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What can be made of the humble .308win, an AI version with a steeper neck? I will have a 308 barrel floating around, because I want to rebarrel the rifle to 22PPC, so I though I might turn the other barrel into something different. Any suggestions? | ||
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<grin> 30-06.... jeffe | |||
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How about putting it on a milsurp action and making a 308X57 based on the 8X57?? The old mauser round is a great one, same shoulder as a 308 so accuracy potential is there in theory. Making it in a .308 would afford a much better bullet selection and it would give more powder capacity than a 308 AI. Brass could be formed from 8mm or 30-06. Thats one Ive considered myself, can you tell? For certian it wouldnt be accused of "the same thing that everyone else has". Actually if I made one it would be on the hopes that it could fire 180+ grain bullets as fast as an 06 but as accurate as a 308. Otherwise it wouldnt be much different from either one. | |||
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If you have the .308 barrel you could work with either the .300 WSM (developed from the .348 Winchester case converted from rim to rimless) or the .300 SAUM (developed from a rebated and shortened version of hte .404 Jeff case). If I was going to do a wildcat .308, I would look at the .376 Steyr case. It is based on the 9.3X64 case shortened. Or maybe I would just stick with the .300 Savage! Don't forget to go with the 10" twist over the 12" twist standard in .308s so you can use heavy bullets. I think your choice of action may dictate what you can do. jim dodd [ 04-10-2003, 02:48: Message edited by: HunterJim ] | |||
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I am planning to run a 308 reamer into a 308 chamber .210" farther and use FL444 marlin brass in a single shot break action. This will clean up the long throat,more case capacity and a rimmed cartridge. I can resize it with a 308 and a 444 for the web. Reforming is easy by annealing the cases and slowly running into a 308 die. PW | |||
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If you run a 30-06 reamer into a .308 you will have a double shoulder. You have to cut some threads off the barrel and then re-chamber.. allways check the book before doing conversions. | |||
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