Would be a real hammer out of a 26 Nosler or the 6.5x300 Weatherby.
Yeah. I'm wondering if that's too much assuming one has no interest in the "long range" hunting that's become a fad recently. I fall in that camp - I don't think it's possible to ethically shoot game past about 400y - not a hard limit, but the line is somewhere around there. Seems like you'd be at risk of exceeding the 3000 ft/s recommend max impact velocity.
I'm thinking .264WM or 6.5-300WSM would be about the most you'd need to hit 3000 ft/s. Actually, that last idea is a good one - .270/.300 WSM brass isn't going anywhere, a very modern cartridge design, a one-step resize, there's a million CRF M70s in different weights to convert, and it's right at the top of the bullet velocity window. Great 1:8" barrel blanks are everywhere now with the PRS stuff. Would make a neat all-NA non-dangerous game gun. Should have less recoil and as much whallop as a 7mm RM in a lighter gun. Barrel life would not be great though...
