The situation in the near future will dictate a course of action (COA) or tactics, and your choice of rifles. My perspective is predicated on a remote rural forested setting with occasional mid-range shots that might exceed 700 yards. Many miles of lonely county paved roads, and dirt Forest Service roads are possible opportunities for an extended layered defense that we may need to use during a WROL situation. Bubba and the Backwoods Boys who hunt out here are a serious concern as they have been killing big game all their lives, and they could use game trails to come at us. We need to deny them entrance to our area, so they can not use the game trails. Our threats and terrain could be radically different from each other, and so should our methods differ. Thinking in terms of only two domains would be a constrictive paradigm of either this or that limits our options from the onset and may steer us toward an unfortunate end.
As an example of an impractical choice that would have bragging rights and a grin attached, I might boast that this is the rifle of my choice as it best fits what I might want in a Battle Rifle, if it could handle a high pressure cartridge and have a 1:10 twist that is ideal for .30 caliber 200 grain bullets. Check out BCA’s HUNTMASTER. This baby could give one fire superiority. Alas, it is only an ideal and a figment of my imagination. We must be pragmatic and do the best with what we got, or might have in the future.
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