HuntingNut
HuntingNut
   Login or Register
HomeCommunity ForumsPhoto AlbumsRegister
     
 

User Info

Welcome Anonymous


Membership:
Latest: RichardZ
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 13126

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 230
BOT: 1
Total: 231
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Forums
02: Forums
03: Statistics
04: Forums
05: Forums
06: Forums
07: Photo Albums
08: Forums
09: Forums
10: Forums
11: Forums
12: Forums
13: Forums
14: Home
15: Forums
16: Home
17: Home
18: Forums
19: Forums
20: Home
21: Photo Albums
22: Forums
23: Your Account
24: Forums
25: Home
26: Forums
27: Forums
28: Home
29: Forums
30: Forums
31: Home
32: Home
33: Forums
34: Forums
35: Home
36: Forums
37: Forums
38: Forums
39: Your Account
40: Forums
41: Forums
42: Forums
43: Home
44: Home
45: Forums
46: Forums
47: Home
48: Forums
49: Forums
50: Forums
51: Forums
52: Forums
53: Forums
54: Forums
55: Forums
56: Home
57: Home
58: Forums
59: Forums
60: Home
61: Forums
62: Forums
63: Home
64: Forums
65: Home
66: Forums
67: Forums
68: Forums
69: Forums
70: Forums
71: Home
72: Photo Albums
73: Home
74: Forums
75: Home
76: Home
77: Forums
78: Photo Albums
79: Home
80: Home
81: Forums
82: Home
83: Home
84: Statistics
85: Forums
86: Forums
87: Home
88: Forums
89: Forums
90: Forums
91: Forums
92: Home
93: Forums
94: Home
95: Forums
96: Photo Albums
97: Your Account
98: Forums
99: Photo Albums
100: Photo Albums
101: Forums
102: Forums
103: Forums
104: Forums
105: Forums
106: Photo Albums
107: Forums
108: Forums
109: Forums
110: Forums
111: Forums
112: Forums
113: Forums
114: Forums
115: Forums
116: Home
117: Forums
118: Forums
119: Photo Albums
120: Home
121: Home
122: Forums
123: Forums
124: Forums
125: Your Account
126: Forums
127: Forums
128: Photo Albums
129: Forums
130: Home
131: Forums
132: Photo Albums
133: Forums
134: Forums
135: Forums
136: Forums
137: Forums
138: Home
139: Home
140: Your Account
141: Home
142: Forums
143: Forums
144: Forums
145: Forums
146: Forums
147: Forums
148: Forums
149: Photo Albums
150: Forums
151: Forums
152: Forums
153: Forums
154: Forums
155: Photo Albums
156: Forums
157: Forums
158: Forums
159: Forums
160: Forums
161: Home
162: Forums
163: Photo Albums
164: Forums
165: Forums
166: Home
167: Forums
168: Forums
169: Photo Albums
170: Home
171: Forums
172: Forums
173: Photo Albums
174: Forums
175: Forums
176: Forums
177: Photo Albums
178: Photo Albums
179: Your Account
180: Forums
181: Forums
182: Your Account
183: Forums
184: Home
185: Home
186: Forums
187: Home
188: Forums
189: Home
190: Statistics
191: Photo Albums
192: Forums
193: Forums
194: Photo Albums
195: Forums
196: Forums
197: Your Account
198: Forums
199: Forums
200: Photo Albums
201: Your Account
202: Forums
203: Forums
204: Your Account
205: Photo Albums
206: Forums
207: Your Account
208: Forums
209: Forums
210: Forums
211: Forums
212: Photo Albums
213: Forums
214: Photo Albums
215: Forums
216: Forums
217: Forums
218: Forums
219: Forums
220: Photo Albums
221: Your Account
222: Forums
223: Photo Albums
224: Forums
225: Home
226: Forums
227: Forums
228: Forums
229: Home
230: Forums
  BOT:
01: Photo Albums

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
 

Coppermine Stats
Photo Albums
 Albums: 308
 Pictures: 2451
  · Views: 820725
  · Votes: 1316
  · Comments: 86
 

What Rifle Cal. would you get?
Discussions related to Guns and Firearms
Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3  Next
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
1895ss
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Jul 21, 2005
Posts: 2612
Location: Not Here...!!

PostPosted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:19 pm    Post subject: Re: What Rifle Cal. would you get? Reply with quote

Why not the 25-06 then ....?

_________________
A cruel truth is much more desirable than a really nice lie.
'Tis far better to walk alone than to follow a crowd or an a**hole going the wrong way.
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
glockman55
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Dec 12, 2005
Posts: 831
Location: Michigan

PostPosted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:18 pm    Post subject: Re: What Rifle Cal. would you get? Reply with quote

1895ss wrote:
Why not the 25-06 then ....?

A little small. Maybe the 7mm-08
Back to top
View user's profile Yahoo Messenger Photo Gallery
lone wolf
Member
Member


Joined: Jan 05, 2007
Posts: 33
Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta

PostPosted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:00 pm    Post subject: Re: What Rifle Cal. would you get? Reply with quote

A number of years ago I was looking for a shorter, lighter gun to carry in the field. At the time my favourite rifle was a Ruger 77 chambered in .280 Remington. Wanting to stick with a 7mm, I eventually chose a Browning Micro in 7mm-08. The Browning has a 20" barrel & weighs approximately 6 pounds, yet recoil from the 7mm-08 is very moderate. It is fast handling, light & a dream to carry all day. In my opinion the 7mm-08 is a very under-rated caliber. With a 140 grain bullet it will knock down any deer out there, I know because I live in Western Canada & have killed some real bruisers with it. Not my first choice for elk or moose, but then again I would not feel undergunned either if I had Nosler partitions or Failsafes in the chamber. One excellent point brought up in previous threads however is availability of ammo. You will not find it on the shelves at gas stations or smaller stores. I live in a city of 50,000 and only one store carries it. Good excuse to get into reloading though. Give it a try, you will not be disappointed.
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
yotebuster
Member
Member


Joined: Oct 16, 2005
Posts: 216
Location: Georgia

PostPosted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:54 pm    Post subject: Re: What Rifle Cal. would you get? Reply with quote

In short action, you can't go wrong with 7mm-08 or the venerable 308. If long action I would consider 270 or better yet the 270 WSM. Ammunition availability.........well, you'll have to weigh the pros and cons.
Now go buy a new gun!! LOL
Let us know what you decide on!
Yotebuster Cool Cool

_________________
May all your Bloodtrails be Vertical!
Back to top
View user's profile
yotebuster
Member
Member


Joined: Oct 16, 2005
Posts: 216
Location: Georgia

PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:03 pm    Post subject: Re: What Rifle Cal. would you get? Reply with quote

Well, I'm retracting my vote on the 270WSM. I just had lunch with a fellow shooter and friend that is very much in the know about the firearms industry. The short story is the 270WSM is it is in trouble. It is very possible that it might go away. This all revolves around some legal issues that I won't go into.
I would stay away from it at this time.
Yotebuster Shocked

_________________
May all your Bloodtrails be Vertical!
Back to top
View user's profile
glockman55
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Dec 12, 2005
Posts: 831
Location: Michigan

PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:37 pm    Post subject: Re: What Rifle Cal. would you get? Reply with quote

I'm a little leery of the short mags. for that reason. Too many a like cal. out there. I'm not sure what cal. to go with my Encore. I might go small and use it for yote hunting. 22-250, 223, 7mm08, I already have a 7mm. Mag. I kinda put it on the back burner since I bought a new scope for my 7 mag.. What do you use for them critters?

_________________
Are you boys gonna pull them pistols or whistle dixie?
Back to top
View user's profile Yahoo Messenger Photo Gallery
SwampFox
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Jul 15, 2005
Posts: 1040
Location: Destin, Florida

PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:33 pm    Post subject: Re: What Rifle Cal. would you get? Reply with quote

Glock,
Can't help but point out the 6.5mm rounds as I am a 6.5 kinda fella.

The 260 is an outstanding round and with bullets from 85 grains to 160 grains it can be used for just about anything in NA. The 6.5x55 is a great old cartridge and praised by the Swedes for everything from bobcat to Moose. If you want a varmit cartridge try the 85s at 3,500 fps, want a deer cartridge, try the 140s at 3,000 fps. The 120 at 3200 makes a great antelope or deer round. The 160 at 2400 - 2500 will go right trough a moose. Just make sure you have a 1-8 twist barrel. The 1-8 twist will handle all weights of 6.5 bullets, including the long 140 TSX Barnes.
Ed

_________________
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
-Winston Churchill
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
fireball 3
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Jan 28, 2007
Posts: 393
Location: northern calif

PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:07 pm    Post subject: Re: What Rifle Cal. would you get? Reply with quote

Hello, I use my 243 bull for tree rats to coyotes, I then use my 8mm/06 for everything else. I use my 8mm/300win mag for long range silouetes. I would like to however try a 6.5x 55 swede though. Dave Very Happy
Back to top
View user's profile Yahoo Messenger
Dimitri
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Nov 25, 2005
Posts: 5944

PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:18 pm    Post subject: Re: What Rifle Cal. would you get? Reply with quote

Fireball

If no one has said it yet welcome to the forums Howdy

I see you like Wildcats that shoot the 8mm bullet! Any favorites for bullets to use in them ?? Smile

Dimitri

_________________
A thousand hills, but no birds in flight, ten thousand paths, with no people's tracks. A lonely boat, a straw-hatted old man, fishing alone in the cold river snow.
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
fireball 3
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Jan 28, 2007
Posts: 393
Location: northern calif

PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:30 pm    Post subject: Re: What Rifle Cal. would you get? Reply with quote

I've built a few 8mm/06's,a8mm/300winmag. I'm currently in the process of biulding a 3 barrel 8mm type rifle. It will have an 8x57 barrel, an 8mm/06 barrel, and a 8mm/300winmag barrel all on 1 stock, 1 action, 2bolts. It will be a shooter for sure. Dave
Back to top
View user's profile Yahoo Messenger
glockman55
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Dec 12, 2005
Posts: 831
Location: Michigan

PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:12 pm    Post subject: Re: What Rifle Cal. would you get? Reply with quote

fireball 3 wrote:
I've built a few 8mm/06's,a8mm/300winmag. I'm currently in the process of biulding a 3 barrel 8mm type rifle. It will have an 8x57 barrel, an 8mm/06 barrel, and a 8mm/300winmag barrel all on 1 stock, 1 action, 2bolts. It will be a shooter for sure. Dave

That sounds pretty wild.. Defiantly want to see some pics of that..

_________________
Are you boys gonna pull them pistols or whistle dixie?
Back to top
View user's profile Yahoo Messenger Photo Gallery
fireball 3
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Jan 28, 2007
Posts: 393
Location: northern calif

PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:27 pm    Post subject: Re: What Rifle Cal. would you get? Reply with quote

Dimitri, I really like the nosler 180's and getting quite fond of the barnes 200 triple x . The 220 hornadays are great also as they have a really high bc. I've loaded them in the 8-06 to 2550fps. Of course I'm also using 29" k.kale for the 8-06. I put a 4-12pwr bushnell for eyes. it has duplex rets. the bars are thick except for the middle. It's also got an ao optical end I like bushnell scope. Dave Very Happy
Back to top
View user's profile Yahoo Messenger
Dimitri
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Nov 25, 2005
Posts: 5944

PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:08 am    Post subject: Re: What Rifle Cal. would you get? Reply with quote

The 8mm Mauser is my only current big game rifle, I'm thinking of going with a 200gr or so bullet one of these days for my FN49 to replicate the service round with a hunting bullet. Smile

Dimitri

_________________
A thousand hills, but no birds in flight, ten thousand paths, with no people's tracks. A lonely boat, a straw-hatted old man, fishing alone in the cold river snow.
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
SwampFox
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Jul 15, 2005
Posts: 1040
Location: Destin, Florida

PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:08 am    Post subject: Re: What Rifle Cal. would you get? Reply with quote

Fireball,
What action are you using for your switch barrel gun?
Ed

_________________
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
-Winston Churchill
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
fireball 3
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Jan 28, 2007
Posts: 393
Location: northern calif

PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:29 pm    Post subject: Re: What Rifle Cal. would you get? Reply with quote

I'm using a yugo 24 I'd gotten fron Big5 about 8 years ago. I opened up the bolt and the box to handle the 300mag cases and the 8mm/06 as they are out as far as a 300mag. I'm using the mag bolt and a custom 06 type bolt my fatherinlaw gave me for the 8x57, and the 8mm/06. the stock is black walnut with red mahogany trim. Dave Very Happy
Back to top
View user's profile Yahoo Messenger
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic   Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index » Gun & Firearm Discussions
Page 2 of 3
All times are GMT - 7 Hours
Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3  Next



Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum


Valid CSS! Valid HTML 4.01!
Click to check if this page is realy HTML 4.01 compliant for speed :)

All logos and trademarks in this site are property of HuntingNut.com.
The comments are property of their posters, all the rest © 2011 by HuntingNut.com
Interactive software released under GNU GPL, Code Credits, Privacy Policy

.: Upgraded to DragonFly 9.2 by *Dizfunkshunal* :.