For me, there was never a fascination with the .308 round. It just so happened that the rifle I wanted was only chambered in .308. I wish it was chambered in 6.5CM or 7mm-08, either one and I'd like the rifle even more.

My criteria was that I wanted a left-hand, stainless steel, 18" barreled carbine. That left me pretty much one choice of rifle and it happened to be in .308.

Sort of the same as I recently got into 6.5 Grendel. My M&P10 will go to one of my kids or get sold. I've already taken the trigger out and the scope off.


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curious as to what rifle that was?

Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle. That it has DBM was a nice added bonus I probably hadn't spent much time thinking about. The threaded barrel may come in handy if I ever feel like dealing with our government, but now it just has a thread protector.

That 260 Tikka that Chad had put together for me is by far my favorite game rifle and caliber. No doubt I’d be just as happy if it was in 6.5CM, but I wanted it in 260. I have this great Sako in 270 that I hunted with for maybe 30 years, but now it just sits in the safe. Killed no telling how many deer with it, from 30 yards to 450 yards. I am going to HAVE to hunt with the 270 this year, but I also lied to myself last season.

I have a ruger .270 like that.

I have told myself i'll hunt with it but I never pull it out anymore. I think I hunted with it one time in the past 4-5 years.

Purely from a hunting perspective on medium sized game, I have found bullet construction to be so much more important than caliber, that I really don't give caliber much thought anymore. 243, 7-08, 270, 308, 30-06 they all work just fine with the right bullet and are equally horrible with the wrong bullet.

Don't ever trust a Gen X male that doesn't own at least one 308 Win.

Or don’t trust anyone from Dallas....

I have a Swedish Mauser in 6.5x55 that was dirt cheap, has a fantastic trigger, and seems to smoke everything I shoot with it. As unlikely as it sounds it has become my favorite rifle. I like my 30-30, 243, and 300 win mag but I love that old 6.5. I hunt with 140gr projectiles and it’s dropped several deer, bobcats, pigs, and a few coyotes.

Technically, I live in Allen.

Plus, you were banned from this thread!

For years it was a Pro Hunter, all stainless, 28" barrel cut to 24", in 243. A few months ago i bought another AR15 in 6.5 Grendel, 20" 1:8 stainless barrel.
Haven't hunted with it yet, just punched some paper but it is really growing on me. I used to think i had to have a 45-70, 7mag, 300 Winmag or 338 Winmag.
I'm done with the higher recoil stuff, have no need for it anymore. My AR15 300bo gets used now more than any mag stuff.

I hear you. I will most likely hunt with one of my 6.8 SPCs or new 224 Valkyrie. This year, no trips. I'm just hunting in East Texas where my longest shot is 150 yards.

I'm hoping the cherry 1st Gen Tikka T3 Hunter 6.5x55 with some killer wood under it, I just traded for from a guy in Great Falls will give me the same service and confidence the 1st T3 Hunter Swede I bought in 2006 did. Foolishly I swapped that one off as it was boringly accurate and produced Bang/Flop performance and DA me began looking for a new toy to start the hunt for Mo Bettah performance over again with. That rifle had the best ballance of weight and power of anything I ever shot under 300+ yards. I'm getting toooo Old for these silly games anymore.
Ron

Exactly what I’m hunting with again this year. It’s the first time I can remember fielding a rifle two years in a row. It just gets the job done.

Edit: except in left hand of course.

Well I feel like an old codger with all the flak thrown at the 308. My favorite medium game cartridge is the 30-06 running 165 and 150 grain bullets as fast as IMR4350 will push them. Always seems to work for me plus the old 03 Springfield is a lucky rifle. I shoot a lot of different rifles though and run them in a sort of rotation. The 30-06 gets the end of season hunting, it is after all a lucky rifle.

Killed a ton of stuff with 308s !
It works