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Saving up for a higher end rifle (like cooper), which caliber?
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<blockquote data-quote="Swiftkill" data-source="post: 1676286" data-attributes="member: 104167"><p>I like a 300 win mag. Because it is good for virtually anything. If you are concerned with recoil put a brake on it. I've gone over to brakes on almost everything but I shoot off of a bench mostly. On some varmint rifles that I'll be hunting with other people I did not put brakes on a compact 243 and a 223. </p><p> You could do well with A243 with heavy bullets but it sounds like in your case a 260 Remington would be just the ticket. I just scanned the other replies and I think I only saw one other person mentioned the 260 Remington. That is an excellent cartridge. You can avoid a long action as with the 280s 284 and 3006. A hunting rifle is not a target rifle. For me I like the advantage of speed and a shallow trajectory. Because you are shooting at unknown distances. And a faster flatter bullet is more forgiving of distance judgment errors. How much are you really shooting the rifle? Are you sighting it in with a Box of ammo once a year and you're pulling the trigger on game 1 to 5 times? Does it really matter how much it kicks? I'm thinking about trying the 264 win mag For flatter trajectories inside of 800 yards . I just put together a modified factory gun in 300 win mag a Remington long range 5R. It is awesome and one of the best deals on the market. of course I had to change the trigger. I wanted to build a 1000 to 1500 plus gun with ammo I could get factory ammo at a reasonable price. That was my project goal if you gonna reload You can load a 264 Winchester for light loads or heavy loads as you desire. With a 260 Remington the Max you can load is the Max you can load. I know I said before you could avoid a long action with those other cartridges but the step up in performance with a long action magnum is worth it to me. But if that's not what you want then I wouldn't get a long action in an "old" cartridge when you could get the same performance from a short action with certain calibers like the 260 rem. For that matter, the 6.5 creedmore is almost identical to the 260.</p><p> The 6.5 creedmore just doesn't float my boat. I understand the theory behind it But it is just too slow and meant for heavy bullets at known distances. It's great when you know the distance to you target. But if you misjudge the distance between 4 and 500 yds...... good luck hitting it with a slow cartridge. Speed Kills!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swiftkill, post: 1676286, member: 104167"] I like a 300 win mag. Because it is good for virtually anything. If you are concerned with recoil put a brake on it. I've gone over to brakes on almost everything but I shoot off of a bench mostly. On some varmint rifles that I'll be hunting with other people I did not put brakes on a compact 243 and a 223. You could do well with A243 with heavy bullets but it sounds like in your case a 260 Remington would be just the ticket. I just scanned the other replies and I think I only saw one other person mentioned the 260 Remington. That is an excellent cartridge. You can avoid a long action as with the 280s 284 and 3006. A hunting rifle is not a target rifle. For me I like the advantage of speed and a shallow trajectory. Because you are shooting at unknown distances. And a faster flatter bullet is more forgiving of distance judgment errors. How much are you really shooting the rifle? Are you sighting it in with a Box of ammo once a year and you're pulling the trigger on game 1 to 5 times? Does it really matter how much it kicks? I'm thinking about trying the 264 win mag For flatter trajectories inside of 800 yards . I just put together a modified factory gun in 300 win mag a Remington long range 5R. It is awesome and one of the best deals on the market. of course I had to change the trigger. I wanted to build a 1000 to 1500 plus gun with ammo I could get factory ammo at a reasonable price. That was my project goal if you gonna reload You can load a 264 Winchester for light loads or heavy loads as you desire. With a 260 Remington the Max you can load is the Max you can load. I know I said before you could avoid a long action with those other cartridges but the step up in performance with a long action magnum is worth it to me. But if that's not what you want then I wouldn't get a long action in an "old" cartridge when you could get the same performance from a short action with certain calibers like the 260 rem. For that matter, the 6.5 creedmore is almost identical to the 260. The 6.5 creedmore just doesn't float my boat. I understand the theory behind it But it is just too slow and meant for heavy bullets at known distances. It's great when you know the distance to you target. But if you misjudge the distance between 4 and 500 yds...... good luck hitting it with a slow cartridge. Speed Kills! [/QUOTE]
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