Thread: Favorite .308 rifle?

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

IF you KNEW that instead of being melted down and turned into baked bean cans...they were going to go into armory of the NZ armed forces for thier use...would it make the pain a little less????
man we could have the best equiped military in the world...accuracy wise anyway.... I mean the taxpayer will be forking out the $$$$ so why cant they be repurposed where the taxpayers $$$$ would be used anyway...
those that are fit for purpose,issue them,those in obsure calibre store securely for a "just in case" moment and those that are past thier use by date could be stripped of usable bits and buried with dignity....

to quote someone else from another thread......."STOP MAKING SENSE"...........the newly formed govt department called the sensibility authority will send someone round to give you a talking to ......(last part was in jest of course it hasnt been formed......yet)

Originally Posted by Joe Bob Briggs

What's your favorite .308 rifle?

think i may be one of the few kiwis that doesnt own or has never owned a .308....
having said that if i could only have one rifle it would be .308

Originally Posted by scotty

to quote someone else from another thread......."STOP MAKING SENSE"...........the newly formed govt department called the sensibility authority will send someone round to give you a talking to ......(last part was in jest of course it hasnt been formed......yet)

There is now way the touchy feely types would let our firearms go to the military even if that's what they did back in WW2 to help out.
It would be similar to why the cops don't auction off firearms anymore.
Cant be seen to having a firearm they have deemed naughty actually doing what they said it was put in the naughty corner for.

Originally Posted by csmiffy

There is now way the touchy feely types would let our firearms go to the military even if that's what they did back in WW2 to help out.
It would be similar to why the cops don't auction off firearms anymore.
Cant be seen to having a firearm they have deemed naughty actually doing what they said it was put in the naughty corner for.

I can well imagine some NZDF types having a quiet pick through our AR 15's for the best bits, while a plod turns a blind eye.

Hmm hard one would have to be the Accuracy international AW 7.62 or the m-14 EBR. Both were great rifles and lots of fun to use.

thats the bit Max....it shouldnt be done on the sly.... taxpayer has /will pay for them so WHF shouldnt they be utilized where future taxpayer $$$ woulddve gone.

If I owned one I’d not mind the army taking the best bits.....better than having the lot crushed. Bit like organ donation no?

Originally Posted by grunzter

308's rock! ...nearly as much as .223's
60% of mine are destined to a new life as baked bean cans and electric shavers...
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Nice SLRs there, my dad got one at the end of his army career after carrying Jungle carbine. He hated the jungle carbine but was very impressed with what he called the FN .

My favourite 308 is my Howa. So far everything I've shot with it ended up the right amount of dead .

Originally Posted by paremata

ended up the right amount of dead .

Like that. Not slightly dead, not excessively dead, perfectly dead.

Originally Posted by 308

"Duurrrrr I'm American and you little kiwis down there in upside -down land should have a 2nd Amendment like we do, it's the greatest"

Fuck off

And shove your thoughts and prayers up yer arse

??? am I missing something

I like my FN winny featherweight a lot. 165s at around 2700fps in 18inch barrel is a sweet spot.

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

Yes it's hunting/shooting. Southland is at the bottom of NZ.

Southland barely exists in the minds of most NZ'ders. You could forgive somebody overseas for wondering what the hell it is.

For those who don't know; it's a frozen wasteland, devoid of any game animals. It's a bit like North Korea - segregated from the rest of the world - and ruled by a dictator (who happens to be a polar bear).

Southlanders subsist on a strict diet of Speights (type of beer - I imagine similar in taste to sewer water in Dallas?) and oysters.

And it's got its' own form of dress code (akin to the situation in the Middle East), but instead of headscarves, all men are required to wear skirts, or else they are deported to Auckland as a form of punishment.

Never owned a .308, but I've always been interested in a Rem 700 .308 in an Accuracy International stock.

My favourite 308 ..... is a 284