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Hello everyone!Im looking to buy a hunting rifle. So far Savage 11/111 due to great price/quality. Trying to choose in which caliber. Oh boy. Im considering this calibers:308 win 25$270 win 24$ 30-06 35$7mm rem mag 37$300 win mag 33$6.5 Creedmoor???Looking for this rifle to take longer range shots. Thats why more into long action and mags. Eventually want to get lever action in 30-30 for closer range. Any suggestions on rifle and caliber? Thoughts? Thx!
"I'm only gonna buy one so I gotta buy the one thats going to last me forever and do everything"Did you some how got my dairy LOL
Everyones jumping on the magnum bandwagon, and magnums are great once you have really established the fundamentals of shooting. Thing is, most people go out and buy the biggest thing they can for their first gun because "I'm only gonna buy one so I gotta buy the one thats going to last me forever and do everything" or something along those lines. You will buy more guns later on. If this is your first centerfire, starting with a magnum has a huge chance of giving you a flinch. Hell, you can develop a flinch shooting 243 for that matter. It doesn't matter how insensitive you are to recoil.People also overestimate the amount of gun they need for animals. Sure, if you're hunting moose or elk buy a bigger caliber... for anything else hunt-able in Washington, you can go read tons of anecdotes on the smaller guns taking game just as effectively.
Talking about long range shots i mean up to 500-600 yards hunting and up to 1000 yards target/steel shooting.I知 not planning to compete with this rifle so i will no cycle thru lots of ammo.
If you plan to shoot at game at 500+ yards, I would suggest that you will want to cycle through lots of ammo to become proficient. That's a long poke.
But since you said you're going to shoot a lot, get 308, it's cheap, effective, and powerful enough to kill anything here in medium range (long ranges also, with good shot placement). Just learn how to shoot accurately and you won't need a magnum. Precision beats power, all day every day!