Re: 2010 Snipers Hide Rifle Build
The cool kids are most certainly buying the SA's and the 6.5's and I think a lot of them caught on to the .260 by listening to me, way back when it wasn't well known.
But some of their canny elders are afficionados of the .30-'06 and its siblings.
I note the .270 because the rifle I mention is a hunter, and the .270, despite its 'outness' for tactical cool factors, is simply far and away one of the most popular and widely available hunting cartridges on at least this continent. A lot of the folks who are immigrating into precision shooting from hunting are gonna be users, if not fans of the chambering
I note the .280 because I think it does for the '06 case what the .260 does for the .308 case. It uses the capacity with better, maybe best, efficiency. I believe it is a hugely underappreciated chambering whose day has finally arrived along with those neato 7mm cruise missiles which have finally arrived onscene in the past few.
I shouldn't have to explain the mention of the .30-'06, but I will anyway. It never stopped being the really excellent chambering it always was when Uncle Sugar jumped ship and went kookooferkokopuffs over the .308. Let's face it, the .308 was intended to replace the '06. It does, but IMHO, it's anemic by comparison. <span style="font-style: italic">Anyone</span> who owns a Garand is probably going to absolutely love this rifle spec.
.35 Whelen. Yeah. Well, if the .30-'06 isn't adequate for any North American game, the .35 Whelen securely closes that circle. My Brother uses(used, anyway) the .35 Rem for Black Bear. I would have been a lot more comfortable about the odds of his survival if he was using the .35 Whelen. Sometimes the carpenter actually needs that sledge.
None of these chamberings are truly overbore, they allow for a reasonable barrel life. None of the chamberings are redheaded stepchildren that need to be handloaded to get good ammo (I envision the .270 as primarily a hunter's cartridge). There are undoubtedly other recommendation, but these are good enough for me.
Aside from the chamberings, it's a fairly conventional LA spec. Why LA? Why not, it's not getting decent play these days, and its just as good an action length as it ever was. You like handloading into the lands <span style="font-style: italic">and</span> feeding from the mag, well a lot of the time, you're gonna want that LA after all. The suggested chamberings are simply an attempt to put that LA to full and effective use.
FFL distributer? Anyone with an FFL and a big order becomes de facto an FFL distributer. Give 'em a slice? Sure; "Thou shalt not bind the mouths of the kine who tread the grain". Half a C for two transfers, I say go for it. On a $2k purchase that amounts to a little less than 3% overhead.
Now, then; I had earlier attempted to bail out of this topic. But 'bert brought up some excellent points and questions, and deserved a worthwhile response. I do NOT want to either hijack the topic or steer the buy. I had a few less orthodox things to say and such always engenders some mild controversy. This one has. But I'd really like to step out of this now.
Greg
The cool kids are most certainly buying the SA's and the 6.5's and I think a lot of them caught on to the .260 by listening to me, way back when it wasn't well known.
But some of their canny elders are afficionados of the .30-'06 and its siblings.
I note the .270 because the rifle I mention is a hunter, and the .270, despite its 'outness' for tactical cool factors, is simply far and away one of the most popular and widely available hunting cartridges on at least this continent. A lot of the folks who are immigrating into precision shooting from hunting are gonna be users, if not fans of the chambering
I note the .280 because I think it does for the '06 case what the .260 does for the .308 case. It uses the capacity with better, maybe best, efficiency. I believe it is a hugely underappreciated chambering whose day has finally arrived along with those neato 7mm cruise missiles which have finally arrived onscene in the past few.
I shouldn't have to explain the mention of the .30-'06, but I will anyway. It never stopped being the really excellent chambering it always was when Uncle Sugar jumped ship and went kookooferkokopuffs over the .308. Let's face it, the .308 was intended to replace the '06. It does, but IMHO, it's anemic by comparison. <span style="font-style: italic">Anyone</span> who owns a Garand is probably going to absolutely love this rifle spec.
.35 Whelen. Yeah. Well, if the .30-'06 isn't adequate for any North American game, the .35 Whelen securely closes that circle. My Brother uses(used, anyway) the .35 Rem for Black Bear. I would have been a lot more comfortable about the odds of his survival if he was using the .35 Whelen. Sometimes the carpenter actually needs that sledge.
None of these chamberings are truly overbore, they allow for a reasonable barrel life. None of the chamberings are redheaded stepchildren that need to be handloaded to get good ammo (I envision the .270 as primarily a hunter's cartridge). There are undoubtedly other recommendation, but these are good enough for me.
Aside from the chamberings, it's a fairly conventional LA spec. Why LA? Why not, it's not getting decent play these days, and its just as good an action length as it ever was. You like handloading into the lands <span style="font-style: italic">and</span> feeding from the mag, well a lot of the time, you're gonna want that LA after all. The suggested chamberings are simply an attempt to put that LA to full and effective use.
FFL distributer? Anyone with an FFL and a big order becomes de facto an FFL distributer. Give 'em a slice? Sure; "Thou shalt not bind the mouths of the kine who tread the grain". Half a C for two transfers, I say go for it. On a $2k purchase that amounts to a little less than 3% overhead.
Now, then; I had earlier attempted to bail out of this topic. But 'bert brought up some excellent points and questions, and deserved a worthwhile response. I do NOT want to either hijack the topic or steer the buy. I had a few less orthodox things to say and such always engenders some mild controversy. This one has. But I'd really like to step out of this now.
Greg
