308 fan

I had a BLR and a Remmy 700 in .308 Win, both sold. Now I got this Sako in .308

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Here's mine, a very nice and light little rifle:

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Here's how it shoots at 100m, so far (4th hole came from different bullet, 168gr HPBT):

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thatmikeguy said:
for some reasno when i click the mountain icon, the computer only gives me a url box.
in any case... i have a parker hale in 308. it's a nice gun but i like the caliber more than the gun. it's a great all around cartridge.
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Do a search looking for "how to post pics". It will tell you to get a photo bucket account and give you step by step instructions. It is super easy.

Look forward to your pics.
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Koz
 
I love the 308. I just restored a Husqvarna in 308. It cost me more than buying a new rifle but it has been an enjoyable project. I had to replace the barrel, some new furniture in American Black Walnut, bedded, Bold trigger & blued. Sadly the blueing didn't fix all the pitting so my smith wants to do something else. I just finished the stock and put it back together. I don't have any pictures of the finished product but here are a few of the before and during.
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Kozy

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I had a .308. Bolt action Remington but it ended up being a piece of crap so i sold it. :( I'm waiting until i find a nice Winchester 88 for a good price and will scoop it up when i get a chance. I envy the guys who've posted here that own them. My father has 1 and it's the 1 rifle that he'll never part with.
 
.308 is a great calibre and my Post-64 Winchester Model 88 is my go-to gun for deer. I love the .308 as a calibre and the 88 as a gun. I see a couple of members have already mentioned the model 88 in .308. Dorian Gray, you should check out the Prairie Gun Traders site. They have a pre-64 Model 88 .308 in good shape right now. Reliable Gun in Vancouver has a post-64 to. Both sites are on the CGN homepage. Good luck finding one, you wont regret it!
 
lilsurfer said:
.308 is a great calibre and my Post-64 Winchester Model 88 is my go-to gun for deer. I love the .308 as a calibre and the 88 as a gun. I see a couple of members have already mentioned the model 88 in .308. Dorian Gray, you should check out the Prairie Gun Traders site. They have a pre-64 Model 88 .308 in good shape right now. Reliable Gun in Vancouver has a post-64 to. Both sites are on the CGN homepage. Good luck finding one, you wont regret it!
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Thanks for the info lilsurfer. I'll definatly look into it. :cheers:
 
PrairieBoy said:
Waahhh - this pic has to be somewhere in Sandilands!!! I hunt in the Wampum area myself...I don't have a pic, but I own a Remmy 742 Woodsman semi-auto in 308 that I bought off the estate of my wife's hermit one-eyed uncle...Hasn't shot since the 70s mint...I have a bill dated 1967 for the 3x9 Redfield scope and rings. The guy only had one eye...and shooted darn straight! Still does! Sweeeet!
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Isn't that neat...when I saw this picture of your cute friend holding your rifle I thought "Hey, Manitoba!!!" before I had even looked to see where you were from! :D I was born and raised in Winninpeg and spent my summers at Gull Lake...riding trails just like these on my dirt bike...what wonderful memories. :)
 
CZ 550 American, shot dozens of deer and a moose with it.
Shooting 165 gr gamekings, I'm almost tempted to sell my redundant .300 winmag as the .308 will do everyting I need for moose or elk(without loosening my fillings!)
 
I made the decision last fall to try and "standardize" on a calibre for hunting with my son. I didn't want us to not be able to hand each other a cartridge if needed quickly, and have to worry about different cal's. Guess what I settled on? :)

three-oh-eight...oh yah'.
 
Jeff/1911 said:
I made the decision last fall to try and "standardize" on a calibre for hunting with my son. I didn't want us to not be able to hand each other a cartridge if needed quickly, and have to worry about different cal's. Guess what I settled on? :)

three-oh-eight...oh yah'.
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I tried to standardize calibers too....did'nt work the way I wanted it to but now I have more .308's than any other cal in my locker.
 
Jeff/1911 said:
I made the decision last fall to try and "standardize" on a calibre for hunting with my son. I didn't want us to not be able to hand each other a cartridge if needed quickly, and have to worry about different cal's. Guess what I settled on? :)

three-oh-eight...oh yah'.
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I live and hunt in South Africa, and have owned and used all the non-magnum calibers as well as .375 H&H. Had reason to lean out my number of rifles and what have I kept?

Here is the list:

** My 24" barrel sub-MOA Musgrave Vrystaat model .308W (the 30-06 went to my younger son, the BRNO ZKK 601 in .308W went to my elder son and the .270, .243 and .375H&H were sold).

** Walther .22 Hornet (the Musgrave Ambidex .22LR went to my elder son and the 90 year old Slazenger .22 LR to the younger who still flattens tiny turkey silhouettes with its open sights at 50 yds)

** The Gamba Ugertechea ss box lock 12g bird gun which has taken 1000's of high power No. 4's and 7's and still locks as solid as the first day. All the Purdey ancestry is there. The Winchester Mod 1300 was sold).

** The Taurus .22 LR wheel gun which takes beer cans at 50 yds as if it has been doing it for 30 years which it has. (The .44 Rem Mag and 9mm Browning HP were sold).

** The very light, iron sight sporterised Lee Enfield .303 British for warthog and Kudu in the very dense bush where a scope is a hindrance.

On the .308W: From Eland at 80 yds in the bush down to Springbok at 250 yds on the plains to head-shot culling of blesbok at 200 yds, the .308W has not once needed more than single shot.

I still have to meet the African large antelope that knows the difference of being killed by a 6.5x57 or a 7x57 or a .308W or a 30-06 Spr or a 8x57 or a .303 or any of the .30 magnums. The latter simply mince more good meet, but the former kill as smartly, only neater. I have hunted them all with all calibers except the sub .375 Magnums, but saw the results of the little magnums and was never impressed. There is only one magnum calibre which impressed me and that is the .375H&H.

So why did I keep the .308W and not the "more versatile" 30-06?

The .308W is a tack driver and is versatile enough - and I need not hunt Cape Buffalo anymore. The only Cape Buffalo I took in my life was with the 30-06 and a strong bullet of 220 gr (which is too long and heavy for the 51mm case of the .308W). It went about 50 yds and died.

I see absolutely NO use for the small magnums, and neither do my ears like them.
 
Oh, by the way. I attended an elephant culling operation in the Then Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe - was too much of a rookie regarding elephant to partake).

About 25 animals had to be removed from a particular area where the overpopulation was devastating the verdant forest of big trees. The method is to remove one single whole herd of about that size. The WHOLE herd - not a single survivor to relate and spread the trauma.

This is not hunting, it is culling. The herd is kept bundled by a helicopter. Fast and efficient clean killing as neatly and as quickly as possible is the one and only requirement. Three executive guns doing the culling from about 30-40 yds and two support guns for coup de grace work, should any downed animal stir. Two guys did that, one with a .375 H&H and only fired one shot and the other with a .458WM, also only one shot.

Guess what the executive guns were? 7.62x51 with solid 147gr bullets. Frontal and side brain shots from up close. It is sickening and impressive at the same time, but necessary, and not without danger - in fact quite the opposite. An annoyed, disturbed African elephant is an awesome thing to behold.
 
KuduToElk said:
Oh, by the way. I attended an elephant culling operation in the Then Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe - was too much of a rookie regarding elephant to partake).

About 25 animals had to be removed from a particular area where the overpopulation was devastating the verdant forest of big trees. The method is to remove one single whole herd of about that size. The WHOLE herd - not a single survivor to relate and spread the trauma.

This is not hunting, it is culling. The herd is kept bundled by a helicopter. Fast and efficient clean killing as neatly and as quickly as possible is the one and only requirement. Three executive guns doing the culling from about 30-40 yds and two support guns for coup de grace work, should any downed animal stir. Two guys did that, one with a .375 H&H and only fired one shot and the other with a .458WM, also only one shot.

Guess what the executive guns were? 7.62x51 with solid 147gr bullets. Frontal and side brain shots from up close. It is sickening and impressive at the same time, but necessary, and not without danger - in fact quite the opposite. An annoyed, disturbed African elephant is an awesome thing to behold.
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I would have thought an elephant skull to be quite thick, is there a thin spot or special place to aim, especially for a frontal shot? Did the guys with the 308W get any one shot kills or did they double tap?

I fully believe you, not doubting you in any way, I am just curious now as I have read tales of bullets grazing off the skulls of everything from wild boar to bears to bison.
 
blasted_saber said:
Ruger M77 (tang safety) with a Bushnell 1.5-4.5. Its my fav rifle. Shoots sub MOA if I do my part. Picked it up for a song 3 years ago off another board. Im SOOOOOO happy I checked the for sale section that day.

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Beautiful rifle ! How do you find the bushnell scope? I'm thinking of scoping one of my milsurp bolt actions.
 
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