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<blockquote data-quote="catorres1" data-source="post: 1012423" data-attributes="member: 80699"><p>Thanks for the response!</p><p></p><p>I think the way it's going in my head is for this rifle, I would prefer a non 30 if I can help it. 6.5 seems the best for this purpose, 7mm being second, 30 being last because I am trying to have a high BC bullet with low recoil. The 260 and 7mm do that quite well, but another 30, not so well. Yes, the 3006 will be able to push heavier bullets faster than the 308, but then the recoil difference between it and the 300 really start to diminish. </p><p></p><p>The only reason I consider the 308 in the weatherby is because the only other options are slow twist 223 and 22-250. Everything else about the rifle is right (stock, trigger, range certified etc.), but the caliber is (maybe?) wrong. That being said, I see that 308 easily stays super sonic to 1k and beyond with a berger 168, unlike what I was just told by someone. </p><p></p><p>Unless someone has a compelling reason to go with the Savage (other than it being the right caliber for me) the choice comes down to 'is the Remington LR rifle consistently accurate out of the box...and does my thinking on the 7mm make sense' verses 'is the 308 good enough for 1k+ target shooting and does it matter that it's wind drift characteristics differ so much from my primary 300 win mag'</p><p></p><p>To put it another way, between these two, the Remington seems to have the ballistics, with questionable accuracy (maybe yes, maybe no) and not as good ergonomics for me, the vanguard has the accuracy certainty along with the matched ergonomics, but perhaps not the ballistic capability....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catorres1, post: 1012423, member: 80699"] Thanks for the response! I think the way it's going in my head is for this rifle, I would prefer a non 30 if I can help it. 6.5 seems the best for this purpose, 7mm being second, 30 being last because I am trying to have a high BC bullet with low recoil. The 260 and 7mm do that quite well, but another 30, not so well. Yes, the 3006 will be able to push heavier bullets faster than the 308, but then the recoil difference between it and the 300 really start to diminish. The only reason I consider the 308 in the weatherby is because the only other options are slow twist 223 and 22-250. Everything else about the rifle is right (stock, trigger, range certified etc.), but the caliber is (maybe?) wrong. That being said, I see that 308 easily stays super sonic to 1k and beyond with a berger 168, unlike what I was just told by someone. Unless someone has a compelling reason to go with the Savage (other than it being the right caliber for me) the choice comes down to 'is the Remington LR rifle consistently accurate out of the box...and does my thinking on the 7mm make sense' verses 'is the 308 good enough for 1k+ target shooting and does it matter that it's wind drift characteristics differ so much from my primary 300 win mag' To put it another way, between these two, the Remington seems to have the ballistics, with questionable accuracy (maybe yes, maybe no) and not as good ergonomics for me, the vanguard has the accuracy certainty along with the matched ergonomics, but perhaps not the ballistic capability.... [/QUOTE]
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