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A small stationary target or a target that can move 6 feet in half a second?
7mm vs .308
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A small stationary target or a target that can move 6 feet in half a second?
shoot_to_kill
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A deer standing still chewing sumac is pretty stationary. I wouldn’t shoot a running animal at anything over 50-80 yards
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- Prince Albert, Sk
Sort of a dead thread, but reading through there is a lot of comparison of 7/08 vs 7 rem mag.
My thought. Yes, the 7 rem mag is faster and flatter but it isn't very efficient. Looking at Barnes loading data, the 7mm Rem Mag use 30% +/- more powder to achieve 8% +/- more velocity for the same bullets and similar powders. Down range this will translate to a flatter shot and more energy down range, but it isn't much.
My thought. Yes, the 7 rem mag is faster and flatter but it isn't very efficient. Looking at Barnes loading data, the 7mm Rem Mag use 30% +/- more powder to achieve 8% +/- more velocity for the same bullets and similar powders. Down range this will translate to a flatter shot and more energy down range, but it isn't much.
naktabar72
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Sako TRG 42 in 338 Lapua, would be superior. Superior, in weight, cost, length, recoil.
-How do you manage each of the four? start from there.
-How do you manage each of the four? start from there.
But mental ballistics Masturbation always great.
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Don't tell that to the 6.5CM crowd
I'm BOTH 6.5 and 7mm BUT the BC's and SD's are always BETTER with 6.5 cal in the same weight ! SO !
RJ
Not much difference. I prefer the 7mm-08, but I own a lot more 308's. - dan
Where or what happened to Kelly Timofee?
im loving my 7-08 quite a bit, i have a 3006 now and a 7 rem mag since last posting in here....... pass me da 7-08 any day for any game that i wish to hunt...
pass me the 7 mag if something just has to die from where i stand.
an gimme the 308/3006 for simplicity and deader than doornails
im loving my 7-08 quite a bit, i have a 3006 now and a 7 rem mag since last posting in here....... pass me da 7-08 any day for any game that i wish to hunt...
pass me the 7 mag if something just has to die from where i stand.
an gimme the 308/3006 for simplicity and deader than doornails
I am at 3 308's and 2 7-08's + NOT Sure which i Like Better ! lol RJ
I have two regular 7mm-08's, and one AI version, but probably 8 or 9 308's. - dan
billbmcleod
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You do need some though. Once while packing for a moose hunt I left my ammo bag on top of the fridge as we had small kids at the time. When I got into camp I remembered where it was. Fortunately it was for a 30-06 so there was extra available in camp. But you can't count on 7-08 being on every shelf even if it has been around for a long time.
Ohh i see, Thats a bit of shame the guy was knowledgeable! an a bit of a fan of the 7-08 i believe haha.
Yeah mate, i used to get all jacked up an interested in splitting hairs and i always thought there was some rifle cartridge out there that was THE one for me...... i found it in the 270, then 308, then 06 then the 708...... What it boiled down too was, they are alll doing very similiar things, with very similiar things on the end,...
the differentiates from my perspective now are VELOCITY (the further you want to shoot the faster is often better) an then DIFFERENT projectiles (alot use their 270 with X bullet and 308 with Y bullet,..... why not just use x y and Z bullet in 270? ) The rifle itself,, i mean im not going to be using a kimber montana for 500+ ... but im also not going to walk around the hills with a long barreled heavy metal Calibre.
i luv variety, never settled, but now have like 5-6 guns all doin the same thing just with different components
