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Help me pick a caliber for my next rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="rblum" data-source="post: 2504042" data-attributes="member: 4227"><p>I presume that you will hunt deer or elk out to a range of 300 yards. If that is the case, I don't think that you can go wrong with a .308 win or 30-06. Both are accurate and will kill deer or elk sized animals out to 300 yards. The .308 is particularly easy to shoot do to lesser recoil. This helps by lessening bad shooting habits. I view a lot of the "New Cartridge" buzz as marketing by rifle manufacturers to create demand. If you already have a certain caliber, the only way to sell you another gun is to create a new caliber. Since ballistics is all about compensation or trade offs, there is always a positive to push out when extolling the virtues of a new cartridge. Anyway That is my take on it. All of the deer and elk that I have taken did not care one bit that they were shot with 30-06 or .308</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rblum, post: 2504042, member: 4227"] I presume that you will hunt deer or elk out to a range of 300 yards. If that is the case, I don't think that you can go wrong with a .308 win or 30-06. Both are accurate and will kill deer or elk sized animals out to 300 yards. The .308 is particularly easy to shoot do to lesser recoil. This helps by lessening bad shooting habits. I view a lot of the "New Cartridge" buzz as marketing by rifle manufacturers to create demand. If you already have a certain caliber, the only way to sell you another gun is to create a new caliber. Since ballistics is all about compensation or trade offs, there is always a positive to push out when extolling the virtues of a new cartridge. Anyway That is my take on it. All of the deer and elk that I have taken did not care one bit that they were shot with 30-06 or .308 [/QUOTE]
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