troy fairweather
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7mm mauser, tho I like many.
More like "Except for .280" you mean
6.5x55 is addictive.
As is .243, as well.
My true love does not, yet, exist: 7x45 Oh there are .276 & 280 & 6.8 dancing all around it. Pedersen was close with his 276 at 7x53; the 280nato at 7x50 was even closer. There's a "sweet spot" there that designers have been dancing around for a century.
7mm diameter would make the cross-section folks happy; a 45mm case length means fitting in standard AR magwells. Only downside is that you're looking at 20-22 in a 30 round-length mag. Oh well, nothing is perfect.
Yet another one of my favorites, and I don't own a 7mm Mauser either. However, I know why I like it, even though some people might call my reasoning "irrational."7mm Mauser. And I don't even own a 7mm Mauser. How's that for irrational.
Surely I’m not the only person on THR who has a cartridge they love for no real reason. For me, it’s the 6.5x55. I have a couple rifles chambered in the x55 and I can’t explain exactly why I like it so much. I don’t reload, so it is nothing more than an expensive, long-action 6.5 Creedmoor for me. I guess it’s just nostalgia, but I really like that round and I’ve accumulated nearly as much 6.5x55 ammo as I have anything else, including 22 LR even though I rarely shoot the two rifles I have outside of hunting season.
So, let’s hear it. Who else has a rifle cartridge they love for no real reason?
Yet another one of my favorites, and I don't own a 7mm Mauser either. However, I know why I like it, even though some people might call my reasoning "irrational."
It's because way back when I first started hunting big game and paying attention to big game rifle cartridges, when someone said they shoot a "7mm," they meant a 7mm Mauser - NOT a 7mm Rem Mag like they usually mean nowadays.
Not that I don't think the 7mm Rem Mag is a fine cartridge, it's just that it's not as "classy" as a 7mm Mauser. Heck, for that matter, a 7mm-08, let alone the .280 Remington, will do anything a 7mm Mauser will do, but neither one of them is as "classy" as a 7mm Mauser either.
Yeah, but the 7mm Mauser still isn't as classy as a 275 Rigby
Yeah, but the 7mm Mauser still isn't as classy as a 275 Rigby
308 Winchester would be my second choice.
Surely I’m not the only person on THR who has a cartridge they love for no real reason. For me, it’s the 6.5x55. I have a couple rifles chambered in the x55 and I can’t explain exactly why I like it so much. I don’t reload, so it is nothing more than an expensive, long-action 6.5 Creedmoor for me. I guess it’s just nostalgia, but I really like that round and I’ve accumulated nearly as much 6.5x55 ammo as I have anything else, including 22 LR even though I rarely shoot the two rifles I have outside of hunting season.
If the rest of the world's militaries were smart they would have adopted the 6.5 x 55 way back then and stopped messing around with trying to develop new better cartridges. For a battle round it has the reach and power without the recoil which I feel makes it better than both the .223 and .308. M1A or AR10, both would have been better chambered for 6.5 x 55.
The first time I took my first 96 Swedish Mauser out (about 35 years ago) it obliterated a GatorAid bottle at 80 yards (the range seems to grow about 10 yards every time I tell the story) on the VERY FIRST SHOT, off hand! (The shot even impressed my buddies!) I instantly fell in love with the Swedish Mauser and the very low recoiling 6.5 x 55 cartridge. Eventually I had to buy an AG42 Swedish Ludgman semi auto in 6.5 x 55. I will have to be unoriginal and declare the 6.5 x 55 my favorite cartridge too!
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More like "Except for .280" you mean
My true love does not, yet, exist: 7x45 Oh there are .276 & 280 & 6.8 dancing all around it. Pedersen was close with his 276 at 7x53; the 280nato at 7x50 was even closer. There's a "sweet spot" there that designers have been dancing around for a century.
7mm diameter would make the cross-section folks happy; a 45mm case length means fitting in standard AR magwells. Only downside is that you're looking at 20-22 in a 30 round-length mag. Oh well, nothing is perfect.
Just like the 30-06 "family" of cartridges, you just have to love the .308 "family". Versatile as all get out, whether it's a .243, 7mm-08, .308 or other derivative. I have a .308, and it's a hard choice between it and the Grendel sometimes.That’s my first and second choice
Surely I’m not the only person on THR who has a cartridge they love for no real reason. For me, it’s the 6.5x55. I have a couple rifles chambered in the x55 and I can’t explain exactly why I like it so much. I don’t reload, so it is nothing more than an expensive, long-action 6.5 Creedmoor for me. I guess it’s just nostalgia, but I really like that round and I’ve accumulated nearly as much 6.5x55 ammo as I have anything else, including 22 LR even though I rarely shoot the two rifles I have outside of hunting season.
So, let’s hear it. Who else has a rifle cartridge they love for no real reason?
No kidding! My Mossberg Patriot in 270 with 150gr ammo kicks!! My M1 Garand in 30-06 still has a bit of a kick but it's not bad at all. I almost want to sell off all my 270 stuff but I'd have to find the right buyer, and I also do like having a 270 walnut bolt gun around... Jack O'Connor tribute I guess.My irrational dislike bordering on hatred for the .270 comes from my youth. My uncle had a featherweight I used to shoot groundhogs. With 150’s “loaded hot” and a steel butt plate, I’d be black and blue after a couple shots. Funny thing is now perhaps my favorite round is my 7 Remington Mag. My 7 mag X-Bolt has a fantastic pad and the recoil is very mild though it should kick harder than the .270 did
For me it's the 350Rem Mag.
Overkill on everything I use it for, but I find myself going out of my way to kill stuff with it. A 200 grn at 2830 or 225 at 2740 just smacks things an kills with authority. My M7 is just over 7lbs "all up" loaded with scope and sling. It carries like a dream and leaves a mark on both ends. This summer I'm going to investigate loading cast bullets just to get to shoot it more.
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SameEvery time you post anything about this rifle, I get a little jealous.
I really want a Model 70 in 264 Win Mag.
Me too!.30-30
I love the guns that fire it. I like the history of it.
I have not hunted with it…yet. I just love the round.
Ah yeah, the legendary "Westerner."I really want a Model 70 in 264 Win Mag.
It has a larger meplat and in some cases is loaded with very heavy bullets but 45/70 is more powerful from everything I've seen. Maybe from a rifle the 500 creeps up some but a larger case with slower powder is a hard to match . all while operating at much lower pressure. Not talking trapdoor loads. You are wise though, bigger is better!the .500 S&W magnum which is harder hitting than the 45/70.