legalities to change from 6.5x55 to 7mm08?

clivej

bunny shooter wrote: »

Ya hope to shoot in and organise fox shoot and race over to VCRAI shoot then

What are my chances?

I love a MOVING target.

bunny shooter

clivej wrote: »

I love a MOVING target.

:eek:

BryanL

Resurrecting and old thread to ask if anyone knows who stocks 7mm08? and just out of general interest who do people find to best for variety of ammo stock?
Thanks B

cookimonster

Gun shop in Finglas Sportsman.ie and Ballistech
https://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.ballistech.ie/&ved=2ahUKEwjY47Kx8LrcAhVGB8AKHcXHChsQFjAAegQICBAD&usg=AOvVaw03yFXgL9aDqJMnwgh7yaWQ

BryanL

That's a great help. Thanks

gunny123

Why not just buy a .308 ? You can get ammo anywhere, everyone makes it, in all sorts of weights, you can buy milsurp fmj for plinking very cheaply. The only reason for the 7-08 was it could be used in countries and states where ownership of military calibered rifles was forbidden.

BryanL

One reason not to buy a .308, is having shot deer with .270, .308, 6.5x55, .243, 300 win mag, 25-06 and 7mm08, I much preferred the 7mm08 and the Swede(with reloads).
That's got to count for something?

7-08 is better in the wind, which is the hardest thing to judge when hunting, and less recoil, but not much good if you can't buy ammo, so yeah most likely I'll go with a .308

It's a pity calibre choice in Ireland has to be limited by availability of ammo. Variety is nice.

gunny123

The 6.5 creedmoor seems to be getting extremely popular from what i have seen of it. Don't know much about it really but might be interesting if you can get the ammo.

But thats the major issue in ireland, getting the ammo. Which is why personally i stick with more common rounds like the .308, i would like a .30-06 but cannot justify buying one just now.

cookimonster

Who needs justification to buy a 30-06..... I've already convinced myself, now I just need to find the pennies, lots of pennies...

Grizzly 45

.308 isn't exactly cheap ammo here either. Just paid 75 euros[inc in that VAT & shipping] for 50 rounds of Hornaday steel match paper puncher.Cheapest I could find online.1.50 a round:(

gunny123

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

.308 isn't exactly cheap ammo here either. Just paid 75 euros[inc in that VAT & shipping] for 50 rounds of Hornaday steel match paper puncher.Cheapest I could find online.1.50 a round:(

Yeah its daft. I don't know though, maybe if there was some way to reuse some of the components, like the brass, to reduce the cost. But thats just dreaming :mad:.

The pigeon man

At €1.50 a shot I would find it painful to pull the trigger. That's why I like the 22 lr, there's a great selection of ammo and it's very cheap to shoot.

Obviously the. 308 would have far greater ballistic capabilities but it comes at a huge cost.

gunny123

The pigeon man wrote: »

At €1.50 a shot I would find it painful to pull the trigger. That's why I like the 22 lr, there's a great selection of ammo and it's very cheap to shoot.

Obviously the. 308 would have far greater ballistic capabilities but it comes at a huge cost.

Huge cost ? 30r blaser ammo is something like 6 yoyos a bang and the heavy game calibres up to the 20 quid mark +.

But at least you can buy the .308 ammo, its on dealers shelves, the lesser used calibres can be a nightmare to find.

Grizzly 45

gunny123 wrote: »

Yeah its daft. I don't know though, maybe if there was some way to reuse some of the components, like the brass, to reduce the cost. But thats just dreaming :mad:.

Steel casings.ASFIK unreloadable.