Lever or bolt?

[Grouse]

you are all wrong!

















belt fed!!!!

[Sheepdog]

That's hard to argue with. Other than belt fed I would go with a bolt.

[Roverron]

The reason I was thinking .308 is that my SCAR shoots that now. I also have a 300BLK and a 5.56/.223 so I'd like to stay with those calibers rather than have to stock another caliber. .308 is easier to obtain than 300BLK but normally 223/5.56 is easy to find........normally!

[Boats]

Originally Posted by Roverron

The reason I was thinking .308 is that my SCAR shoots that now. I also have a 300BLK and a 5.56/.223 so I'd like to stay with those calibers rather than have to stock another caliber. .308 is easier to obtain than 300BLK but normally 223/5.56 is easy to find........normally!

Good thinking in my view, and exactly my thinking when I was planning my rifle purchases. Plus I wanted to reduce the kinds of reloading supplies I needed to keep on hand.

I've never been unhappy with the decision. But I'm a shooter, not a collector. You too?

Tom

[Roverron]

Originally Posted by Boats

Good thinking in my view, and exactly my thinking when I was planning my rifle purchases. Plus I wanted to reduce the kinds of reloading supplies I needed to keep on hand.

I've never been unhappy with the decision. But I'm a shooter, not a collector. You too?

Tom

Yes, although I do tend to acquire different guns rifles, like a Coonan, a USP, the SCAR, the SBR & a few others that shall go unnamed. I share with my bro and friends and we'll go together to an unnamed range that may or may not exist.
I just thought that it would be nice to add a rifle to the mix since I only have semiauto's now. So, yes I'm a shooter and a collector in a way.

[wxl]

Mainly personal preference in what YOU want. I have several bolt actions in 22 Hornet, 300 WinMag, 300 WSM, 375 H&H, 270, 416 Rigby, 7-08 and 6.8 SPC. I also like my lever actions, a 92 in 44-40 and for real hunting, a BLR in 270 and 308. both high power and flat shooting with decent accuracy (~1 1/2" groups @100 yds). A lever in a pistol caliber is a fun thing and short range hunting with terrible trajectory in 100+ distances.

Have 2 AR15 uppers in 5.56 and 4 in 6.8 SPC plus an AR10. Understand your quandary as I cannot decide what I NEED next.

[Roverron]

Originally Posted by wxl

Mainly personal preference in what YOU want. I have several bolt actions in 22 Hornet, 300 WinMag, 300 WSM, 375 H&H, 270, 416 Rigby, 7-08 and 6.8 SPC. I also like my lever actions, a 92 in 44-40 and for real hunting, a BLR in 270 and 308. both high power and flat shooting with decent accuracy (~1 1/2" groups @100 yds). A lever in a pistol caliber is a fun thing and short range hunting with terrible trajectory in 100+ distances.

Have 2 AR15 uppers in 5.56 and 4 in 6.8 SPC plus an AR10. Understand your quandary as I cannot decide what I NEED next.

Oh, what I'd like is another SBR with the fun switch on it, but that ain't happening !!

[Sheepdog]

Can you even get a lever action 308? I agree in keeping down to as few calibers as you can. I am not that familiar with levers but I think they are usually flat point bullets.

[Sheepdog]

I can vouch for the Styer Scout. Light weight, accurate(one rated hole at 200 yards, hammer forged barrels, not cheap, but outstanding firearm. 223,308, and 376 Styer.

[wxl]

Yes, lever actions in 308 that will take normal hunting boolits. In current production is the Browning Lever Action (BLR) that uses a magazine thus ability to use pointy boolits. In discontinued but available used is the Winchester 88 and 100. Think there were other discontinued models. I have both 270 and 308 in the BLR.