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<blockquote data-quote="airborneescouter" data-source="post: 2972345" data-attributes="member: 128412"><p>Since you have hunting (big game and varmint) calibers covered, it would be hard not to suggest either the 308 or the 6.5 calibers. The 6.5 vs 308 argument will never end and there are good reasons for both. Ammo availability is excellent for either. If you're a doomsday prepper, there is probably as much 308 ammo out there as there is 22 LR (this is hyperbole but there's a lot of it). I like the 6.5 most due to the lighter felt recoil and the better ballistics at longer range. The 6.5 doesn't have a massive advantage but I will say personally shooting beyond 700/750 yards, wind is such a difficult variable to account for and I will take all the help I can get beyond that mark. The heavier rifles do reduce recoil but I have found too heavy a rifle doesn't come out of my safe as often. I purchased a Badrock Southfork pre-covid and honestly it's so heavy and I so rarely shoot off varying types of platforms and scenarios that I just use my tikka CTR anytime I want to plink steel at long range. Best of luck in whatever you decide and I am a tikka bandwagoner but there are a lot of other great rifles out there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="airborneescouter, post: 2972345, member: 128412"] Since you have hunting (big game and varmint) calibers covered, it would be hard not to suggest either the 308 or the 6.5 calibers. The 6.5 vs 308 argument will never end and there are good reasons for both. Ammo availability is excellent for either. If you’re a doomsday prepper, there is probably as much 308 ammo out there as there is 22 LR (this is hyperbole but there’s a lot of it). I like the 6.5 most due to the lighter felt recoil and the better ballistics at longer range. The 6.5 doesn’t have a massive advantage but I will say personally shooting beyond 700/750 yards, wind is such a difficult variable to account for and I will take all the help I can get beyond that mark. The heavier rifles do reduce recoil but I have found too heavy a rifle doesn’t come out of my safe as often. I purchased a Badrock Southfork pre-covid and honestly it’s so heavy and I so rarely shoot off varying types of platforms and scenarios that I just use my tikka CTR anytime I want to plink steel at long range. Best of luck in whatever you decide and I am a tikka bandwagoner but there are a lot of other great rifles out there. [/QUOTE]
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