lefty315
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Don't think of it as overlap, think of it as a backup that will do the same. If you use that philosophy you may find you need to buy a few more rifles. :grin:
Does "Overlap" bother you?
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DrMike
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- Nov 8, 2006
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Mark,
I try not to purchase the same calibre, either. It is obvious that I'm not very successful in this endeavour.
Greg Nolan
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- Nov 25, 2004
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1. Overlap is healthy because It fulfills my need for security. What if one brakes?
2. I can buy fewer caliber bullets.
3. It gives me a point of comparison between the two types of guns.
3. It's kind of like a fat layer. If times get really tough I can live off my excess.
4. If my conscious bothers me about the "Heartbreak of overlap" I can divest myself of the shameful excess. Of course now I have to deal with "Rifle deficiency anemia" :shock:
The only known cure is administered my the likes of "Gunbroker.com". :wink:
5. It's not really overlap if they have different colored stocks or scopes or slings, is it? :twisted:
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2. I can buy fewer caliber bullets.
3. It gives me a point of comparison between the two types of guns.
3. It's kind of like a fat layer. If times get really tough I can live off my excess.
4. If my conscious bothers me about the "Heartbreak of overlap" I can divest myself of the shameful excess. Of course now I have to deal with "Rifle deficiency anemia" :shock:
The only known cure is administered my the likes of "Gunbroker.com". :wink:
5. It's not really overlap if they have different colored stocks or scopes or slings, is it? :twisted:
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DrMike
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Truly an analytical response. This is a thing of beauty! :mrgreen:
Lefteyedom
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They are not "over lapping" rifles, they are would be loaners....;}
I own 3, 308 win.
A M-24 clone, a Mauser with a 20" barrel and a left handed savage 110 with a 18" barrel.
I own 3, 308 win.
A M-24 clone, a Mauser with a 20" barrel and a left handed savage 110 with a 18" barrel.
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Anonymous
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Let's face it... most of the plethora of cartridges between 6mm and .30cal perform so similarly in the field on average game critters at average ranges that from a practical standpoint most of us have considerable "overlap" with only a couple of rifles, but it doesn't bother me a bit. Every critter I've shot for the last ten years would be just as dead with any of several dozen different cartridges but variety is the spice of life I guess.
That said I seem to have had a proliferation of .30cal rifles.
That said I seem to have had a proliferation of .30cal rifles.
taylorce1
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- Jun 3, 2007
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Hell POP I love overlap! Lets see I've got:
.204 Ruger, .223 Rem X 2, 6X47 Rem, .243 Win X 2, .25-06 Rem, 6.5x55, .270 Win, .30-30 Win X2, .30-40 Krag, .300 Savage, .30-06 X 2, .300 H&H, .303 British, 8x57, 8mm-06, .338-06, .358 Win, .35 Whelen, .375 JDJ, and .375 Ruger.
Can't imagine there is a gap there that needs to be filled, and I've got a ton of cartridges I run that are similar in performance. I've tried to thin the herd but can't the only rifles in cartridges I've tried I wound up selling off: 7mm-08, .280 Rem, .280 GNR, and 7mm Rem Mag. Cartridges I still want to try: .17 Fireball, .20 Practical, .250 Savage, .257 Roberts, 6.5 Creedmore, 6.8 Rem Spc, 9.3X57 & 62, and .458 Win. I usually pick just one rifle that I'm going to hunt with a year and work with it pretty much exclusively, this year I hunted pronghorn with the 6x47 and deer with the .25-06, didn't draw an elk tag. Hopefully going back to AK for bear next spring thinking the .375 JDJ might get the nod this time.
.204 Ruger, .223 Rem X 2, 6X47 Rem, .243 Win X 2, .25-06 Rem, 6.5x55, .270 Win, .30-30 Win X2, .30-40 Krag, .300 Savage, .30-06 X 2, .300 H&H, .303 British, 8x57, 8mm-06, .338-06, .358 Win, .35 Whelen, .375 JDJ, and .375 Ruger.
Can't imagine there is a gap there that needs to be filled, and I've got a ton of cartridges I run that are similar in performance. I've tried to thin the herd but can't the only rifles in cartridges I've tried I wound up selling off: 7mm-08, .280 Rem, .280 GNR, and 7mm Rem Mag. Cartridges I still want to try: .17 Fireball, .20 Practical, .250 Savage, .257 Roberts, 6.5 Creedmore, 6.8 Rem Spc, 9.3X57 & 62, and .458 Win. I usually pick just one rifle that I'm going to hunt with a year and work with it pretty much exclusively, this year I hunted pronghorn with the 6x47 and deer with the .25-06, didn't draw an elk tag. Hopefully going back to AK for bear next spring thinking the .375 JDJ might get the nod this time.
remingtonman_25_06
Handloader
- Nov 17, 2005
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Yep drives me nuts because you can only shoot 1 at a time and you always have your favorite and the others just seem to sit around a bunch.
I've got what I need to cover what I hunt and shoot to my desire in a 222, 243, 264 WM, and 338 EDGE. I've switched around quite a bit over the years, but I always seem to not have much overlap. I usually have a specific
The 6mm, 6.5mm, and 338 are all great for LR shooting because of there BCs.
If I had to, I could do without the 222 and 243 and just have a 2 gun battery in a 25-06 or 264 WM for coyotes/deer, and my 338 EDGE for elk/bear. But everyone really needs a short range varmint/squirrel rifle in a 222 or 223 flavor.
Dont make much sense to me to have 2 of the same calibers, or even close in performance, unless of course your made of money...
I've got what I need to cover what I hunt and shoot to my desire in a 222, 243, 264 WM, and 338 EDGE. I've switched around quite a bit over the years, but I always seem to not have much overlap. I usually have a specific
The 6mm, 6.5mm, and 338 are all great for LR shooting because of there BCs.
If I had to, I could do without the 222 and 243 and just have a 2 gun battery in a 25-06 or 264 WM for coyotes/deer, and my 338 EDGE for elk/bear. But everyone really needs a short range varmint/squirrel rifle in a 222 or 223 flavor.
Dont make much sense to me to have 2 of the same calibers, or even close in performance, unless of course your made of money...
taylorce1
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- Jun 3, 2007
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Elkman":16ut4cbp said:
I'm looking hard at .17 Fireball barrel for on of my Stevens 200 rifles I have. I've got one that is just an action in my safe that I picke up. It might get made into a 17, or the .20 Pracitcal still up in the air on that one.
Richracer1
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- May 12, 2005
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Probably why I haven't bought a rifle in a while. I can't justify spending the money for a rifle that won't satisfy a need vs a desire to have.
My list: 204, 223, 243, 270WSM, 7RUM, 300 Sav, 308 Win, 30-06, 300RUM, 338WM, 338RUM, 375RUM.
My list: 204, 223, 243, 270WSM, 7RUM, 300 Sav, 308 Win, 30-06, 300RUM, 338WM, 338RUM, 375RUM.
I can't say that I have much overlap, but they are pretty close. I have a 223 AI and a 22-250AI, 1 is 7 lbs and the other 11, no guessing which gets more use! The lighter 20" 223AI of course.
Other than that I am down to my 257 wby vanguard, 264 savage heavy barrel that I am trying to sell because my 6.5 RUM is finished and just waiting for the stock, a 308 Parker Hale that I bought for really cheap that is in the mail, a T3 tactical 300 win and a Rem 700 SPS 300 RUM.
Of these, I primarily use the 223 AI, 257 wby and if hunting something bigger than WT the 300 RUM. I could survive with just those 3 very easily, but the 22-250 AI and 6.5 RUM hopefully will get enough range time to justify thier existence. I do have a couple barrel blanks slowly making their way to me, but that may be awhile. oh yeah and a 44 Ruger semi from the 60's with a .15-4.5 bushnell in tipoff mounts.
JT.
Other than that I am down to my 257 wby vanguard, 264 savage heavy barrel that I am trying to sell because my 6.5 RUM is finished and just waiting for the stock, a 308 Parker Hale that I bought for really cheap that is in the mail, a T3 tactical 300 win and a Rem 700 SPS 300 RUM.
Of these, I primarily use the 223 AI, 257 wby and if hunting something bigger than WT the 300 RUM. I could survive with just those 3 very easily, but the 22-250 AI and 6.5 RUM hopefully will get enough range time to justify thier existence. I do have a couple barrel blanks slowly making their way to me, but that may be awhile. oh yeah and a 44 Ruger semi from the 60's with a .15-4.5 bushnell in tipoff mounts.
JT.
