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Keep waxing eloquent ala Vagina Monologue,upon your Raging Estrogen Levels,as you complete more Hurt Feeler Reports. Hint.
You Professional Victims are a riot! Hint…………
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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I have KDF brakes on my two hardest (before the brakes) kicking rifles, my .375 RUM and my .300 Wby. They came with 26" and 24" barrels which lengthened to 28" and 26" with the brakes. I've used these rifles on multiple hunts all over the world, and NEVER felt that their barrels were too long.
I have to laugh every time that I hear someone say that their 24" or 26" barrel is too long, then I see all of these hunting shows where the hunter has a 6" or 8" can on the end of their barrel making it 30" or more long.
I would NOT cut a 26" barrel down to 24" or shorter. I don’t laugh at the ridiculous length of these “canned” rifles…..I delete the show! I’m not opposed to a can, except for the government’s BS, but I’m not gonna chop 6 - 8 or more inches off of my rifle for that! A “canned” rifle looks like a ballerina in combat boots…..beyond “butt ugly” and impractically long! JMO memtb Amen..LOL I will never use a can.. Yes! You got that right fellas! No ugly things on rifles. Maybe the new fad will slow down. And hopefully the wait time will be shorter….grin.
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Agreed, no cans on a big game hunting rifle. Same here, plus they look goofy as hell.
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Snowolfe: Don't.
Trust me - just don't.
Hold into the wind
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The older I get the less I like toting around goofy long ass barreled rifles. There just isn't a reason on a hunting rifle.
I say chop 'em, they're your rifles and make them like you want them. 24" is plenty for either of those rounds.
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Have the vanguard in 300 Bee with a 24 inch barrel. It excels with R17 and 180's. 180s' at 3150 might not be the point of having a 300 Bee but I like a gun that can be carried without a dolly, does not need an ear busting brake nor kick the crap out me.
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The older I get the less I like toting around goofy long ass barreled rifles. There just isn't a reason on a hunting rifle.
I say chop 'em, they're your rifles and make them like you want them. 24" is plenty for either of those rounds. Amen Brother……24” is plenty long. In your neck of the woods…..18” to 22” usually work pretty well! memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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I’m using a 24” barrel on my 300 Weatherby Vanguard. In my experience 24 is fine to get good performance out of that caliber, mine is not braked but several in our group are - it makes a difference in target shooting accuracy without question. If you reload you already know it easily outperforms 300 Win Mags at all practical hunting yardages say under 800.
Don’t care what the idiots think about yor caliber choices but based on several elk shot with the 300 Bee the 340 seems like an “extra” gun to me. Not a bad thing at all but I’d go larger to get a different performance vs the very similar 300.
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Nothing wrong with your choices except that they are not what some of the other “gentlemen” on this site would buy.
On the matter of balance I notice the difference between 24 and 26 inch length barrels. I would cut the 300 to 24” and the 340 to 23” AND I would leave the brakes off both.
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“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away”.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Posted by Brad.
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I’m not opposed to a can, except for the government’s BS, but I’m not gonna chop 6 - 8 or more inches off of my rifle for that!
A “canned” rifle looks like a ballerina in combat boots…..beyond “butt ugly” and impractically long! JMO memtb[/quote]
Ha, I'm with you Mem! I grew up running deer with hounds in the Big Thicket South and shotguns of 30-32", 28" was a "short barrel". I like long rifle barrels, 24 is just right though. I want ALL a cartridge can give me, the limits of its design. But, thats me, only carbines I love are leverguns and M4s
Pard OP, go and have a ball! Two great calibers! One note. The Collet Accuracy Innovations die squeezes that bulge out near the belt. Weatherby factory loads typically run over 70K, but they want you to use once and throw away, ha. Hope you pile up ol Slewfoot.
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