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Offline Lloyd Smale

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Re: Is the .308 dead?
« Reply #30 on: September 18, 2022, 03:14:36 AM »
well im down to one. Gave the kimber montana to one nephew and the model 7 to the other. All i have left is my ar10. They had there choice of any rifle in the safe except for my favorite 280 featherweight. Wish they would have picked on of the magnums because i dont use them much anymore but they both live in montana and already had long range guns.
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Re: Is the .308 dead?
« Reply #31 on: October 04, 2022, 02:25:41 PM »
No more so than 100+ year cartridges like 7 x 57 and 6.5 x 55.   Lots of .308 shooters out there and good availability of both commercial and milsurp ammo and reloading components...at least bullets and brass.

My most recent acquisition was a Ruger American Predator 6.5 Creedmoor, but the one before that was a .308 No. 1.   And there is a Mexican 98 that Dick Williams put a Douglas XX .308 barrel on which shoots better than I do.  Keeper.

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Re: Is the .308 dead?
« Reply #32 on: October 05, 2022, 06:00:47 AM »
Last Saturday,  I Picked up a Western Field .308, Made in West Germany, on what looks like a 98 Mauser Action...
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Re: Is the .308 dead?
« Reply #33 on: October 05, 2022, 03:08:50 PM »
I think the 308 may be around for a long time.  Still used by the military in machine guns and short range snipers.  It kind of replaced the 3006.  It was one of the 3-4 calibers on the shelves after the ammo shortages, along with 223, and 9mm.  A lot of rifles have been sold since 1955 in 308. 
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Re: Is the .308 dead?
« Reply #34 on: October 05, 2022, 03:35:26 PM »
I've got 3, would have 4 or more but I haven't bought a chamber reamer yet.

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Re: Is the .308 dead?
« Reply #35 on: October 06, 2022, 05:47:09 AM »
I've got 3, would have 4 or more but I haven't bought a chamber reamer yet.

I have 4....Tryin to decide which one to Send to JES, to get Reamed to .358Win....

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Re: Is the .308 dead?
« Reply #36 on: October 06, 2022, 06:14:24 AM »
I've got 3, would have 4 or more but I haven't bought a chamber reamer yet.

I have 4....Tryin to decide which one to Send to JES, to get Reamed to .358Win....

I have a  94 reamed to 38-55 from JES they do great work.
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