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Thread: 308 a truely the under rated LR calibre and here is why...

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    308 a truely the under rated LR calibre and here is why...

    Sako TRG-22 with Nightforce scope | Trade Me

    So I don't really think 308 is the optimal LR option however this auction has one complete with a 12-42 NXS nightforce scope for $8400.00 - it just doesn't seem right to me - wrong calibre for the scope and rifle.

    Am I missing something here?

    In context with the forum I'm thinking about LR hunting rifles in any calibre and what else you could get with $8000-$9000?

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    Huh ?

    You're saying 308 is under rated coz someone is selling a rifle and scope on TM for a price you consider steep ?

    Not sure I understand your logic.... The heading of your post seems to say one thing and the text the opposite ?
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    If your serious then pm Kiwi Greg for that sort of coin you'll get something ready to shot that goes way out there
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    until you own a trg and a night force you wont get it.
    I have got two mates that have two trgs each 308 and 338 and i have a 338 with a nf.
    the 308 doesn't have the legs of the 338 but the 308 is devastatingly accurate when in the right hands that i have seen and when you put a krg folding stock on one it is a piece of sex
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    Wandered into a shop yesterday evening and wanted to look at a tikka T3lite in 308, they are being waited on as its a popular caliber in NZ so sold out (come back in 2~3 weeks), so NZ hunters must think well of it.

    The TRG gun well its about $8k new (incl that bipod, $1k ouch) and you can get a FTR/Palma Barnard action with Trueflight barrel for $4.5k, even base a hunting gun on the S action for 1/2 the cost of a trg, have to ask why buy a TRG...street cred? oh give me a break, what counts are the holes you make.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Garret View Post
    Sako TRG-22 with Nightforce scope | Trade Me

    So I don't really think 308 is the optimal LR option however this auction has one complete with a 12-42 NXS nightforce scope for $8400.00 - it just doesn't seem right to me - wrong calibre for the scope and rifle.

    Am I missing something here?

    In context with the forum I'm thinking about LR hunting rifles in any calibre and what else you could get with $8000-$9000?
    Not sure what you are saying, but 308 is a std caliber for that gun.

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    Quote Originally Posted by steven View Post
    Wandered into a shop yesterday evening and wanted to look at a tikka T3lite in 308, they are being waited on as its a popular caliber in NZ so sold out (come back in 2~3 weeks), so NZ hunters must think well of it.

    The TRG gun well its about $8k new (incl that bipod, $1k ouch) and you can get a FTR/Palma Barnard action with Trueflight barrel for $4.5k, even base a hunting gun on the S action for 1/2 the cost of a trg, have to ask why buy a TRG...street cred? oh give me a break, what counts are the holes you make.

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    I reiterate until you own one you wont get it
    regarding holes i am trying to figure out how to show you some holes on photobucket that might help answer your question about the reason for owning one
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    http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/u...8600yds003.jpg
    found it

    That steven is a three shot group at 600 yds next to a 3/4 inch orange dot
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    Each to their own I guess, but not my cup of tea.

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    Could buy a tikka and superslam and do that exact smae thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CreepingDeath View Post
    Could buy a tikka and superslam and do that exact smae thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by andyanimal31 View Post
    I reiterate until you own one you wont get it
    regarding holes i am trying to figure out how to show you some holes on photobucket that might help answer your question about the reason for owning one
    Cheers Andy
    http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/u...8600yds003.jpg
    found it

    That steven is a three shot group at 600 yds next to a 3/4 inch orange dot
    I don't really know you Andy but i know of your reputation. From what I have been told you could shoot solids from a shotgun better than most could any rifle so don't blame the TRG for that group
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    1/6th moa group at 600y not to be sneezed at with any rifle let alone a factory one in a cal badly affected by wind. :thumbup:

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    That is damn good shooting and I'd pay money to watch some one with a factory 308 tikka and a superslam replicate that group at 600yrds.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jakewire View Post
    That is damn good shooting and I'd pay money to watch some one with a factory 308 tikka and a superslam replicate that group at 600yrds.
    Least the superslam would take it, unlike that Zeiss

 

 

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