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Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:38 pm
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It's all going to hell--nuclear holocaust, zombie uprising, alien invaders, whatever it is you can only bring one rifle when you get the hell out of dodge. Do you pick the one in .308 or 30-06?
Since this is hypothetical, don't base your decision on what you have in real life. Say you have a rifle in .308 and 30-06 and the same number of rounds for both, which would you bring. Now feel free to nominate another caliber if you think it's superior, like 7mm, 8mm Mauser, 7.62x54R, .300 Win. Magnum, whatever.
Also, first topic!
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Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:31 pm
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Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:28 am
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Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:11 pm
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 2:19 am
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 6:45 pm
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Fresnel Ah lieks mah .223. It's extremely common, and the parts for an AR are easily found too. It's also not as dirty as people say. Not to mention I could just gank a STANAG from anywhere and use the ammo in it. It's small, it's light, capacity is large, and a single decent shot could drop anything short of a bear.
I don't have a lot of praise for the .223, but I'm not detractor of it, either. Still, I have to bring up that "a single decent shot" isn't always and usually isn't possible. I mean, if it was all about single decent shots, we'd all be using .22s as carry pieces.
.223 is light and cheap and adequete, though. I will say that. Hollow point heavier bullets are available for it that can make it more effective in close encounters where you can't make that single, decent shot.
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 7:15 pm
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ArmasTermin Fresnel Ah lieks mah .223. It's extremely common, and the parts for an AR are easily found too. It's also not as dirty as people say. Not to mention I could just gank a STANAG from anywhere and use the ammo in it. It's small, it's light, capacity is large, and a single decent shot could drop anything short of a bear. I don't have a lot of praise for the .223, but I'm not detractor of it, either. Still, I have to bring up that "a single decent shot" isn't always and usually isn't possible. I mean, if it was all about single decent shots, we'd all be using .22s as carry pieces. .223 is light and cheap and adequete, though. I will say that. Hollow point heavier bullets are available for it that can make it more effective in close encounters where you can't make that single, decent shot. I realize I have quite a bit of marksmanship training, but the only time I've fired my AR at a living creature I hit a coyote at about 100 yards from offhand with a steel-cored round and an imperfectly-sighted scope while experiencing a good dollop of buck fever. It went straight through its heart and probably both lungs, dropping it more or less where it stood. A standard NATO ball round at 55 grains is suitable out to about 300 yards. A 62 grain SS109 could be extended to 500 or 600. A heavy, match-grade 90 grain bullet can be pushed out to 1000 yards, and I know people who do so, shooting competitions at well over the effective service range of their rifle.
And it's extremely common ammo with low recoil. If you can't get a single decent shot, triple-taps are easy and affordable.
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Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 11:42 am
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 9:49 pm
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 8:39 am
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 12:03 pm
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:32 pm
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Barru I shot a squirrel straight through the heart with my .22. It was running up a branch going from tree to tree, I had a bead on it, followed and when it stopped. Blammo. It went backwards and dropped off the tree falling about 50 or so feet, never even twitched. Insta-kill. I looked at it and there were blood spurts or droplets on the leaves in a near straight angle from where I shot it. Excellent display of marksmanship if I do say so myself... I'm impressed. Usually nothing short of decapitating a rodent will make it stop. I've seriously shot them in the head and they run away, think about it, then drop dead.
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Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 5:54 am
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Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 6:11 am
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Fresnel Barru I shot a squirrel straight through the heart with my .22. It was running up a branch going from tree to tree, I had a bead on it, followed and when it stopped. Blammo. It went backwards and dropped off the tree falling about 50 or so feet, never even twitched. Insta-kill. I looked at it and there were blood spurts or droplets on the leaves in a near straight angle from where I shot it. Excellent display of marksmanship if I do say so myself... I'm impressed. Usually nothing short of decapitating a rodent will make it stop. I've seriously shot them in the head and they run away, think about it, then drop dead.
Wow, they're that hardy? damn.
I've shot one in the gut before, didn't try to I just jerked a bit when making the shot. It rolled over, skittered a bit and then died.
Perhaps it's you that has radioactive super squirrels.
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