Thread: Redundant Calibres

Originally Posted by 16Tontovarish

.308 is basically redundant now we have 6.5crd...

my best quess is that never ever will 6.5 crd replace .308

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

my best quess is that never ever will 6.5 crd replace .308

I had 2x308 rifles a Forbes 308 which is an Ultralite rifle just over 5 LBs 21" barrel till I put a Schmidt&Bender 2.5-10x56 scope on it and is a great lowlight bush gun as well as a Tikka 308 until I spotted a 6.5 Creedmore barrel on TradeMe that was new but had been taken off a Tikka and replaced with a carbon-fiber barrel at a good price so I swapped those 2 and now have a spear 18" 308 barrel for my Tikka.
the only reason I did this was quite a few of my shooting mates swapped to 6.5 and were giving me shit about 308, THERE IS nothing wrong with 308 it has the best range of projectiles on the market {I reload} or ammo that EVERY sports shop in NZ will have on their shelves, not like a lot of other calibers which can be a blessing if you run out. I run 178gr Amax projectiles&2208 powder in my Forbes and mainly use it for harder-to-get-around hunting places{bush} bugger all gets up and runs away with that recipe and if they do they don,t go very far at all The 6.5 is a very useful caliber the Swedes have been using it for over 100 years for a very good reason it kills things and is very slippery in windy conditions and shoots a bit flatter than the 308 but not much I think the 308 with the right projectile/powder combination will kill a lot further out then say a 6.5 creed which, in my opinion, is only ethical out to 500m same with the 260 I would say the 6.5prc type cartridge would kill further out but I do not know I am now stepping outside my realm so best I shut up, all I know is I now have a 308 and a 6.5 Creed so I can now sit on the broody fence and not be called a wanker for owning one or the other because I own both
P.S.: now you will provably call me a double wanker.