SCJ429 wrote:Do yourself a favour and give the Browning a wide berth.
Have you considered a 260 Rem or a 7mm-08 as well?
Ah, interesting. Are they no good?
I haven't looked at those other calibres yet. Do they fit the bill a bit better?
SCJ429 wrote:Do yourself a favour and give the Browning a wide berth.
Have you considered a 260 Rem or a 7mm-08 as well?
ScottyD wrote:Could anyone give me your thought/advice regarding these two calibres?
JimTom wrote:Mate if you’re considering either a .243 or .308 now, the .243 is probably fancied a little bit more as an “all rounder” over the .308. In saying that there is a wide range / weight of projectiles for the .308.
As per the previous post you could also consider something in between the two, like a 6.5 or 7mm.
Maybe a 6.5CM, although be prepared to cop a shellacking on this forum for being a ManBun wearing homo.
Also 6.5x55, 260Rem, or the 7mm/08 as previously listed by someone.
Plenty of options mate. If in doubt, buy them all.
RoginaJack wrote:Go for the 243w. will handle dogs and foxes with ease and pigs too. Best calibre for pigs only - 303 British.
SCJ429 wrote:If I was making a list of budget rifles, I cannot think of anything that I would place lower, my gunsmith will not work on them.
If you get a 260, it is available in 1:8 twist and you can shoot 140+ grains. I see plenty of 308 shooters using 150 grain bullets. A 140 grain 6.5 bullet has a significant BC advantage over a 150 308 bullet.
I have a 243 and have shot plenty of pigs with it. The 260 is almost as flat shooting and hits a little harder. Both are more pleasant to shoot at the range than a 30 cal.
wrenchman wrote:i have both and they both have there place this is like the 3006 or 270 what is better.
JimTom wrote:Don’t cross 6.5CM off your list mate. I would recommend doing a bit of research on it as a cartridge. 6.5mm a great calibre.
If I had to get rid of all but one of my rifles, the 6.5CM is the one I would keep, and no I am not a trendy, Manbun wearing, cock loving, hipster. I just find it a great cartridge and the fact I own it in a Sako, makes it even better I suppose.
SCJ429 wrote:Check out this thread and around post 15 they talk about their experiences with Tikka.
http://forum.accurateshooter.com/thread ... l.3995745/
Stu222 wrote:308 all day.
flutch wrote:270 eats the 308 for breakfast, faster, flatter and dont listen to the crap about there being no projies for it, its all garbage, great gun, probably one of the best hunting cartridges ever made.
308 are ok too, but theyre lazy in comparison, and tbh screw having to guess bullet drop when you can just point and click instead.
Archie wrote:
You have to wonder though, whether at practical hunting ranges in most Australian conditions, whether the drop actually means anything. For a similar bullet weight out to 2-300m it doesnt make a lot of difference for most game that you would be hunting with those calibers. Different of course if you are comparing the lighter side of the 270 projectiles vs the heavier side of 308s - 135gr vs 170gr for example.
300m+ shots I acknowledge its a different thing but for most people those are rare (and probably that's a good thing, given what the accuracy of the majority of shooters is like under field conditions at those ranges, regardless of caliber choice. Some are fine to land in the kill zone reliably, most aren't). I don't have a big care either way but I tend to find that, shooting 165gr in a 308 zeroed to 200m, anything inside 250m is still basically point and click.
https://www.snipercountry.com/wp-conten ... 08-Win.png
flutch wrote:
and cant speak for everyone else, but where I am shots over that distance are very common.
Archie wrote:
What are the circumstances though where you are getting more downrange energy out of a .270 vs 30-06 though?
Oldbloke wrote:IMO Out to 220mtrs its spliting hairs. 2" will make no differences if its a pig or goat sized animal.
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308 are ok too, but theyre lazy in comparison, and tbh screw having to guess bullet drop when you can just point and click instead.