.308 or 30-06

[JIMMY 808]

Yeah. but that 's true of most cartridges, even ones considered barrel burners. If you are putting a few boxes of ammo, say around a 100 to 150 rounds per year for range practice and hunting, you wo't be running out of barrel life too soon, especially if you don't run 'er hot and put 'er away wet, so to speak.

Agree.

Trends today are not for 308 / 30-06 type rounds. I just recently picked up a 2.5-10x42NF scope terrible power range most would say.

A friend says to me you mount that scope up yet? Told him no I was thinking about having another rifle made. He goes ya well it’ll probably be something ### like 30-06…

Said he’s likely right or close and it won’t be some plastic nasty either.

A guy in SD making true 98s out of titanium think I’d like to shoot one more than 150 times a year.

 

[TriggerTime]

Having a wood stocked BLR in 308, i prefer its lighter recoil to the 700sps in 30.06 that I gave to my son. He's a bigger guy so he can take it. Not talking flinch either, but for me the repetitive pounding at the range from the plastic gun just seemed unnecessary. In the bush around here, no practical difference in the rounds, but the lever gun handles better. Depends where and what you're after, if I had to hunt open ground then maybe something in 300wm would be the ticket. In ammo availability, i have enough 308 stock that I'll never need to reload. Reading through this thread and its inevitable wanderings from 22 to 458 has given me a touch of big bore envy, but I passed on a 45.70 Marlin due to ammo cost.

 

[AB3006]

I just recently picked up a 2.5-10x42NF scope terrible power range most would say.

It's the BEST power range. I run Burris 2.5-10x42s on all my bolt guns.

 

[JIMMY 808]

You me and the other guy would agree.

The majority would not .