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7mm or 30 cal? Just for curiosity’s sake
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<blockquote data-quote="StumpGrinder" data-source="post: 2167350" data-attributes="member: 114832"><p>308, I don't own anything in 7mm. My cartridge selection is to span the range of bullet Weights from 22lr to .50 cal muzzleloader. I started with the 30-06 but after a few years went to 308 for less recoil and only 100 fps lost. I then bought a 243 which shots bullets in the 22lr weight class all the way up to 100 grains in my rifle with good accuracy. The 308 starts at 100 to 110 grains and goes to 200 to 220 grains however 180 would probably be my upper limit for this rifles 1:10 twist. Then I got a 338 wm that shoots 165 grain up to 300 or 350 grains. Then finally the 458 socom which starts at 250 and goes to 600 grains. That's the same weight bullet as the 50 BMG. So with this overlap in bullet weight I'm pretty well covered and never saw the need to add a 7mm. They are great guns and a great bullet profile and if I had to choose just one the 7mm08 would be great. However I would probably go with my 308.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="StumpGrinder, post: 2167350, member: 114832"] 308, I don't own anything in 7mm. My cartridge selection is to span the range of bullet Weights from 22lr to .50 cal muzzleloader. I started with the 30-06 but after a few years went to 308 for less recoil and only 100 fps lost. I then bought a 243 which shots bullets in the 22lr weight class all the way up to 100 grains in my rifle with good accuracy. The 308 starts at 100 to 110 grains and goes to 200 to 220 grains however 180 would probably be my upper limit for this rifles 1:10 twist. Then I got a 338 wm that shoots 165 grain up to 300 or 350 grains. Then finally the 458 socom which starts at 250 and goes to 600 grains. That's the same weight bullet as the 50 BMG. So with this overlap in bullet weight I'm pretty well covered and never saw the need to add a 7mm. They are great guns and a great bullet profile and if I had to choose just one the 7mm08 would be great. However I would probably go with my 308. [/QUOTE]
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