Hunting cartridges you plink and volume shoot with?
- Thread starter blakeyboy
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.308 if you can find or have cheap surplus ammo.
303 British. I have lots of lead and primers. Oh and about 800 cases
I'll 2nd (or 3rd) .308. PMC @ $22-$25 / 20 Rounds. Could probably find some cheaper rounds as well. (IE A Tavor 7 is very durable, fun for plinking and reliable for hunting/weather)
5.56 Would also work, but not too big of "Big Game". $16 for 20 Rounds of PMC
A 12GA Would also do the trick. I have a Beretta A400 Xtreme+ which works great for trap/birds and would work for big game, but not sure how well for very long distance. I have not tried shooting slugs at distance yet.
If you are going hunting, you could step up the bullet quality just for your hunt, and plink with cheaper rounds.
I’m enjoying a 6x45. Brass is one pass and almost free. Cheap and available small rifle primers and 25 grains of common powder. My fingers handle .243 bullets better than .223. No recoil to speak of. Big game capable, in sask we can hunt deer over bait.
john-brennan
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Vancouver Island B.C.
.243
45-70 shoot at least 400 rounds/ year. Used to do the same with the 30-30 but sold it last year. My stash of components were purchased pre covid prices but my cost is under$0.50/ 45-70 and sub $0.30 for the 30-30. Cast bullets and red dot makes for some fun plinking
- Location
- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
.22lr, 12g, .308/762nato, .303B in that order,
it's flat season, trying to keep things alive here and of topics we don't always see but light and still informative, can't all be conspiracy facts lol
and my threads aren't going viral, Spruster has intentions behind his I feel, I'm trying to bring more enjoyable ones and still learn a thing or two from the forums thoughts and experiences
love that formula, barrel life likely goes up a fair bit? can you even wear one out?
lots of the reasons I love my 6.5 Grendel 123 gr as a factory ammo option, it's basically a 3/4 scale 308 pushing 168's
what's barrel life like, you slow down and run heavier boolits?
that 30-30 option sounds like a really solid formula for high volume shooting and big game crossover! cheaper than .17 hmr but can kill whatever you want to a couple hundred yards with 170's
I planned on building a 6mm-223 after seeing a post here on cgn. Started buying 223’s to convert but my squirrel brain kept me changing horses mid stream. Ended up with a sako, rws (howa), Ruger ultralight and a kimber Montana. The rifle that started my brain in gear suddenly popped up on prophet rivers consignment page and I about sprained my thumbs getting it bought.
I still have the Montana and am still planning to rebarrel it with a faster twist 6mm.
I still have the Montana and am still planning to rebarrel it with a faster twist 6mm.
I shoot mostly cast, but some surplus for plinking. 30-30, 32WS, .308, 30-06, 7.62x54r, 7.62x39, 8x57, plus a few others. I also load and shoot .410 in both types of Lee Enfield No.1 Mk3 (original blown out .303 in one, and 444 Marlin and or .410 in the other one).
160 gr hard cast over 8.5 gr of red dot for just over 1k fps. No recoil still whacks a gong good at 100yds and cheap to shoot.
My 45-70 load is 405 gr HC over 13gr red dot. Again makes just over 1k fps. That load shot through 8 milk jugs full of water 20ft from the muzzle.
