Larry Caldwell
Super Member
For bolt action, I prefer the .308 over the .30-06 because the shorter action doesn't throw the bolt so far back. Keeping the scope on target is easier with a short action not bashing your face.
My .22 is a Remington 572 pump. It will shoot shorts and CB caps as easily as LR. There is something to be said for versatility.I’ve had 10/22 variants for…40 years? Still have my first one. The all metal are better than any of them with plastic bits and bobs in my opinion.
Don’t have the 9mm…yet. But with the mag well adapters you’re not limited to 17. I think Glock is 33 factory and 100 round after market drum? Then throw a binary trigger in it? I go broke just thinking about what my ammo bill would be
The .308 an oldie?...
.270
.30-06
.308
Hard to go wrong with the oldies but goodies IMO.
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It was introduced before I was born. To me, it's oldThe .308 an oldie?
I remember when the .308 was introduced. It's one of the new ones in my mind.
Bruce
For bolt action, I prefer the .308 over the .30-06 because the shorter action doesn't throw the bolt so far back. Keeping the scope on target is easier with a short action not bashing your face.
I have a charger in .22lr. It‘s fitted with a 3X9 Leupold and a sling. I have the sling arranged so I can loop it behind my shoulder and push outward with the pistol grip giving me support. The sling is short and positions the scope about the same distance from my eye as it would be on a rifle stock. the charger is the perfect farm gun to carry in my rhino sxs. There’s not much room to swing a rifle in there. I’m really a fan of the 10/22’s and have several along with the charger. Too much of my money has been spent on gimmicks and tricks for them, but it’s great fun!Does anyone has a Ruger Charger and if so, your thoughts?
Before I fell in love with the .260rem, my favorite round was the .25-06These discussions about caliber are interesting because they are so similar, but yet very different. All these calibers are based on the 30-06 case, either shortened and or necked down.
Qstott,The .260 Remington is my favorite as well. My shooting buddy and I were at a 1000 yd 2 man team match at Camp Butler near Raleigh NC. At the time he had a master classification and I had an expert. We were on the line next to a team that were on the US Palma team. One of them had won the 1000 yd match at Camp Perry the previous year and the other one was the captain of the Palma team. Both of them held high master classifications.
Butner is tricky because there are trees on both sides of the range. Sometimes the 200 yd flags would be at full value to the right, the 600 yd flags would be full value to the left an 900 yd flags full value to the right. The wind was twisty and tricky usually.
My team mate and I had an usually good day. The Palma shooters were using their Palma rifles chambered for .308 and we both were shooting a slight variation of the .260.
We won the match that day and what made the difference was the .260’s ability to be more forgiving in the wind. When targets came up, sometimes we we would catch a 10 at 9:00 for instance and they might have a 9 at 9:00 just outside the line. I bet we’re scored 10 or 15 points higher that day just because of a 1/2” to 3/4” difference in the effect the wind had.
Trust me, there were better shooters than we were, but the advantage the .260 had over the .308 is what really made the difference.