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What short action std. Bolt face caliber is most versatile?
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 989526" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>I became too acquainted with the M60 in 1968, and didn't hand it off till early May of that year. I still lugged it on CA's till Feb. 69. I was the number one man on a recon team, and did 17 CA's (I count 17, right hand man says 23, and First Sargent says 25. Kind of a blur in my mind now). I did get the chance to run a couple belts thru an MG42 (probably a G3) chambered in .308. It was love at first sight!</p><p> </p><p>Honestly, and thinking about how the extraction works. The shorter neck of the .300 Savage case might have been a little better in extraction. Plus shooting four hundred yards and less; nobody's gonna know the difference. Weight wise there's very little to gain by using the Savage case, and asking anybody the lugged the hog, you'll learn that it's way too heavy. By the way the MG42 ready to go weighs about 22lb., and the 60 starts out at 28lb. </p><p> </p><p>Back to my cartridge choice. The .250AI is often regarded as his best. I really like the 7x57AI, but the loaded rounds are going to be a little too long in my opinion. Face it! The short Remington action is really almost too short, and should have been .156" longer. Yet the .250AI necked upto .264, and shooting 125 grain bullets might just be as good as it gets</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 989526, member: 25383"] I became too acquainted with the M60 in 1968, and didn't hand it off till early May of that year. I still lugged it on CA's till Feb. 69. I was the number one man on a recon team, and did 17 CA's (I count 17, right hand man says 23, and First Sargent says 25. Kind of a blur in my mind now). I did get the chance to run a couple belts thru an MG42 (probably a G3) chambered in .308. It was love at first sight! Honestly, and thinking about how the extraction works. The shorter neck of the .300 Savage case might have been a little better in extraction. Plus shooting four hundred yards and less; nobody's gonna know the difference. Weight wise there's very little to gain by using the Savage case, and asking anybody the lugged the hog, you'll learn that it's way too heavy. By the way the MG42 ready to go weighs about 22lb., and the 60 starts out at 28lb. Back to my cartridge choice. The .250AI is often regarded as his best. I really like the 7x57AI, but the loaded rounds are going to be a little too long in my opinion. Face it! The short Remington action is really almost too short, and should have been .156" longer. Yet the .250AI necked upto .264, and shooting 125 grain bullets might just be as good as it gets gary [/QUOTE]
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