Best Off The Shelf Rifle

[Devenk89]

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Shhhh...be very quiet...


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You might wake these animals up if you say not to shoot farther than 300 yards with a 7mm-08...

The first bull was 409 yards, the spike was 346, both bucks were over 500 yards...

The 6.5 Manbun doesn't impress me.





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the 7mm-08 is another fantastic cartridge. I reserve my 28 Nosler for elk.

 

[pharmseller]

That's a lot more gun than I need. Recoil and I are not friends.

And no elk I've ever shot, or seen shot, with the Mighty -08, had much time to complain about the lack of velocity.




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[Ura-Ki]

.30/06, cause dead don't care! Your do your part, it does it's! Long range, Not a Problem, that old girl been dancing that tune for over 100 years and is still going strong! Ain't nuthin changed to make it less capable, and all them new fancy fangled chamberings don't really do a whole lot better unless you wanna play the "Who recoils more, makes grown men flinch"

 

[P7M13]

Get your buddy to have a custom built in 6.5 GAP. When he loses interest after the season, maybe he'll sell it to you for 1/2 price.

 

[EHJ]

.30/06, cause dead don't care! Your do your part, it does it's! Long range, Not a Problem, that old girl been dancing that tune for over 100 years and is still going strong! Ain't nuthin changed to make it less capable, and all them new fancy fangled chamberings don't really do a whole lot better unless you wanna play the "Who recoils more, makes grown men flinch"

Do you still dope the silk covering on your wings, too?

that's a joke... I have no emoticons anymore...
edit: list of emoticons I should say...

 

[Devenk89]

.30/06, cause dead don't care! Your do your part, it does it's! Long range, Not a Problem, that old girl been dancing that tune for over 100 years and is still going strong! Ain't nuthin changed to make it less capable, and all them new fancy fangled chamberings don't really do a whole lot better unless you wanna play the "Who recoils more, makes grown men flinch"

Ok boomer

 

[awshoot]

.30/06, cause dead don't care! Your do your part, it does it's! Long range, Not a Problem, that old girl been dancing that tune for over 100 years and is still going strong! Ain't nuthin changed to make it less capable, and all them new fancy fangled chamberings don't really do a whole lot better unless you wanna play the "Who recoils more, makes grown men flinch"

To be fair, the 6.5 mm caliber has been doing it since 1893 -- not so much "manbun" as noted above, more lambchops and handlebar mustaches I think.

EDIT: I have 6.5x55 rifle and it's the sort of thing I can shoot all day even with a bad shoulder and elbow. Plus it has 13 years of experience on that 30/06 young'un.

 

[Ura-Ki]

Do you still dope the silk covering on your wings, too?

that's a joke... I have no emoticons anymore...

Sure do, but recently switched to Dura-Cover, much simpler, and no more taping or re-enforcing it ether! Bonus is I don't have to do all that sealing, priming in all 4 directions, painting, and top coating, it's truly a one and done deal!

 

[Mark W.]

Savage Trophy hunter model 111 in 30-06 will take any game in North America with the right load.. I have seen teen aged girls take nice big bull Elk with a .243 and I have watched big macho men take three shots on the sight in bench with a 7mm Mag or 300 win mag and get within 3" of the bull and call it quits from the recoil. While there 1209lb girlfriends and wives are shooting a box of .243 and making quarter sized groups dead on the money.

My Opinion you asked,.

 

[pharmseller]

To be fair, the 6.5 mm caliber has been doing it since 1893 -- not so much "manbun" as noted above, more lambchops and handlebar mustaches I think.

As a Swede, not a bun.


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[Ura-Ki]

To be fair, the 6.5 mm caliber has been doing it since 1893 -- not so much "manbun" as noted above, more lambchops and handlebar mustaches I think.

Yup, the one all others are judged by, the Mighty 6.5X55 Swede! One 6.5 to rule them all, bind them, and smite them!

 

[Ura-Ki]

Ok boomer

Show me another caliber that can accurately shoot a 115 grain pill all the way up to 230 grainers and I will buy you a Coke!

 

[No_Regerts]

Ok boomer

Is he wrong? And no, your cartridge choices don't help mitigate anything really. Bad shot placement is bad shot placement.

 

[pharmseller]

Two more one-shot kills for the Mighty -08!





The 5x5 was a big SOB.

You might want more gun, but you don't need more gun.



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[awshoot]

... While there 1209lb girlfriends and wives are shooting a box of .243 and making quarter sized groups dead on the money. ...

I don't know -- if she's 1209 lbs, maybe something in a caliber measured in whole inches would be fine too.

 

[Ura-Ki]

I don't know -- if she's 1209 lbs, maybe something in a caliber measured in whole inches would be fine too.

I think that requires pictures, I think there is a law requiring it when a claim like that is made! IDK

 

[TTSX]

I thought this was a thread about of the shelf rifles? Didn't know I was getting into NWFA caliber debate #8953

 

[awshoot]

I thought this was a thread about of the shelf rifles? Didn't know I was getting into NWFA caliber debate #8953

What debate? Every person involved knows the winner.

 

[asiparks]

Howa 1500, Tikka/Beretta T3, Bergara B14, Savage 10/110- all excellent and accurate enough- i'd look for a gently used specimen.

 

[Mark W.]

I don't know -- if she's 1209 lbs, maybe something in a caliber measured in whole inches would be fine too.

Yep you got me I was typing on my phone and missed the finger slip. I'll now go flog myself for an hour or two depending on how much good it does.