New Hunting Rifle Caliber
- Thread starter Ronsse610
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6 arc in howa mini with factory 108 eldm is your easy button if you want a 600 yard high performance watch it happen fun to shoot set up. That load will become one of the more popular loads on the shelves as time goes on. I just wish there were higher end rifles available on x39 case cartridges. I’d take it over a .243 any day. I’d take Grendel over .243 also and I did do that...ditched .243 as soon as I had Grendel. Zero regrets. A 6cm with 108s will go a long ways beyond most people’s ability to drive em but rifle choices not as good yet as the 6.5cm but will be easier to spot hits.
End of day choose a 21st century option not the 20th century options for off the shelf future. We aren’t going backwards in any game and this one no different.
End of day choose a 21st century option not the 20th century options for off the shelf future. We aren’t going backwards in any game and this one no different.
BenchrestJohn
CGN Regular
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- Maple Ridge, BC
308 is great overall cartridge. You can get ammo everywhere. For varmints, choose light bullets 110gr, for large animals 168gr and bears 180gr. If you add a light weight muzzle break, you will feel the recoil. It wont burn your barrel.
Agree. So much crossover, we like to pick fly sh1t from pepper though.
Do think for off the shelf ammo buyer one has to future think a bit and choose a 21st century option as he already has a 308 and he’s trying to find a downsize option.
The 20th century classics that will remain mostly 308 hp and above. The smaller than 308 class has the most 21st century options to consider as we’ve come along way in inflight and terminal ballistics understanding but also field shooting pros and cons for majority of shooters.
Sounds like Alberta. I got 308 and 6.5 Grendel in-house as but if I add another cartridge choice high chance it would be a 6cm to run factory 108’s.
It will only happen once the right rifle comes along. I’d buy a Sako 90 peak in 6.5 Grendel on xs action before that though lol. So for me it’s more of a rifle watch than a cartridge watch as I’d love a quality rifle match to my Sako in Grendel before I buy a hotrod toy. The play toy is the x39 case for me regardless and it’s proving for a long time now it’s more than just a play toy case.
Build it and we will come.
Been dreaming of a Sako xs actioned Grendel a long long time now, had to bite the bullet while I’m still topside and grab the 308 to get the rifle I want lol. No complaints but still selfish so I want to eat my cake too so will await the x39 case revolution to catch up to the manufacturers of quality rifles. If they built any Sako 90 on a x39 case I’d be in again.
I hate my howa Grendel but it shoots tight and kids like it. Sako for dad please.
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257 was Weatherbys favourite of his creations iirc
velocity kills , 25-06 is real close
re others, 257 Roberts had a following but nver really took off, yet modern similar are all the rage
260 was another good round, died before its prime
Modern marketing is building the new trend, not hunter demand imo
New PRS specialties seems to be what everyone needs lol
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Nothing wrong with the 1/4" Weatherby. I still prefer 30 cal or larger just because, but either of the 25 cal would be a good old man rifle.
Apparently it was to limit the range of big game cartridges which still doesn't make sense as it's written for hunting and we don't have any center fire big game rifle seasons here. Shotgun and muzzleloader seasons for deer.
If the barrel is stamped 275 you're legal even though it's a 7mm like the 275 Rigby. A 270wby is legal but my 9mm carbine is not
The way it was explained to me was that in Southern Ontario there was a fear ( Fear factor AGAIN!) of people using FMJ bullets in surplus ammo like the 308,3006 and 303 etc.
That law was brought in before the 220 Russion and 5.56 Nato came into being , which as I stated earlier, makes absolutely no sense!
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I had been giving some thought to both the 25-06 and 264WM recently. Two Cals that you don’t hear much about anymore in the CM/PRC realm of todays wonder cartridges.
new wonder carts are catching on to .25 also ))
Hornady release the new heavy 134 and 138 gr specific for prs demand to fill the gap between 6 and 6.5 in fast twisters
Always trying to find that balance with sighting hits/misses and just-right recoil
Hornady release the new heavy 134 and 138 gr specific for prs demand to fill the gap between 6 and 6.5 in fast twisters
Always trying to find that balance with sighting hits/misses and just-right recoil
Thunderhog
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- East Kootneys
22 caliber centerfire rifles are indeed allowed to hunt big game in BC.
The indigenous folks of BC even use 22 Hornets, 223 Remington's or 22-250 caliber rifles to shoot moose, elk, deer and other big game.
So your statement is not correct.
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This would be a recent change in the BC hunting regulations, as it use to state that big game hunting required a minimum caliber of 23 or larger (wierd, I know).
I realize that this statement is no longer in the Hunting Synopsis, which also used to have the disclaimer that read to the effect, that if it isn't printed in the Synopsis, it is still the hunter's responsibility to ensure that they knew the regulations as where a discrepancy existed, the regulations would apply.
Has the this regulation provision been repealed?
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I see it was last amended June 25, 2024
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