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    .308 or .223???

    so i am thinking that i am going to buy a fun gun. trying to decide between going .308 or .223. like i said it will be a fun gun. I know that .223 rounds are cheaper and normally i would go that way. what is keeping me from doing that is the extra range of the .308. guy at work here tells me that his .223 starts to drastically drop at 500 yards and that is the max that he will shoot. In your opinions is the extra price of a .308 round and gun worth the extra range?? i do have access to a 3 mile shooting lane, so i would be able to use it. are there any long distance rifle ranges around?? just tossing ideas around in my head and i figure i would check with the gun guys.

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    .223 is pretty cheap to shoot but a 308 still packs a punch way out there. im actually looking at a rem 700 sts dm at gander looks alot like so. It all depends on what you want to do with it.

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    well i think it would be cool to get some people together and do some 1000 yard plinking, but if everyone has 223s it wouldn't be so fun?!?!

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    im looking for a decent .308, but most are more than im looking to spend right now.

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    .308... turning cover into concealment for over 50 years
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    Quote Originally Posted by 07ROUSHSTG3 View Post
    well i think it would be cool to get some people together and do some 1000 yard plinking, but if everyone has 223s it wouldn't be so fun?!?!
    I thought you said you wanted range???



    BTW, I'd be up for some 1000 yard plinking!!!

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    I think this is going to be my next long distance "fun gun". I've been reading a lot of good things about the 338 Lapua round.


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    338 is a monsta! lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by That_Guy View Post
    .223 is pretty cheap to shoot but a 308 still packs a punch way out there. im actually looking at a rem 700 sts dm at gander looks alot like so. It all depends on what you want to do with it.


    ive never head of an sts, only the sps? how much is gander getting for that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by lasttimearound View Post
    ive never head of an sts, only the sps? how much is gander getting for that?
    typo.. sps.. and they want 700 its at the gander off of bluemound rd

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    ive been diggin the sps (non dm's, never been a fan for some odd ass reason) or the vtr in .308. i held the desert camo (while unneeded, cool non-the-less)

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    what is a 338 round?? not familiar at all with rifles. how expensive are the rounds compared to 223? what is the range like??

    and fiveonut, i wish. this will be my first gun like this, so if i like it, that will come in time. as for some long plinking, i got the places to shoot!

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    haha, if you have to ask... you cant afford it.

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    i want to say last time i looked it was around 5-7 a squeeze?

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    ^^^
    yeah, just found one on gunbroker. a bit more than i want to spend for my first real rifle LOL!! sweet ass looking gun though.

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    People confuse large calibers as being flatter shooting, not realy.

    Larger calibers like lofting a softball will be easier to dunk, less apt to drift in wind. Take a good look at bullet drop at 300/400yrds with all calibers zeroed in at 200yrds. 223,308,30-06,338,50cal...look at all of them at 500yrds with a 200yrd zero and watch the drop.

    Flattest shooting, least likely to drift at 1000 yrds will always be 6 and 6.5mm class bullets, not 1/2" bore armor piercing car killers.
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    ive been considering the ruger 6.5 creedmoor as well, couldnt find many poeple with opinions on them...

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    my next one is gonna be a .308 0r .50

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    There's a reason why prairie dog hunters (small traget) use a 22-250 under 45gr bullet at 300yrds for a 3" target, 300WM looks cool on paper but drops 6" more at same distance.
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