Any evidence to back up that claim?

Here in Mn. Where my family hunts deer you are not going to shoot long distances. Many members in my family shoot .308's. In my opinion they are good caliber in the woods. I have taken more deer with this caliber than any others. I have also taken a few bear with no issues. Would I take it elk hunting? Maybe if I new for a fact my shots were not excessive yardage shots.

All this advise without any idea what it will be used for. Truck gun- Tikka, Hunting rifle nice enough tobe passed down-Rem 700 bdl, Really nice custom with barrel switch capabilities, Mack Bros.

You might say I’m looking for a “lob” gun. The more I read, the more it looks like the 7mmM is a better starting point. I’m not sure that’s in the budget though.

Yep. I've gone thru the quantity game and have since switched to quality.

308 is good enough for most things but personally I'm a fan of a 30-06 for a one gun do all. Wide variety of ammo choices and lots of ponies under the hood for almost anything and everything you'll find in North America. Lots of good deals on used quality guns some with quality optics.

7mm? Why is that? What is a "lob" gun? Would be a decent sniper rifle, flat shooting.

A 308 loaded with a Barnes tsx/ ttsx will take anything in Noth America. Not familiar with a " lob gun "?

Same here but I'm guessing it has something to with trajectory...as in Red Ryder BB gun.

Yep about 150gr

I think he wants to "lob" one out there.

Remington 700
Savage
Thompson Center
Or build one

If you mean long range when you say lob, I'd look at the prc calibers. Just choose how much punch you want. If your staying inside 400-500 yds 270 / 7mm rem mag.

by LOB you mean lob them out there a ways

how far you looking to shoot 3,4,500

if your going for distance the biggest issue is determining range

starting at 300 yards you have to start figuring in elevation correction basically no matter what you use
is it 6 inches or 8 makes only a little difference either puts you where you don't want to be

so a good range finder and a bunch of rounds down range figuring out your data that is where the real cost it more than just a good rifle

Still waiting on that first gun purchase.

I spent the money on something else.

how far are you looking to shoot

money has a way of doing that.

Mine are called Sauvauge'

I shot some .308s and I like that caliber. My problem is, that isn’t the only shopping I was doing. The debate came down to “how often am I gonna use it”?

And the winner was….

Is your playing that bad, that you can kill one with that?