Newtosavage
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I love my Savage 7.62x39 and expect to own it a long, long time.
I also love my Savage .308 and have a lot of very specific reasons to keep it as well.
BUT - the 7.62x39 is "just" lacking for a day-to-day deer rifle, and IMO the .308 is really a bit more than a guy needs. Yes, yes, I know - load the .308 down and call it a day. Been there - done that.
What I'm wondering is that with us 'Merican's love for the .30 cal, and with the proliferation of new cartridges these days, why on earth hasn't someone come up with a practical, modern equivalent of the 30-30 in a bolt action rifle? Something that has plenty of steam for whitetails at any practical range but is a pleasure to shoot all day if a person so desires, and still uses our "beloved" .308 bullets?
I'd love a bolt action rifle that pushed a 150-grain .308 bullet to about 2600 fps. with tolerable recoil.
Seems like it would sell. Or am I way off base?
I also love my Savage .308 and have a lot of very specific reasons to keep it as well.
BUT - the 7.62x39 is "just" lacking for a day-to-day deer rifle, and IMO the .308 is really a bit more than a guy needs. Yes, yes, I know - load the .308 down and call it a day. Been there - done that.
What I'm wondering is that with us 'Merican's love for the .30 cal, and with the proliferation of new cartridges these days, why on earth hasn't someone come up with a practical, modern equivalent of the 30-30 in a bolt action rifle? Something that has plenty of steam for whitetails at any practical range but is a pleasure to shoot all day if a person so desires, and still uses our "beloved" .308 bullets?
I'd love a bolt action rifle that pushed a 150-grain .308 bullet to about 2600 fps. with tolerable recoil.
Seems like it would sell. Or am I way off base?