270 or 308
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One on top of two
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I swapped out my .308 and 6.5 creedmoor for a 7mm RM .. the best thing i ever did 
John Gryphon
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Ah yes the 7mm mag, have shot mine for over 40 years.I swapped out my .308 and 6.5 creedmoor for a 7mm RM .. the best thing i ever did
HonestJohn
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Always wanted an 8x68 on a vintage magnum Mauser 98 
but built into a synthetic platform for hard hitting and distance work
but built into a synthetic platform for hard hitting and distance work
Once you’ve narrowed it down to what suits your quarry, Calibre is less important than a rifle that fits you and your budget and that you can cherish and shoot consistently accurately. Variety is fun though and unless it’s a work tool, why not?
enfieldspares
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enfieldspares
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Goering was a big 8x68 fan. But I'll not post any of the several infamous videos of him at Karinhall. Instead here's one of the Kaiser shooting off sticks. So nothing new under the sun really.Always wanted an 8x68 on a vintage magnum Mauser 98
HonestJohn
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Thanks for posting the vid. It’s a cracker of a chambering.
enfieldspares
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Although the Kaiser would have been, of course, shooting something other than 8x68 as it was yet designed.
John Gryphon
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I believe that it is not much more than a .300 win mag.
Noted the high fences in the back ground. Old K fires a shot and his gunbearer then looks after the rifle...lazy old ****.
HonestJohn
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It’s 300wm with class.
MAXLISTER1987
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16inch barrel now that sounds a right punchy tool
Recon the reason had more to do with his one gammy arm. Hence the Kaiser Grip..
edi
I doubt you'd have shot so badly had you been using a 270
Could have saved yourself some embarrassment had you made a better choice of calibre
Andy Mauthe
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Maybe a custom .309 is in order?
Alhamander
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It would seem that both calibres are fine. I am currently looking to move on from a .243 and talked to a gun shop (whom I respect and who sold me the .243) and asked a). if they would take the .243 as part-exchange and b). what (.270 or .308) sold more...thus to give me a practical idea of what (in Scotland) people are actually buying/using. The reply to a). was possibly...or not...because due to the new bullet rules etc. not that many people were now looking for .243s, so fair enough...I'd quite like to keep it anyway as it's a nice SS Tikka M595. Which was all interesting. And for b). they said they sold perhaps twenty .270s for every .308. Which was again very interesting, and helpful.
I would be shooting reds, and perhaps foxes, but not too far out...say at *max* 200m and probably sub-100m. I want to make the deer drop where it is hit as much as possible. And yes, the bullet placement is king (I have taken plenty reds with the .243 so I have seen what that can do and would not be changing if it were not for the new regulations...and that fact that after a few years one becomes itchy for novelty!).
I think I just might pass the decision to the Firearms Officer (I am up for renewal and in the process now so can list the "to be acquired" calibre on the form) and let them decide if they prefer to give .270 or .308 as then the decision is out of my hands as it seems impossible to decide. I know that might elicit groans but it gets the decision made.
Oh go on...if I had to choose, I think it'd be the .308.
One thing, if I may...a few people seem to suggest that the .270 is "more fun". Why, if I might ask...? Does it go BANG in a different way?! Genuine question.
I would be shooting reds, and perhaps foxes, but not too far out...say at *max* 200m and probably sub-100m. I want to make the deer drop where it is hit as much as possible. And yes, the bullet placement is king (I have taken plenty reds with the .243 so I have seen what that can do and would not be changing if it were not for the new regulations...and that fact that after a few years one becomes itchy for novelty!).
I think I just might pass the decision to the Firearms Officer (I am up for renewal and in the process now so can list the "to be acquired" calibre on the form) and let them decide if they prefer to give .270 or .308 as then the decision is out of my hands as it seems impossible to decide. I know that might elicit groans but it gets the decision made.
Oh go on...if I had to choose, I think it'd be the .308.
One thing, if I may...a few people seem to suggest that the .270 is "more fun". Why, if I might ask...? Does it go BANG in a different way?! Genuine question.
Yes!
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