For My Own Reference: Rifle Cartridges
Friday, August 1st, 2008I’m trying to pick a rifle cartridge, and immediately thought of Kim DuToit, the Rifleman himself. Took me awhile to find the post I was thinking of, but here it is, with the comparison photo I was looking for:
This post will be updated as I find more stuff I care about. Again, for my own reference only; I’m not trying to make a point here.
(If you care, I’m looking at spending about $500 on a magazine-fed rifle suitable for fighting — although not for home defense, and not that I’m planning or hoping to get in a fight any time soon, or ever. I want the cartridge to be widely available. I don’t insist on semi-auto or huge magazine capacity. I don’t give a rat’s ass one way or the other about “tactical” styling. I think it should have iron sights, but my eyes are getting so creaky, I’m probably going to need a scope to hit anything more than 25 yards away. Right now, I’m leaning towards .30-06 or .308 Win/7.62×51 NATO.)
By the way, having invoked Kim, here’s his Basic Principles of Gun Ownership.