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Looking to start picking up pieces for my next build. It will be used for further than 1000 and be my only big boomer. What would you choose to get to a mile without extreme barrel wear and without dropping 5 bucks a shot. I reload and am not afraid of a wildcat. Go!
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Barring extreme barrel wear and being able to go past 1k? I feel your best choice is a 7RM or a 300 WM.
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I am not overly concerned with barrel wear as i shoot a 6mm ai. It has done really well to 1000 but i have a goal of a mile.
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Well then if youre not concerned with barrel life, 30-378. Or the tried and trued .338 LM
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My new love 7mm-300win 168 Bergers!
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338 edge. I know of one for sale!
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Half right Grasshoppa....338/300 Ultra for a mile plus.....
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One of the 7mm or .30 Cal. mags..
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Looking to start picking up pieces for my next build. It will be used for further than 1000 and be my only big boomer. What would you choose to get to a mile without extreme barrel wear and without dropping 5 bucks a shot. I reload and am not afraid of a wildcat. Go!
If that is truly what it is going to be used for, then .338 Norma Magnum or .338 Lapua Magnum
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300 RUM pushing Berger 210's. Unless you are trying to poke holes in machinery, you don't need more rifle than that. Note that the US Army is going to 300win/mag, not a 338
Edit, if you ain't got a fast seven, I'd go there first. It won't hit quite as hard as a bigger/heavier 30, but it is all most of us need.
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0-1000 I would say 6.5-284.
I am not into feeding cartridges 100grs of powder a pop though. I think a standard 7mag would be reasonable too.
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I have 0-1000 covered with my 6. Thanks for the input fellas.
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If you want to keep it lean and mean, 7WSM, 9 twist, 180 VLDs.
For a heavy hitter, I'd lean toward a 300 WinMag, 30" barrel, throated for 215 or 230gr Berger.
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If you want to keep it lean and mean, 7WSM, 9 twist, 180 VLDs.
For a heavy hitter, I'd lean toward a 300 WinMag, 30" barrel, throated for 215 or 230gr Berger.
Couldn't go wrong with either. I favor the 7SAUM but I think it might not push the 180's fast enough. That brass is scarce here of late as well.
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If you want to keep it lean and mean, 7WSM, 9 twist, 180 VLDs.
For a heavy hitter, I'd lean toward a 300 WinMag, 30" barrel, throated for 215 or 230gr Berger.
Want to agree with MM but have found a fly or two in the ointment he suggests.....I Have a 7WSM 1-9" twist that refuses to shoot the 180gr VLD Berger but shot 2 world class RAM's in 2 consecutive shot's at 1285 yards and 675 yards with a 160gr Accubond last fall. 300WM......Mine wont shoot the 215 or the 230 but has killed several critters with the Berger 210gr VLD
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338LM, if you want to boost it to 338 edge status go 338LM improved. I own a 30-378,33-378 and 338RUM. I always threw my head back like a horse led to water when it came to the lapua..Then I started loading for and shooting several of my friends..They are simply a great design and the components available cant be beat..338 norma is a neat case as well, but i've never worked with one.
Lots of rounds will get you to a mile, hell even my 8 pound 7mm weatherby will do it with 162 or 168's.
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isn't a 338 edge simply a 300 rum necked up? single pass thru a 338 edge die with the expander in place?
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