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Where does .308 Winchester excel?
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<blockquote data-quote="C-130 Dude" data-source="post: 2621695" data-attributes="member: 122991"><p>In all my 59 years of hunting, the 308 has put more meat in my freezer than all other calibers I have used combined. With the possible exception of the 12ga. In every ammo shortage I have seen over the years, there are 3 cartridges that seemed to be available every time I needed them. The 22lr, 308, and 12ga. I have owned more different 308 guns than all others combined. Its an easy going, friendly, reliable, and predictable shooting caliber. Did I mention it is available almost any place you look? Oh yeah, rarely any surprises. Not a bad thing, me thinks. For some time now, folks are hard up for powder for other hot rod calibers. Not the 308. It takes more various powders (bullets & cases too) than any other caliber I can think of at the moment. Not to mention the other required components (#@%!...primer availability <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😭" title="Loudly crying face :sob:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f62d.png" data-shortname=":sob:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😒" title="Unamused face :unamused:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f612.png" data-shortname=":unamused:" /> ). With all the gun and ammo politics going on, it makes all the sense in the world to have a "safe bet" on hand. Never had problems with not having enough "gun" to do the job at hand for my hunting purposes. All this said, it does have some limitations as lots of folks have stated. It does a decent job at target shooting. Sometimes excellent. It was never intended to be widely used as a 1000+ yard gun. It can, but others are more useful in this endeavor. 400-600 max more commonly. Personally, I have never had a hunting shot more than 450 (I think). There are different calibers that are more distance capable. But none of those are as easy to fund, build, load test, or use. IMHO. Yeah, you should have a 308 in your possession (shtf insurance?) . But what are you looking for, actually? Why are you looking at all? Is this a need or a want? Only you can answer this. After all, its your $$$. Your choice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="C-130 Dude, post: 2621695, member: 122991"] In all my 59 years of hunting, the 308 has put more meat in my freezer than all other calibers I have used combined. With the possible exception of the 12ga. In every ammo shortage I have seen over the years, there are 3 cartridges that seemed to be available every time I needed them. The 22lr, 308, and 12ga. I have owned more different 308 guns than all others combined. Its an easy going, friendly, reliable, and predictable shooting caliber. Did I mention it is available almost any place you look? Oh yeah, rarely any surprises. Not a bad thing, me thinks. For some time now, folks are hard up for powder for other hot rod calibers. Not the 308. It takes more various powders (bullets & cases too) than any other caliber I can think of at the moment. Not to mention the other required components (#@%!...primer availability 😭😒 ). With all the gun and ammo politics going on, it makes all the sense in the world to have a "safe bet" on hand. Never had problems with not having enough "gun" to do the job at hand for my hunting purposes. All this said, it does have some limitations as lots of folks have stated. It does a decent job at target shooting. Sometimes excellent. It was never intended to be widely used as a 1000+ yard gun. It can, but others are more useful in this endeavor. 400-600 max more commonly. Personally, I have never had a hunting shot more than 450 (I think). There are different calibers that are more distance capable. But none of those are as easy to fund, build, load test, or use. IMHO. Yeah, you should have a 308 in your possession (shtf insurance?) . But what are you looking for, actually? Why are you looking at all? Is this a need or a want? Only you can answer this. After all, its your $$$. Your choice. [/QUOTE]
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