Jon79 wrote:Looking at getting another rifle, tossing up whether to double up on a calibre and upgrade or go for something different to fill a gap in what I already have
I currently have a 22 Air rifle, 22LR, 12G, 223, 243, 308
JimTom wrote::drinks: This is one of those threads where there is no wrong answer.
Jon79 wrote:Looking at getting another rifle, tossing up whether to double up on a calibre and upgrade or go for something different to fill a gap in what I already have
I currently have a 22 Air rifle, 22LR, 12G, 223, 243, 308
bigfellascott wrote:Hunt reports and pics of dead animals
SCJ429 wrote:All your current choices have been very practical and utilitarian, what you are missing is something a bit special. Something no one else has seen much less fired. My suggestions are either a Lazzeroni Warbird 3.82 or a 505 Gibbs.
Strikey wrote:You seem to be missing something in 25cal, I would like to suggest a 250/3000
bigrich wrote:Strikey wrote:You seem to be missing something in 25cal, I would like to suggest a 250/3000
257 roberts or 25-06 even 25-06 is probably one of the flattest shooting calibers around. hang on a minute , i don't have one. yet ......
deye243 wrote:bigrich wrote:Strikey wrote:You seem to be missing something in 25cal, I would like to suggest a 250/3000
257 roberts or 25-06 even 25-06 is probably one of the flattest shooting calibers around. hang on a minute , i don't have one. yet ......
Short range maybe but for longrane they are hopeless
Stix wrote:There are some good answers amongst the replies here...
(Mind you i dont know why you'd choose a 25-06 over a 257 Roberts given recoil & muzzle blast...
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BUT...you havnt said what you do &/or like... (sit in one place & wait for deer...shoot indoor targets at 20 metres...whistle foxes...head shoot rabbits at 300m... shoot gongs at "he-man i rule" ranges...
So...there are but 4 options you have...
Buy a headache inducing shoulder dislocating barely legal bangy thing that moves spectators & potential shooters on to other hobbies...
Or....
Have a custom built & chambered smallish-medium calibre long range 600 metre bunny-ear piercing round that can also drop pigs...(yea baby...!!)
Or..are you crazy.... ...you need 2 more...
if you hunt & shoot little critters up to & including roos...
Just buy a decent rifle chambered in 204R... (or buy a 204 & you WILL hunt little critters up to roos...!!!
AND.....you dont have a lever man...!!!
Watch a John Wayne cowboy shoot-em-up movie on Sunday when you're hung over...!!!...then go & buy a lever...what cartridge...?...doesnt matter as long as its a centrefire...!!!
(Hey...Bill's suggestion is pretty cool too--along the lines of the 204--a 17/(20cal) would be a heap of the cheapest & most spectacular feral pigeon exploding fun anyone ever had...!!!)
I blabbered on a bit there...very unlike me...
Buy a headache inducing shoulder dislocating barely legal bangy thing that moves spectators & potential shooters on to other hobbies...
brett1868 wrote:Buy a headache inducing shoulder dislocating barely legal bangy thing that moves spectators & potential shooters on to other hobbies...
Sounds like a "Genuine Need" to me
P.S You missed "Snot shattering, Mucus gushing, Nose Haemorrhaging, Muzzle Braked death stick from hell"