.308 is a sissy round!
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strike-hold
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yes...?
and in a pigs eye it's a perfect world too...?
and in a pigs eye it's a perfect world too...?
Come on now, I'm not THAT mean am I? Mathnam, you must be keeping tabs on me? For the record, I think the .308 is a FINE round, how could I not! I trained with the M-14 and wound up an M-60 machine gunner when I was sent over the pond to South East Asia (Vietnam). I just happen to like the 30.06 better because I was weened on one as a youngster, and I appreciate it's versality in over the counter bullet grains and it's power. A little bit a nostalgia enters into the picture as well. 
Savage10FP308
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Dilbert...
Don't you mean .45 ACP!
Don't you mean .45 ACP!
moose
I just have to weigh in. I guess it all depends on perspective. I mean I live in Maine and have had three moose permits. My friends hate me. One I killed with a bow and two with my 308. One at 150 years with 165 sp boat tail, went about 30 years. Then other I dropped with a 150 gr boat tail, went about 20 yards. I guess the 308 does ok if you know how to shoot, were to hit them. But then maybe the gun shop owner just shoots at them with no thought where to hit them. (besides I have shot a few deer and mule deer with it and never had one go more that about 20 years. Two dropped on the spot. So seems to me there is plenty of rifle there, why over do it with a longer cartridge that does not give you much more, unless you are after griz or something. But then I would just use my 308 with 220 gr. I have a box of them in my case if I ever do.
I just have to weigh in. I guess it all depends on perspective. I mean I live in Maine and have had three moose permits. My friends hate me. One I killed with a bow and two with my 308. One at 150 years with 165 sp boat tail, went about 30 years. Then other I dropped with a 150 gr boat tail, went about 20 yards. I guess the 308 does ok if you know how to shoot, were to hit them. But then maybe the gun shop owner just shoots at them with no thought where to hit them. (besides I have shot a few deer and mule deer with it and never had one go more that about 20 years. Two dropped on the spot. So seems to me there is plenty of rifle there, why over do it with a longer cartridge that does not give you much more, unless you are after griz or something. But then I would just use my 308 with 220 gr. I have a box of them in my case if I ever do.
Tucker 1371
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I was reading a magazine dedicated to the AR15 about a year ago and it had a lengthy article on the effectiveness of the 5.56 NATO round in combat. One of the soldiers interviewed shared two separate accounts of entering houses and engaging insurgents at close ranges. On the first the soldier entered a house armed with an M4 carbine and had to expend 3 rounds to put one of the insurgents down. The second time the soldier was carrying a "CQB enhanced" M14. He shot an insurgent in the stomach and the man doubled over and was done.
BuckHammer
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Wow... this is an old thread, but since it has been resurrected, I couldn't resist...
You sure he didn't mean 7.62x39mm, which is actually used by thousands of African children? I mean, you can find plenty of pictures as evidence.
redhawk41 said:
You sure he didn't mean 7.62x39mm, which is actually used by thousands of African children? I mean, you can find plenty of pictures as evidence.
Shane Tuttle
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What good does it do to uplift a thread that's 3 years old?
MeekAndMild
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Hey don't laugh! I read something about this not too long ago! Its actually pretty cool.
Supposedly the mayor of San Francisco is having all his cops issued shun guns. They work on the fire-and-forget silent shun principle. Just point it at the bad guy, press the trigger then look away and walk off. You don't even have to arrest him, just ignore him and he'll get tired and leave after he finishes whatever he's up to.
Tucker 1371
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....?
this is a new one to me, made me laugh though
I just can't believe anyone would say that. The .308 is an exceedingly fine gun attested to by the fact that so many match shooters use them. Their accuracy is well known and their range is very good. They are ballisticly similar to the .30-06 which is definitely not a "sissy gun."