.308 vs. .223
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Suuuurrrrreeee rub it in that I decided to build an ar-15 instead of building a ar-10 first. 
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Won a Remington 700 SPS Tactical in .308 at the Friends of NRA dinner a month ago...then I left the country for a vacation....without ever having had a chance to fire her yet....she calls to me across the miles....Shoot Me! Shoot Me!
Be patient, my dear, I will be back....with a box of .308 ammo for you!
Be patient, my dear, I will be back....with a box of .308 ammo for you!
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The Black Rock Desert awaits your return. For the long shots.Won a Remington 700 SPS Tactical in .308 at the Friends of NRA dinner a month ago...then I left the country for a vacation....without ever having had a chance to fire her yet....she calls to me across the miles....Shoot Me! Shoot Me!
Be patient, my dear, I will be back....with a box of .308 ammo for you!
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Wish I could get that lucky. That's a great rifle, we use the 700P set up similar to the M24. It's a heavy sucker, but man what a tack driver.Won a Remington 700 SPS Tactical in .308 at the Friends of NRA dinner a month ago...then I left the country for a vacation....without ever having had a chance to fire her yet....she calls to me across the miles....Shoot Me! Shoot Me!
Be patient, my dear, I will be back....with a box of .308 ammo for you!
I'd love to get my hands on a 5R.
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I'm posting this having just recently purchased an AR15 because I had to have one and felt it is THE American rifle. I'm not putting the.223 down I love shooting it. I just had never compared them that close. I may have to pull a few more calibers.
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Great round. and the 700 is one of my "dream" rifles.
But for a battle rifle, ammo is king. If i can carry more rounds in the same amount of weight, then I'm going with the .223.
For some reason, I thought that is one of the reasons why the .223 was selected as the caliber of choice. I know there were several studies done on .223 vs 7x62. I must of have 10 or 11 when I read them. (a long time ago).
I read a lot when i was kid. What can I say.
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But for a battle rifle, ammo is king. If i can carry more rounds in the same amount of weight, then I'm going with the .223.
For some reason, I thought that is one of the reasons why the .223 was selected as the caliber of choice. I know there were several studies done on .223 vs 7x62. I must of have 10 or 11 when I read them. (a long time ago).
I read a lot when i was kid. What can I say.
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I don't know if this is true but I swear I read that the .308 was developed as the caliber of choice for our snipers in Vietnam? Can anyone verify or debunk that?
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Can I wait for Burning Man? That way I will have a lotta moving targets?
Heh-heh-heh (evil laugh)
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May just be more gun world legend, but I've read many times that the m16 and consequently the 5.56 (or vice versa) came to replace the m14 because the military wanted soldiers and marines to be able to carry alot more ammo. I think 11lbs is 330rds of 5.56 vs 140rds of 7.62x51, that's a heck of a difference.
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The .308 is the most common sniper rifle round: http://www.snipercentral.com/308.htm
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I've read that the 168gr was, but not the 7.62x51 in general, it was in service years before vietnam
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.308 was originally a hunting round from what I remember.
that's what happens when you read too much. Filing system doesn't improve with age and all the articles you read in the past start to run together.
BURNING MAN, eh?
I've wanted to go work "security" there for a while. Interesting cross section of folks....
that's what happens when you read too much. Filing system doesn't improve with age and all the articles you read in the past start to run together.
BURNING MAN, eh?
I've wanted to go work "security" there for a while. Interesting cross section of folks....
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Heh!
Two years ago at the same FNRA dinner I won a Ruger Mini-14 Tactical in black poly furniture with collapsing and folding stock. My daughter also won a steel plate self-resetting target (a mini duelling tree) good for up to .44Mag.
Last year all I got was an NRA-logoed knife set, but pretty cool still!
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I go to D.U. dinners all the time and buy every firearm raffle ticket I meet, but I never win anything
A few years ago at a DU dinner there was one guy who won (I think) 4 or the 7 or 8 firearms that were raffled off. He barely escaped the lynch mob
A few years ago at a DU dinner there was one guy who won (I think) 4 or the 7 or 8 firearms that were raffled off. He barely escaped the lynch mob
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you put it mildly!.308 was originally a hunting round from what I remember.
that's what happens when you read too much. Filing system doesn't improve with age and all the articles you read in the past start to run together.
BURNING MAN, eh?
I've wanted to go work "security" there for a while. Interesting cross section of folks....
and, oh yes, lotsa choices for moving targets.... tee-hee
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