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Want to get an all purpose rifle. Suggestions?
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Budget would be $600 max including scope
Ammo availability and cost needs to be a consideration.
Always liked the 260, but ammo is pretty scare from what I've seen.Last edited by cuttingedge; 10-23-2017, 07:43 PM.
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.243 would be a great option but if I had to only buy one and lived in Colorado where elk could be on the menu I would get a .25-06. Tame enough to be pleasant to shoot and can find ammo easily enough and at decent prices. With a decent enough bullet selection to be able to hunt everything in Colorado
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Originally posted by Humper View Post30.06..... multiple bullet weights from 125 to over 200 grains will get you varmits up to elk. Factory ammo is readily available. Remington 700 is a classic.
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I've always recommended the .308. So many different rounds for it and shoots flat at long distance. Can kill most anything with it. Go varmint hunting with light loads or go heavy loads and kill deer/elk or bigger. Great round. Also love my .280. Awesome round
But I'll say my interest is very peaked with the 6.5 Creedmoor. Sounds like an awesome optionLast edited by mdnabors; 10-23-2017, 08:47 PM.
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I love the .243! Great round, I've killed several deer and a handful of other varmits with explosive results, but for an all purpose, I think the .25-06 gets the nod. 85 grain at 3350 fps to demolish some varmits to 120 grain at 3000 fps for bigger critters. And nice selection of factory ammo.
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