Any point in owning rifles in both 7mm-08 and .308 Win?
- Thread starter philthygeezer
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Or am I just going to wind up always taking the wrong ammo along with me?
only if you're a retarded.
Although the performance of these cartridges duplicate each other you might want to have one as a carbine for bush hunting and the other a rifle as for longer shots.
A possible solution to prevent taking the wrong ammo is to put the ammo in the case that you will use with each rifle.ie .308 ammo goes in the case that you use for the .308. This problem has existed for many years for folks that had a .270 and a .30-06.
A possible solution to prevent taking the wrong ammo is to put the ammo in the case that you will use with each rifle.ie .308 ammo goes in the case that you use for the .308. This problem has existed for many years for folks that had a .270 and a .30-06.
Illiterate folks?
I don't know how people can put the wrong ammo in a gun...don't you look at the box, or the base of the shells everytime???
kinda seems like a basic thing...like check the gas guage before leaving on that 3 hour drive ya know?
JohnC
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In have both. They are configured for different purposes though. The 7mm-08 is a Ruger compact for bush hunting. The others fall more in the Black rifle or long range rifle category.
The ammo goes in the case that the rifle is in. For grab & go situatioins like at camp, I also use buttstock shell carriers
The ammo goes in the case that the rifle is in. For grab & go situatioins like at camp, I also use buttstock shell carriers
It makes sense from a variety point of view. Mind you, having a spare of every caliber you really like also makes sense to me. Having 8 different .30 cals made sense when I applied myself a bit. You don't need to justify having a 7-08 and a 308. If you can have it, and you want it, you're GTG.
vagrantviking
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Not a whole lot. Might sound funny with no back pressure and the accuracy would suffer a bit.
Might be a little bit of blow-back around the case but not much with so little pressure. You would have a case stamped 7-08 that you could load as a 308.Still not an error that anyone paying a little attention should run into.
The bottom of every one of my 7mm-08's says .308win on it.
But that said, I don't have a .308 to confuse them with.
I have two 7mm-08's, and, um, numerous 308's. For me they fill slightly different niches. Push came to shove, I would probably just keep the 7mm-08. - dan
7mm = .284 "
.308 = .308 "
Probably a very inaccurate 7mm-08 round placement with a fire formed .308 Win. case on your hands.
