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Offline MACHINIST

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What caliber would you choose?
« on: November 27, 2006, 06:20:44 AM »
I am looking to get a reminton pump or semi and I cant decide what caliber to get.I have a reminton bdl in 7mm rem mag that I hunt with now and I would like something a little more pleasant to shoot.I am going to look for a used gun first but after that I will go after a new one.I have never owned any of the chamberings that the new semi's or pumps are chambered in.I have shot a few 06's but thats as close as I have gotten with that caliber.I will use the gun for stand hunting and still hunting I am going to put a 2-7 nikon that I already have on this gun with leopold QR bases and rings.The farthest shot I would take with this gun would be 150 or so.Well there it is what would you guys and gals go for?
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Offline DLuke

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Re: What caliber would you choose?
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2006, 11:58:56 AM »
A 270 with a Limbsaver pad....it feels like 20ga. low base 8 going off....   DL
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Re: What caliber would you choose?
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2006, 04:03:48 PM »
7mm-08 in a 7600 pump - Grice has them in stock now - mine will be here before the weekend.


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Re: What caliber would you choose?
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2006, 03:52:14 PM »
Personally I like the 30.06.  In a Remington 7600 with a good pad it would hardly kick. 
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Re: What caliber would you choose?
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2006, 01:43:13 PM »
I gought a 742 in .30-06 with new synthetic stocks and a brand new mag today for 300.00.I bought it from a freind of mine that is also a gunsmith.He took it in on trade because it had a jamming problem.He found that the magazine had been bent up so he bought a new one and has a few box of shells through it and hasnt had any problems.He also said that it is a europeen style?It has the back of the reciever milled down kind of like a browning gold shotgun.
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Re: What caliber would you choose?
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2006, 06:44:43 PM »
The 7mm-08 sounds fine to me, but you might prefer somethin' bigger, so they make 'em in .308 also.  ;)
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Re: What caliber would you choose?
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2006, 04:03:14 PM »
All of the suggestions are good.......I've always wanted one in a .35 Whelen.......
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Re: What caliber would you choose?
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2006, 12:59:22 PM »
You are never wrong with the 30-06. That said, I like the 308, supposedly a little less recoil and a little more accurate than the 06, well enough power for any deer and bigger at your max distance
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