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Where does .308 Winchester excel?
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<blockquote data-quote="dmass" data-source="post: 2620648" data-attributes="member: 123932"><p>Recently I've thought about buying a Tikka CTR in .308 as I no longer have a rifle in that caliber after selling my model 10 and already have a 6.5 Creed in a bravo. But it's got me thinking, with all the cartridges that are out now, does it really make sense to buy one new? The ballistics are worse than It's smaller caliber derivatives, it has more recoil, and any animal I would feel comfortable shooting with .308 I'd also shoot with a 6/6.5/7mm and .223 given a good projectile in it's effective range. The biggest points in it's favor that I can think of are</p><p>1. Ammo cost relative to the 6/6.5/7mms although those seem to be coming down a bit</p><p>2. Ammo ubiquity compared to 6/6.5/7mms</p><p>3. Potentially a good trainer as it drifts more in the wind, but I feel like the same thing could be done with .223</p><p>What am I missing? The point of this thread isn't to try and **** on .308, I just can't think of a reason I should get one even though I'm likely going to eventually.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dmass, post: 2620648, member: 123932"] Recently I've thought about buying a Tikka CTR in .308 as I no longer have a rifle in that caliber after selling my model 10 and already have a 6.5 Creed in a bravo. But it's got me thinking, with all the cartridges that are out now, does it really make sense to buy one new? The ballistics are worse than It's smaller caliber derivatives, it has more recoil, and any animal I would feel comfortable shooting with .308 I'd also shoot with a 6/6.5/7mm and .223 given a good projectile in it's effective range. The biggest points in it's favor that I can think of are 1. Ammo cost relative to the 6/6.5/7mms although those seem to be coming down a bit 2. Ammo ubiquity compared to 6/6.5/7mms 3. Potentially a good trainer as it drifts more in the wind, but I feel like the same thing could be done with .223 What am I missing? The point of this thread isn't to try and **** on .308, I just can't think of a reason I should get one even though I'm likely going to eventually. [/QUOTE]
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