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 Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
[Re: J.G.]
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09/06/11 12:34 PM
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Nasty Canasta
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
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09/06/11 01:16 PM
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NTXBowfisher
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30-06 w/ 14x or better or if your an AR guy go w/ 6.8spc
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
[Re: NTXBowfisher]
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09/06/11 03:46 PM
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Winchester M70 Featherweight 7mag or Remington CDL 700 7mag w/a Zeiss 4-16x50 scope w/ill. reticle. IDK if this particular scope even exists but it sure would be 1 VERY awesome scope if it does!
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
[Re: J.G.]
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09/06/11 04:24 PM
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Jim Davis
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I'd have to say .308 and a 4x12 scope. You can handload light weights for varmints and heavy loads for elk. Ammo will never be a problem to find for it.
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
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09/06/11 04:38 PM
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stxranchman
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270 with 4.5-14 Zeiss or 3/3.5-18 Swarovski is my go to choice. Killed anything from varmits to hogs to Whitetail to Mule Deer to Red Stags with it.
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
[Re: Jim Davis]
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09/06/11 04:39 PM
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Chopped54
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For life, 7-08 or 25-06
Scope is going to be all relative to budget.
Wealth is of the heart and mind and not of the pocket
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
[Re: Bud1]
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09/06/11 04:39 PM
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270 and 3x9 has worked so far.
Why not make this loads of fun and ask for gun/scope make/model? haha.
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
[Re: robarosa]
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09/06/11 04:48 PM
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sig226fan (Rguns.com)
duck & cover
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308, Leupold Mk 4 LR/T 4-14x Mil-dot
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
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09/06/11 04:53 PM
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Jim Davis
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If money was no object and ammo availability was not an issue, barrett m82A1 in .416 barrett, nightforce 5.5x22 with BORS system.
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
[Re: Nasty Canasta]
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09/06/11 05:04 PM
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Just one? The same rig I use 90% of the time. Savage .270 and a Leupold VXII 3x9.
ODERINT DUM METUANT
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
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09/06/11 05:13 PM
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Chopped54
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Money no object Blaser in 7-08 and S&B Zenith 3x12
Wealth is of the heart and mind and not of the pocket
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
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09/06/11 05:18 PM
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
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09/06/11 06:02 PM
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I'm also a 300 winmag fan. But I'm torn. For me it would be a Remington 700 in .308 or .300 winmag. With either the SWFA SS 5-20X50 or the Vortex Razor 5-20x50 . I love both of these optics, very easy to use both for ranging and the glass quality is superb.
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
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09/08/11 02:15 AM
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
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09/08/11 02:20 AM
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Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, b/c they know not victory nor defeat"- #26 TR
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
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09/08/11 10:45 PM
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bigjohn
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Originally Posted By: bill oxner
You need professional help, not help from some truck driver on this forum.
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
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09/08/11 11:02 PM
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
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09/09/11 12:45 AM
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dee
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"A vote is like a rifle; it's usefulness depends on the character of the user" Theodore Roosevelt
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
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09/10/11 02:27 AM
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I'm going with Jack on this one. 270.
Personally, I prefer a Leupy FX3 6 power with the ballistic reticle.
Thought for the day: Ducks were almost hunted to extinction long before camo was invented.
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
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09/10/11 05:41 AM
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IMO, if I can't kill it with a .270, I really don't need to be shooting at it in the first place. Of course, the same can be said about almost all calibers if conditions are right. My current favorite is a Mod. 70 in .270 Win. wearing a Sightron SI 3x9x40 that will be upgraded to a 4x16x? in the near future.
Old age ain't for sissies!
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
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09/10/11 06:15 AM
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
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09/11/11 04:20 PM
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Re: Best all around caliber and scope?
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09/12/11 02:17 AM
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I like the rem 2 3/4" Sabot slug with a rifled barrel an just plain dead form 20ft to 200 yrd's .I never wondered if they were hit or no, just go pick-um-up.
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