Proficiency on the cheap with no recoil penalties

 

[303tom]

How about the 7.5 French...................

 

[T.R.]

22 MAG is perfect for precision shooting out to about 75 yards or so. Very relaxing to shoot tiny groups from a rifle with no discernable recoil.

TR

 

[j1]

A nice little 257 Roberts could never hurt. Light and capable up to deer anyway.

 

[wulfbyte]

9.3x62mm

 

[Sam1911]

Wow, not redundant or anything, but there are so many great rounds in between all your many other clearly distinct current options:

240 Hawk
256 Winchester Magnum
25 Gibbs
6.5x58mm Rimmed Sauer
256 Newton
6.5mm Gibbs
7x33mm Sako
7mm Shooting Times Easterner
276 B-J Express
288 Barnes Supreme
300 Rook
300 Sherwood
300 Hoffman
300 Caribou
30 Super Flanged
300 Pegasus
310 Cadet
8x48mm Rimmed Sauer
8x64mm Brenneke
333 Jeffery Rimless

And on and on...with so much to choose from it's hard to figure out what niche you don't have covered!

 

[Stantdm]

Maybe you should buy a .375 H&H. It will kill deer at the ranges you note and gives you something special should you ever want to shoot big stuff.

 

[firesky101]

.220 swift, or .22-250.

 

[mdauben]

If you want a flat shooting round, perhaps for mule deer, you may want to look into a .257 Weatherby Mag. It's been a while since I looked at ballistics, but I believe it's the flattest shooting round available. If they no longer make it, that means I'm old, and I apologize.

I would agree from a purely balistic standpoint the .257Wby is top performer of the quarter-bores, but he already has a .25-06 which is almost as good (and much cheaper to shoot!) so I can't really see any reason to own both.

I have to agree with some of the other posters, the OP pretty much has the .25 to .30 caliber range covered, there's really nothing new in that range that would add any significant capabilities he does not already have. The .260 Rem or .243 Win are fine cartridges in their own rights, but really overlap in performance with his exisitng collection. If he wants to buy either, more power to him but it will be becuase he wants something new, not becuase he's adding anything to his existing capabilities.

So for something truly new and differnt, I'd look at something smaller in the .22 centerfire range, or something larger in the .35 to .45 caliber range.

 

[x_wrench]

i have to agree with a lot of the other posts. you have more than enough 30 caliber family. time to expand your horizons a bit. go BIG, or go smaller. something small and fast, or big and slow. i never buy anything to close to what i already have. what is the point. variety is the spice of life.

 

[Sam1911]

.14 Ackley Hornet looks really fun!

So does the .950 JDJ

I'd like a "Drilling" with both, please.

 

[firesky101]

.14 Ackley Hornet looks really fun!

So does the .950 JDJ

I'd like a "Drilling" with both, please.

for them dangerous ground squirrel/elephant hunts eh?

 

[Sam1911]

Mice to mastadons, baby!

 

[hawk45]

I'd vote .223, everyone needs a good .223 bolt. Outside of that, .260 or 6.5 Creed (whichever you prefer as they are pretty identical). Lapua makes .260 brass if that pushes you one way or the other.

 

[Captcurt]

358 is Different.

If you want to stay with the 308 and 30-06 and stay away from the magnum you might as well grab a 358 if you can find one. Nice round. Just never got as popular.

Just as an observation, your list of cartridges are so simular that if each rifle was sighted in 3" high at 100yds they would be within inches of each other at 400.

 

[tahoe2]

Echo

it looks like you've got the 1/4 bore to 30 cal covered. I would say "Go Big or Go Home" 35 Whelen, 9.3x62(.366) or 375 H&H or you could really step it up with a 416 Rigby, or a 460 Weatherby or 470 Nitro Express. I have never really had a use for a .223 or 22-250, if I want to shoot a 22 it will be a 22lr.

 

[Jspy]

Unless I've missed something it looks like there is an abundance of choices but how many are different just for the sake of being different. I'm not real up to date on all of the new variations but it reminds me of when they came out with all of those "super short magnums" and what not a few years back. Also what is the ammo availability of most of the variations mentioned? Is the original poster a reloader to take advantage of such calibers ?

 

[EchoM70]

But I think that your logic of ruling out the 257 Roberts stinks, simply because you have both a 308 & a 30-o6.

Well, technically the .308 isn't mine it's my wife's. I use the 30-06.

Uh . . . considering the overlap of the six cartridges you've listed, this is a joke, right?

Maybe I should rephrase by what I mean in "overlap" in performance. Since I've already got a 25-06 that shoots .257 caliber projectiles faster and gives better performance than the Roberts I'm not interested in the Roberts unless it handles a heavier weight better or something. I only hunt deer, maybe a hog or two (as of right now) so I want it to capable of taking medium size game. I have smallbore covered with 22lr, 17HMR, etc.. I guess you could say I'm looking for for something slightly different than what I have but has similar performance?

Does that make sense?

 

[C-grunt]

Well, technically the .308 isn't mine it's my wife's. I use the 30-06.



Maybe I should rephrase by what I mean in "overlap" in performance. Since I've already got a 25-06 that shoots .257 caliber projectiles faster and gives better performance than the Roberts I'm not interested in the Roberts unless it handles a heavier weight better or something. I only hunt deer, maybe a hog or two (as of right now) so I want it to capable of taking medium size game. I have smallbore covered with 22lr, 17HMR, etc.. I guess you could say I'm looking for for something slightly different than what I have but has similar performance?

Does that make sense?

Then I would look at the 260, 6.5 Creedmor or the 243. All of them will recoil less than what you have and will easily take deer.

 

[finnwolf64]

22-250 or 375H&H. Everything else you own is much or a muchness.

 

[meanmrmustard]

I'm sill going 260 on this one.

What about an Encore in 500 S&W?

 

[The_Armed_Therapist]

It doesn't look like you need the 338 Federal since it'll be for deer. Also, you have all of the intermediary needs covered. How about .22-250 Rem? If it's legal in your state, it'll easily take most deer, shoots flat, etc.

 

[Abel]

I understand what you are asking. 22-250 would work out for deer, and 243 even better.