Best "quiver" from the 308 family?

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My hunting partners and I were swapping tall tales around the fire while hoisting a cold beverage this past weekend after a day of scouting, trail cam checking, etc.

Here in Ontario the 308 family of cartridges have a very strong following, with the 308 probably the single most common round I see in the woods during the whitetail deer season.

A robust conversation was had about assembling a 308 family quiver that could do everything from varmint hunting to hunting some of North America's largest game. So I'll pose the question here. If you had to assemble a 3 rifle quiver from the 308 family listed below, what would it be and why?

243
260 Remington
7mm-08
308
338 Federal
358 Winchester
 
260. Southern Ontario legal small game wolf deer sheep
338 federal deer bear moose. Has some legs
358 Winchester. Just a great underestimated cartridge perfect for big game in thick bush and easily hits hard at 200+ yards

However I prefer 25/06. 30/06. 35 Whelen

You forgot the 25-08
 
I shoot them all in multiple platforms... i would hate to have to choose... if you only gave me three, it would be .243, .308 and .358... but you could cover the same bases with just two; namely the .260 & .338 Fed.

I have a number of swap barrel sets also... of which my favorite combo is the 7mm-08 & .358.
 
I would go .243 and a .338 federal and 358win for scrub hunting strictly.

however I currently have LA in .270 and 35Whelen, an SA in .308.

my reasoning would be up to small deer with the 243, federal for all deer stalking daily, an the 358 for thicker scrub on sambar deer.


I would also take a 7-08 inplace of the Federal but would be hard decision
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I'd go 22 Middlestead, 7/08 and .308, or rather I already did. Id just as soon scrap the .308 and have 2 Middlesteads.That's how far you have to neck that case down before it comes off vacuum.
 
I'd go 260 Rem, .308 and .358. I'd might put the .243 in place of the .260 Rem because of availability of commercial rounds and cost. But although I don't shoot the .260 Rem yet my understanding is anything the .243 does the .260 can do better. Either one for varmints and smaller deer.

I'd keep the .308 for the same reason - availability and low cost commercial ammo. Its a better performer on bigger game. And the .358 for when you need that big heavy bullet.

They are all great cartridges. I just dont' have experience with the 7mm-08 and .338. If I did I might change my mind.
 
My choice would 308/308 and 308 but the other have the merit of being from a chip of the old block... JP.
 
.243 shooting 75gr for Varmints
7mm/08 shooting 140gr for Deer
.358 shooting 225gr for Bear, Elk, Moose.
 
I have had a couple 308s for many years and use them a lot, also a 358 that gets a lot of use, but my fun one is a 270-08 and its one of my favorite rifles to carry.
The reason its not a 7-08 is simply because I have literally thousands of 270 bullets to use up and my 7mm or .284 bullets are used to fill my 280s and 7mm Rem. Mag.
My 270-08 is built on an original 700 Ti and has a Shilen barrel, with scope it comes in at 6 lbs. and will put virtually any 270 cal bullet well under the inch...
 
Just pass the 7mm-08 please it will do everything I need!! Okay through in the 243 and 358 just to play along. Great bullet selection for all 3 and each fills its own niche.
 
For me its

.260 for most everything - coyotes to long range deer and even bigger depending on bullet slection
.358 for the big stuff or when I want to large piece of lead downrange and knockdown power
 
In reality, this is trying to find a solution to a non existing problem... An Accubond 165 gr at 2800 fps with an energy of 3000 pound from the big daddy, will cover all angles easy, without needing any of it's offsprings ... Just saying... JP.
 
caramel said:
In reality, this is trying to find a solution to a non existing problem... An Accubond 165 gr at 2800 fps with an energy of 3000 pound from the big daddy, will cover all angles easy, without needing any of it's offsprings ... Just saying... JP.
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Don't agree... I find the 65 VM in .243 and 250 SP-RP in .358 pretty useful...

AND... if I went with my earlier two gun pick; the 129 SST/IB in the .260 and 225 SST/IB in the .338 Fed... cover the full gamut, without being too much or too little.
 
hoytcanon said:
Don't agree... I find the 65 VM in .243 and 250 SP-RP in .358 pretty useful...

AND... if I went with my earlier two gun pick; the 129 SST/IB in the .260 and 225 SST/IB in the .338 Fed... cover the full gamut, without being too much or too little.
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You are probably right but it will be hard to find out, if i except the 358, i got an example of all the other calibers and i always pick up one of my 308 for any job... There is something about this caliber that make feel like Superman, pretty crazy or full confidence... JP.
 
caramel said:
You are probably right but it will be hard to find out, if i except the 358, i got an example of all the other calibers and i always pick up one of my 308 for any job... There is something about this caliber that make feel like Superman, pretty crazy or full confidence... JP.
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I know you are a .308 fan JP... so I will give you this; "IF" I could only choose "ONE" caliber from the family... it would be the .308.
 
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