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Over the last few months I have been thinning out some guns.
I like developing loads and getting to know the rife. Then they seem to sit around when I get a new toy.

So after a serious drop in my gun count. I have my self a large calibre gap.

243win to 30-30 to 375ruger. Kinda sad I know. But look at how many possible cartridges I could add.

I would like to try somthing a little off the betten path. Not custom just less common.

A common bullet size would be nice. Also being able to form from common cases would be great too.

I.E. : 7mm-08, 25-06, 35whelen ect..

What do you guys recommend. Any Ackley Improved stuff?
 
7x64 Brenneke. A standard in Europe, and what the .280 should have been. About 280 AI ballistics, not a wildcat, ammo easily available if you order it, and fills the "gap" in your lineup quite nicely. And all the really nice rifles made in Europe are chambered for it.
 
You already have a heavy hammer (375 ruger), fast light weight (243), and slow medium weight (30.30). You need a lightening fast medium weight, 6.5x300 weatherby or 26 nosler is the way to go.
 
Longwalker said:
7x64 Brenneke. A standard in Europe, and what the .280 should have been. About 280 AI ballistics, not a wildcat, ammo easily available if you order it, and fills the "gap" in your lineup quite nicely. And all the really nice rifles made in Europe are chambered for it.
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with the right pressure and loading the 280 is over the 7x64 ... and i used 7x64 most of my hunting life ...
 
regulate34 said:
Over the last few months I have been thinning out some guns.
I like developing loads and getting to know the rife. Then they seem to sit around when I get a new toy.

So after a serious drop in my gun count. I have my self a large calibre gap.

243win to 30-30 to 375ruger. Kinda sad I know. But look at how many possible cartridges I could add.

a) I would like to try somthing a little off the betten path. Not custom just less common.

A common bullet size would be nice. b) Also being able to form from common cases would be great too.

I.E. : 7mm-08, 25-06, 35whelen ect..

What do you guys recommend. Any Ackley Improved stuff?
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well the 8x68s definitely satisfies a) but NOT b) ... I often think an 8mm/338WM (or 300wm) would be pretty effective ... and I suspect accurate .. but I guess not much improved over the .325WSM ... personally I dont own any "wildcats" though and honestly dont see a big need other than the personal satisfaction and the challenge... I like the 308w family though and the 7/08 particularly also 260 and 358w would all be very useful!
 
In 7 mm, either a .280 AI or a 7 mm Practical would keep you on the road less traveled. A .22 centerfire on a mini Mauser action would look after your sub 6 mm problem, and when the 7 mm runs out of steam your .375 takes over, so that's a hole that doesn't need plugging. The .30/30, which I assume is a lever action carbine, is a good a bush rifle, due to its short length, narrow profile, and excellent ergonomics, but the .375 Alaskan, if that's the rifle you have, takes care of any big game situation that is best answered with a compact rifle. If you fully exploit the potential of the .375, I'd expect your .30/30 to take on the role of a loaner or a safe queen. The .243 is a perfect wolf gun, the 7mm will reach out and touch, and the .375 does everything else, so I think you're covered, with the addition of a .22 centerfire.
 
What is the 7mm practical?


Boomer said:
In 7 mm, either a .280 AI or a 7 mm Practical would keep you on the road less traveled. A .22 centerfire on a mini Mauser action would look after your sub 6 mm problem, and when the 7 mm runs out of steam your .375 takes over, so that's a hole that doesn't need plugging. The .30/30, which I assume is a lever action carbine, is a good a bush rifle, due to its short length, narrow profile, and excellent ergonomics, but the .375 Alaskan, if that's the rifle you have, takes care of any big game situation that is best answered with a compact rifle. If you fully exploit the potential of the .375, I'd expect your .30/30 to take on the role of a loaner or a safe queen. The .243 is a perfect wolf gun, the 7mm will reach out and touch, and the .375 does everything else, so I think you're covered, with the addition of a .22 centerfire.
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Boomer said:
In 7 mm, either a .280 AI or a 7 mm Practical would keep you on the road less traveled. A .22 centerfire on a mini Mauser action would look after your sub 6 mm problem, and when the 7 mm runs out of steam your .375 takes over, so that's a hole that doesn't need plugging. The .30/30, which I assume is a lever action carbine, is a good a bush rifle, due to its short length, narrow profile, and excellent ergonomics, but the .375 Alaskan, if that's the rifle you have, takes care of any big game situation that is best answered with a compact rifle. If you fully exploit the potential of the .375, I'd expect your .30/30 to take on the role of a loaner or a safe queen. The .243 is a perfect wolf gun, the 7mm will reach out and touch, and the .375 does everything else, so I think you're covered, with the addition of a .22 centerfire.
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Yes my 30-30 is a Marlin 336.
Yes the 375 is a Alaskan
But no sub 6mm problem.
Have a 22-250 BLR to do that.
 
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