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<blockquote data-quote="YZ-80" data-source="post: 1591687" data-attributes="member: 109229"><p>A couple months back, I sold a 700 BDL in 30-06. It was the first rifle I ever bought many years ago and it was beautiful. I hunted one season with the rifle until I bought a .243 and it kinda changed the way I looked at things. I am not a fan of recoil and anything more than 15 ft.lbs, is too much in my opinion. I never felt the need to get a Magnum, Short Mag, or any other "Macho-Mag" for that matter, it's just not necessary for the quarry I pursue. Some of my rifles are "Semi-Custom" (Coopers, Custom Savage, etc.) but the "production" rifles I own are all a bit older, before automation and gimmicks crept into the industry and quality began to suffer as a result. Case in point is a 1995 Browning A-Bolt (Miroku) I own in .243. It's probably got 3000 rounds through it, has killed scores of whitetail and groundhogs and still puts 95 grain Noslers into .5 MOA. Of the 25 rifles I own, it's still the most deadly gun in my safe(s). </p><p></p><p>As far as I'm concerned, the medium-range cartridges carry the day - particularly the 6.5's. They do everything I need to do with authority and in a very tolerable way. I can certainly see why a guy could buy big and regret it. I did it too, albeit with only a 30.06, touted by many to be the best sporting cartridge ever developed. Not to take anything away from it but in my humble opinion, it's a cannon for medium sized game and overkill by any stretch of the imagination.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="YZ-80, post: 1591687, member: 109229"] A couple months back, I sold a 700 BDL in 30-06. It was the first rifle I ever bought many years ago and it was beautiful. I hunted one season with the rifle until I bought a .243 and it kinda changed the way I looked at things. I am not a fan of recoil and anything more than 15 ft.lbs, is too much in my opinion. I never felt the need to get a Magnum, Short Mag, or any other "Macho-Mag" for that matter, it's just not necessary for the quarry I pursue. Some of my rifles are "Semi-Custom" (Coopers, Custom Savage, etc.) but the "production" rifles I own are all a bit older, before automation and gimmicks crept into the industry and quality began to suffer as a result. Case in point is a 1995 Browning A-Bolt (Miroku) I own in .243. It's probably got 3000 rounds through it, has killed scores of whitetail and groundhogs and still puts 95 grain Noslers into .5 MOA. Of the 25 rifles I own, it's still the most deadly gun in my safe(s). As far as I'm concerned, the medium-range cartridges carry the day - particularly the 6.5's. They do everything I need to do with authority and in a very tolerable way. I can certainly see why a guy could buy big and regret it. I did it too, albeit with only a 30.06, touted by many to be the best sporting cartridge ever developed. Not to take anything away from it but in my humble opinion, it's a cannon for medium sized game and overkill by any stretch of the imagination. [/QUOTE]
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