Having just purchased a fine hunting handgun, the Ruger "Super Redhawk .454 Casull", I am now looking for a rifle to carry as a scoped medium to long range firearm.
I have been tossing 4 calibers around, the .270, .308, 30/06, and 7mm mag. I have almost determined that the .308 will be the best for my needs, but I am not very familiar with the .308 round. Everyone I now that hunts in my area carries the 30/06. What do you all think, is the .308 the best choice for light brush to power line hunting conditions. I feel like the longest shot I would attempt is about 300 yards, here in Georgia there is not much more room than that, except in isolated parts of South Georgia. I am also looking at the price of ammo, and the .308 seems to be equal to less than the other 3 calibers.
The specific gun I am thinking of buying is the Ruger "All Weather Model" its stainless steel with synthetic stocks and a 22" barrel length weighing in at 7lbs. One problem I encountered is that Ruger does not make this gun with sights, only scope mounting. I really kinda felt like the gun should have open sights, but maybe its not really necessary. The price of the Ruger is $429
So what do you think?
DaHaMac
BTW I love the way the .454 Redhawk shoots, not nearly as bad on the recoil as everyone makes it out to be.
I have been tossing 4 calibers around, the .270, .308, 30/06, and 7mm mag. I have almost determined that the .308 will be the best for my needs, but I am not very familiar with the .308 round. Everyone I now that hunts in my area carries the 30/06. What do you all think, is the .308 the best choice for light brush to power line hunting conditions. I feel like the longest shot I would attempt is about 300 yards, here in Georgia there is not much more room than that, except in isolated parts of South Georgia. I am also looking at the price of ammo, and the .308 seems to be equal to less than the other 3 calibers.
The specific gun I am thinking of buying is the Ruger "All Weather Model" its stainless steel with synthetic stocks and a 22" barrel length weighing in at 7lbs. One problem I encountered is that Ruger does not make this gun with sights, only scope mounting. I really kinda felt like the gun should have open sights, but maybe its not really necessary. The price of the Ruger is $429
So what do you think?
DaHaMac
BTW I love the way the .454 Redhawk shoots, not nearly as bad on the recoil as everyone makes it out to be.