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<blockquote data-quote="mgood" data-source="post: 1359433" data-attributes="member: 91188"><p>I have a 25-06 Rem and an 8mm Rem Mag, two of the cartridges mentioned, and I don't have near as many rifles as some of you guys <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Both are fantastic hunting cartridges!</p><p></p><p>8mm RM never caught on. It filled the same niche as the already popular 338 Win Mag. But I kinda dig the Big 8. I wanted something halfway between a 300 Win Mag and a 338 Win Mag. What I got is more like halfway between a 300 Weatherby Mag and a 340 Weatherby Mag.</p><p></p><p>I didn't know the 25-06 <em>wasn't</em> popular. My dad had one when I hunted with him when I was a kid. He probably had it going back to the days when it was still a wildcat. So I grew up around it. I didn't hunt for many years. I had guns, but they were (are) defensive weapons. When I wanted to get into hunting as an adult, the 25-06 was the first thing I bought.</p><p></p><p>Someone mentioned the 6.5x55. It may be underrated here in the States, but I've heard it's very popular in Europe. The whole 6.5mm craze probably owes a lot to the 6.5x55. I think the 260 Rem and 6.5 Creedmoor fill that niche here though.</p><p></p><p>284 Win is a good one I saw mentioned. Wasn't it sort of the original short/fat "magnum" (or almost magnum, anyway)?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mgood, post: 1359433, member: 91188"] I have a 25-06 Rem and an 8mm Rem Mag, two of the cartridges mentioned, and I don't have near as many rifles as some of you guys ;) Both are fantastic hunting cartridges! 8mm RM never caught on. It filled the same niche as the already popular 338 Win Mag. But I kinda dig the Big 8. I wanted something halfway between a 300 Win Mag and a 338 Win Mag. What I got is more like halfway between a 300 Weatherby Mag and a 340 Weatherby Mag. I didn't know the 25-06 [I]wasn't[/I] popular. My dad had one when I hunted with him when I was a kid. He probably had it going back to the days when it was still a wildcat. So I grew up around it. I didn't hunt for many years. I had guns, but they were (are) defensive weapons. When I wanted to get into hunting as an adult, the 25-06 was the first thing I bought. Someone mentioned the 6.5x55. It may be underrated here in the States, but I've heard it's very popular in Europe. The whole 6.5mm craze probably owes a lot to the 6.5x55. I think the 260 Rem and 6.5 Creedmoor fill that niche here though. 284 Win is a good one I saw mentioned. Wasn't it sort of the original short/fat "magnum" (or almost magnum, anyway)? [/QUOTE]
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