Any fudds here?

>>34615889
that can quickly dispatch*

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.300 Win-Mag seems to be more popular. I just use fuddy-ought-six personally.

>>34615920
Why is 30-06 so popular? I can't find reasons other than "it works" and "it's been used for 100 years". Surely there's something better by now.

>>34616057

>I can't find reasons other than "it works" and "it's been used for 100 years".
>Any fudds here?

Yes, it is just popular because it's been around for a long time.

>>34615889
>>34615920
>>34616057
270 Winchester with a 150 grain bullet offers better sectional density than what you'll find in 30 caliber. Sectional density is what gives you that deep penetration you're looking for.

>>34616082
What about 6.5x55

>>34616096
140 grain 6.5 mm is a fine bullet.

>>34616057

Because for the better part of that hundred years guns and ammo were available as cheap milsurp and even after that dried up it was so embedded in the culture as to be the benchmark by which all others were judged.

>>34616096
Won't find many guns chambered in 6.5x55 in the US. Really just tikka, sako, and cz.

.270 win is good elk medicine

>>34615889
Since when does hunting make you a fudd

>>34615889

Barret M82

>under 8lbs

Man up.

>>34616201
You have it flipped. Heavy rifles are bitch tier.

>>34615889

Highly suggest a 300wm with break on it. It turns my 9lb gun recoil into about the equivalent of my 7lb 243. It's not an expensive job for a gunsmith if you want it on an older rifle that doesn't have a break on it already and turns a big gun into a fun shooter

Don't worry about the noise, you're wearing earpro at those ranges and it's mostly to the sides anyways.

>>34615889
7mm-08 would be fine.
>>34616057
There are many "better" options depending on what you want, but it's a great do all caliber. You've got energy on par with a 7mm Rem Mag, flat trajectory, a huge array of projectiles to choose from, and factory ammunition is everywhere. You can load it for everything from blacktails to brown bear.
>>34616082
SD's in the same ball park as a 180 grain .30 cal. The .30-06 & .300WM can also be loaded with 200+ grain bullets. I dressed and skinned a 6' black bear shot with a 180 grain ballistic silvertip out of a .30-06 last fall; the bullet traversed the chest cavity and exited through the far shoulder. Blew up the top of the humerus on it's way out. Considering that the silvertip isn't even a well built bullet...