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Old October 18, 2011, 10:58 PM   #34
Daekar
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Join Date: March 28, 2011
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I think I've dumped the idea of the Socom. Not because I wouldn't be able to get the barrel (you can have a custom Encore barrel made for ANYTHING) but because it would be more expensive, harder to find components, and less flexible in the areas that I would actually shoot most. If it were a hunting-only rifle, I'd be extra-happy about that 600gr. bullet, but since the vast majority of my shooting will be plinking and my hunting needs (whitetail inside 100 yards suppressed, more supersonic) can be served by a 350gr. bullet... the excess weight potential turned out to be just that. I'll be better served by the increased availability of bullets between 180-255 in the .452 diameter compared to the .458 for the Socom.

This is particularly nice because the 45 is flexible enough that I can just ditch the plan for a 357 altogether... why bother when I can do pretty much anything I'd planned with the 45?
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