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I Won A Raffle…
Posted on 3/23/23 at 8:36 pm
Posted on 3/23/23 at 8:36 pm
I get to choose the caliber of a Christensen Arms bolt action rifle in
300 PRC
300 Win
30-06
308
7 Mag
7mm 08
270
6.5 PRC
6.5 Creedmore
Convince me which caliber I should choose. Obviously, I have a preference. But, I’ll hang up and listen. TIA.
300 PRC
300 Win
30-06
308
7 Mag
7mm 08
270
6.5 PRC
6.5 Creedmore
Convince me which caliber I should choose. Obviously, I have a preference. But, I’ll hang up and listen. TIA.
Posted on 3/23/23 at 8:42 pm to OGTiger
Post the cartridges you already own/shoot
Posted on 3/23/23 at 8:43 pm to OGTiger
I’d need to know what, where and how you hunt to choose a caliber.
If it was for me, I’d have a hard time choosing between 30-06, 308, 270 and 7-08.
If it was for me, I’d have a hard time choosing between 30-06, 308, 270 and 7-08.
Posted on 3/23/23 at 8:51 pm to OGTiger
What do you already have? Where do you hunt most and what ranges?
I have a CA mesa in 300wm and the recoil is extremely manageable although loud with the brake on shooting 150s. It can pretty much cover any hunt/game in the country.
I have a CA mesa in 300wm and the recoil is extremely manageable although loud with the brake on shooting 150s. It can pretty much cover any hunt/game in the country.
Posted on 3/23/23 at 8:52 pm to OGTiger
Congrats! That’s a pretty impressive win.
As for the caliber, get what YOU want or need and don’t think twice about it. Those are all awesome calibers and it’s a personal preference based on what you’ll be hunting, how you’ll be hunting, and what you may already have. For instance, I already have 7-08, .308, and access to 2 different 30-06 options with family, so I’d personally want a magnum caliber. I’m planning a moose hunt and prefer readily available ammo, so 300 Win would make me a happy man, but that may not be what you need. I’d be thrilled to have such an opportunity to help augment my options, so go for what compliments your hunting/shooting styles, as opposed to replacing your current stock.
As for the caliber, get what YOU want or need and don’t think twice about it. Those are all awesome calibers and it’s a personal preference based on what you’ll be hunting, how you’ll be hunting, and what you may already have. For instance, I already have 7-08, .308, and access to 2 different 30-06 options with family, so I’d personally want a magnum caliber. I’m planning a moose hunt and prefer readily available ammo, so 300 Win would make me a happy man, but that may not be what you need. I’d be thrilled to have such an opportunity to help augment my options, so go for what compliments your hunting/shooting styles, as opposed to replacing your current stock.
Posted on 3/23/23 at 8:52 pm to OGTiger
I’m not sure of the barrel lengths they offer but I’m probably going to grab a shorter barreled 7mm 08 at some point.
This post was edited on 3/23/23 at 8:53 pm
Posted on 3/23/23 at 8:57 pm to Got Blaze
.308 and .270 Winchester
7mm-08 Remington
7mm-08 Remington
This post was edited on 3/23/23 at 8:59 pm
Posted on 3/23/23 at 9:02 pm to OGTiger
I’d go with the 6.5PRC or 300WM
Posted on 3/23/23 at 9:10 pm to OGTiger
Whatcha gonna do with it?
For me, with what I already have and do, I would get a .30-06
Load up some mouse fart loads for my boy and let it be his first rifle .
If we just want something cool, 300 PRC
For me, with what I already have and do, I would get a .30-06
Load up some mouse fart loads for my boy and let it be his first rifle .
If we just want something cool, 300 PRC
This post was edited on 3/23/23 at 9:11 pm
Posted on 3/23/23 at 9:10 pm to OGTiger
Have kids? Plan on having kids? 7-08
Posted on 3/23/23 at 9:12 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
If we are talking practical then .308 is the only option. If we are going for fun in a practically free rifle then I am still grabbing the 300WM
Posted on 3/23/23 at 9:21 pm to armsdealer
Yea but this is free. No need to talk practical. We should go for biggest kaboom.
Posted on 3/23/23 at 10:00 pm to OGTiger
For you? 7 mag
For your kids? 7mm-08
For your wife? .270
For your kids? 7mm-08
For your wife? .270
Posted on 3/23/23 at 10:14 pm to OGTiger
Do you hunt out west? If so the 300 PRC easily.
Posted on 3/23/23 at 11:44 pm to OGTiger
Maybe see if you can wait for a 7PRC.
Posted on 3/24/23 at 2:12 am to OGTiger
Having several calibers you listed myself…if I could go back 35 years and start my deer hunting life over…I’d go with 270 and use it exclusively.
Main reason for me is that the 2 best hunters I know use a 270. I’ve helped one of them load many bucks up.
I’ve been with him and never - not one time - heard him shoot more than once. I’ve also never had to help him track a deer. He probably could do the same with any caliber, though….dude is a machine.
Would’ve saved me a ton of money not buying for so many calibers. I do love my soft shooting 6.5 cm though, and was able to find it regularly through ammo shortages locally…270, not so much.
And it would be a Winchester Model 70 with a real wood stock. Not this plastic stocked crap I have in my safe.
Main reason for me is that the 2 best hunters I know use a 270. I’ve helped one of them load many bucks up.
I’ve been with him and never - not one time - heard him shoot more than once. I’ve also never had to help him track a deer. He probably could do the same with any caliber, though….dude is a machine.
Would’ve saved me a ton of money not buying for so many calibers. I do love my soft shooting 6.5 cm though, and was able to find it regularly through ammo shortages locally…270, not so much.
And it would be a Winchester Model 70 with a real wood stock. Not this plastic stocked crap I have in my safe.
Posted on 3/24/23 at 5:07 am to OGTiger
7mm. Performs close to the 300. Not as much kick.
It’s free. Bigger is better to me.
It’s free. Bigger is better to me.
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