Originally Posted by rugerdiggs
I hope to be hunting south of Carbondale CO, looks elevation goes from 7500ish to 10,000+ in a hurry in places. May have found some 200gr accubonds, if I do I will see what kind of accuracy I can ring out of them with my 30-06 and 300wm. My 30-06 is the twin to "Coyote Hunter" mine is wearing a burris, his may be also. Its a fairly light rig and has harvested many whitetail. I have a 300wm in the same gun and in a sendero, will see how they like them also. The sendero I have are not mountain gun material but if we are on horseback maybe. Thanks for all the input.



rugerdiggs -

It sounds like we have matching sets of twins with the .300WM and .30-06.

Left to right:
.338WM, Burris Fullfield II 3-9x w/ Ballistic Plex reticle
.300WM, Burris Fullfield II 3-9x w/ Ballistic Plex reticle
.30-06, Burris Fullfield II 4.5-14x w/ Ballistic Plex reticle

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The blued .300WM is a factory configuration. Apparently no one wanted it and I got it NIB on closeout at Sportsmans Warehouse in 2003 - I couldn't pass up on the $375 price. The stainless .30-06 was made in 2001 and I got it in 2010. It was gently used and came in a laminate stock, which I replaced (but kept). That one cost me $480. (My wife liked the stainless/laminate look and twisted my arm. smile ) The .338WM started out as a naked action manufactured in 1994 that I purchased in 2009 or 2010. It received a barrel Cariboujack wasn't using and a new boat-paddle stock purchased from gunpartscorp.com. Between the three rifles they've taken 5 elk in 5 hunting trips.

In 2010 I took the .300WM and .30-06 to the range for a final scope check. After a couple shots each at 100 yards I went to the long range where I proceeded to kill 5 clay pigeons at 600 yards with 2 shots from one and 3 shots with the other. (After which I quit while I was ahead.) The elk in my post above was from a few days later.

If only they were more accurate... smile

Bullets used for the elk were:

.338WM, 225g Nosler AccuBond (2 elk)
.300WM, 180g North Fork SS and 180g Barnes MRX (2 elk)
.30-06, 150g Nosler AccuBond (1 elk)

Prior to the shot I was a little leery of using the 150g AccuBond. Needlessly so - it was a bang-thud.

Good luck on your hunt.



Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!

No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.

A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.