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Is the .308 ammo viable for long range hunting?
Am Shooting Journal ^
| 9/14/2016
| J Hines
Posted on 09/14/2016 12:05:34 PM PDT by w1n1
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To: yarddog
I have a Swedish short rifle in 6.5x55. Love to shoot it!
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posted on
09/14/2016 6:46:06 PM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
(Okay, the Primaries are over and it is us against the DC Uni-Party!)
To: MCF
“Long Range Elk with .308 Winchester:”
I would not want to encounter an elk armed with a .308 Winchester.
But I do support the right to arm bears.
To: Redleg Duke
Do you mean the one with the 16 inch barrel?
If so I bet it would be fun to shoot on the 4th of July.
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posted on
09/14/2016 7:32:16 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: Gaffer
You can get a decent parallax ranging Leapers in the 16-24X range for under $350 and its going to be a far better SHTF scope than ones running 5 to 10 times that price because, as I used to quip, you can take it off and pound nails with it and its still zeroed when put back on.
The optics might be a bit under class but that reliability is a key seller for me. I used a 24X for three years of field target competition before switching to a 50X Nikko Sterling and that 24X is going on my M1A as soon as I can find a decent mount for it.
Hawke sport optics makes some good ones I hear too.
If you want rugged also look to any scope that survives use on a spring piston airgun, they are death on scopes, way worse than magnum rifles.
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posted on
09/14/2016 7:52:13 PM PDT
by
Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
To: CommerceComet
The.300 Win Mag and .308 Norma have almost identical performance, having almost identical case capacity. The .308 Norma is preferred by some very knowledgeable shooters for it's longer neck.
Wayne Van Zwoll literally wrote the book on Modern Sporting Rifle Cartridges. After writing about every cartridge imaginable in the book he listed his favorite five.
The .308 Norma was one of those five. That speaks very highly for the cartridge.
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posted on
09/14/2016 8:31:51 PM PDT
by
Jack Black
(Dispossession is an obliteration of memory, of place, and of identity)
To: JD_UTDallas
.50 BMG accept no substitutes So, you footing the bill for ammo?
To: Reno89519
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posted on
09/15/2016 3:06:21 AM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: Jack Black
Thanks for the information. I had an acquaintance who was an avid shooter. One day, he got started on bullet performance with a bunch of technical ballistics stuff that was beyond my understanding. Realizing my confusion, he bottom-lined it and said because of all that technical stuff, the .308 bullet is incredibly stable in flight which is why it is so accurate and so loved by competitive shooters.
His gun of choice was a .308 magnum. He said he would use it on any game animal in North American, although he said if things got nasty in a close and personal situation with a brown bear or polar bear, he would prefer a .375 or bigger.
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posted on
09/15/2016 7:43:59 AM PDT
by
CommerceComet
(Hillary: A unique blend of incompetence and corruption.)
To: Mr. K
A lost animal is food only for the coyotes and buzzards.
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posted on
09/15/2016 11:43:33 AM PDT
by
gundog
(Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
To: Mr. K
when the SHTF there will be no ethical limits on food hunting They still apply if you really are trying to feed your family, not just glee killing.
To: yarddog
Actually, mine is the cavalry carbine with the bent bolt handle. It is a fine firearm. Mild recoil and a tack driver.
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posted on
09/16/2016 4:21:12 AM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
(Okay, the Primaries are over and it is us against the DC Uni-Party!)
To: Reno89519
A thousand years is seriously long range! 😳
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posted on
09/16/2016 4:48:39 AM PDT
by
AFreeBird
(BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
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