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by The Annoyed Man
Thu Jun 06, 2024 10:10 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Best Choice for non-semiautos in case of TEOTWAWKI
Replies: 10
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Re: Best Choice for non-semiautos in case of TEOTWAWKI

I saw a YouTube video once of a guy ringing a 1 MOA steel plate at 1,000 yards with a Henry Long Ranger Express rifle in .223/5.56 NATO shooting match ammo. It feeds from a removable box magazine, and has a 1:9 twist 16.5" free-floated barrel with what looks like a medium contour. The barrel is also threaded for a suppressor.
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There’s a lot to like in that rifle if you want a lever action rifle that is capable of considerable accuracy in an easily available reasonably priced chambering.

I agree with others here that 6.5 Creedmor is a better long range round than .308, but .308 is still a pretty good round out past 800 yards, and it is pretty commonly available. The retired MARSOC scout sniper who trained me told me he’d had a kill at 1,300 yards in Afghanistan with a bolt action .308, but that’s at the very outside edge of the envelope for that cartridge, and it takes a very special talent to be able to do that. Personally, I was good for 800 with pretty decent accuracy. But the truth is that, unless you’re deliberately trying to assassinate someone, you can just as easily walk away from a threat that is 800 yards out as shoot them….just shy of a half mile away. Be advised that an accurate 800+ yard .308 bolt action is going to be pricier than a run of the mill hunting rifle.

Until 6.5 Creedmoor becomes as prevalent in both civilian and military use as .308, you’d want to be able to reload for the 6.5 to keep your costs down and ammo supply up. It’s not a bad idea to reload for .308 too (my very best results, superior to Federal Gold Medal Match in my rifle, is with a handload), but until your ready to invest in that, good commercial .308 ammo is readily available.

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