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Greetings all! I'm hoping for some advice.
I have a nice Ruger 77/357 chambered in .357 Magnum that I bought from another member here some years ago. It has a 2X7 scope on it, is in a synthetic stock and I also have a nice walnut stock for it. It is an awesome gun and I like it pretty well, but feel like I don't personally value it as much as the market seems to value it (the only one available on Gunbroker is $1,300, not including scope or additional stock).
I like having a .357 rifle to complement my revolvers but I've been considering my options for selling or trading to get something I'd like more (most interested in a stainless Rossi lever action). Then I got to thinking about what a .357 rifle was good for, including close-range woods hunting and modest fighting capacity, and wonder whether I should keep the Ruger and try to trade/sell my Marlin .30-30 instead to get a lever action .357 (thereby consolidating calibers in the process).
With the exception of putting hits on larger game like elk and a slightly longer range, do the .357 Magnum and .30-30 rifles seem generally comparable in function/capacity to you? Better to have two rifles in .357 Mag or one in that and one in .30-30? Got thoughts on what you'd do if you were in my situation?
Thanks in advance,
Josh
I have a nice Ruger 77/357 chambered in .357 Magnum that I bought from another member here some years ago. It has a 2X7 scope on it, is in a synthetic stock and I also have a nice walnut stock for it. It is an awesome gun and I like it pretty well, but feel like I don't personally value it as much as the market seems to value it (the only one available on Gunbroker is $1,300, not including scope or additional stock).
I like having a .357 rifle to complement my revolvers but I've been considering my options for selling or trading to get something I'd like more (most interested in a stainless Rossi lever action). Then I got to thinking about what a .357 rifle was good for, including close-range woods hunting and modest fighting capacity, and wonder whether I should keep the Ruger and try to trade/sell my Marlin .30-30 instead to get a lever action .357 (thereby consolidating calibers in the process).
With the exception of putting hits on larger game like elk and a slightly longer range, do the .357 Magnum and .30-30 rifles seem generally comparable in function/capacity to you? Better to have two rifles in .357 Mag or one in that and one in .30-30? Got thoughts on what you'd do if you were in my situation?
Thanks in advance,
Josh