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A 300 is still very manageable w/o a brake, that would decide it for me as I despise them. 338L is too much of a good thing.
I also have to agree with others on the 7RM, but I'm a bit biased. I run 300s and 7RMs and can't really tell that the 300 will outdo the other. Yes, it'll chunk a larger bullet, but ballistics between the two with like bullets are too close to edge the other out. That said, less recoil wins.
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There's a considerable difference between "ding" at extended ranges and "rocking the steel" with mass and velocity!! memtb That gets lost somewhere along the way. Good point. Jerry Big difference between ringing steel and dumping critters at 600. I've done a fair amount of the first.... and very little of the second. For steel and vermin... I'll take a mid-size 6mm or 6.5mm all day. For pretty much ANY big game hunting.... be it 60 yards or 600 yards.... pass the 7 Mag please...
You better pray to the God of Skinny Punks that this wind doesn't pick up......
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For pretty much ANY big game hunting.... be it 60 yards or 600 yards.... pass the 7 Mag please... A 7mm RM is I started with bolt guns back in 1982. 20+ years later I bought a .300WM to see what i had been missing. Turned out it was only the recoil.
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A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.
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A 7mm RM is I started with bolt guns back in 1982. 20+ years later I bought a .300WM to see what i had been missing.
Turned out it was only the recoil.
Well,.......if you a 7 RM & 300 WM......... You don't miss anything. grin Jerry
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I used to be a recoil sponge but a brain injury ended THAT nonsense.
6.5's and 7's for me, for precision work anyway.
The CENTER will hold.
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How about a better set of boots so you can get closer?
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We always have these get closer comments, sometimes it ain't going to happen, hunt long enough you know!😝
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I have had both, my take is:
Good points, 338 Lapua ; wind drift, retained energy.
Bad points 300 Mag.; more wind drift.
what two projectiles did you use to determine the difference in wind-drift?
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More oomph doesn't get you anything if you cant place it...
well I don't know, some on 24CF claim bigger cals can shock animals to death. no need to even wait till they bleed out anymore. They even claim to have seen it happen!
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30-06 would do it just fine, especially if you reload.
If I were going to build something today though, it would be a 300 Norma.
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I have had both, my take is:
Good points, 338 Lapua ; wind drift, retained energy.
Bad points 300 Mag.; more wind drift.
what two projectiles did you use to determine the difference in wind-drift? In my 338 Lapua I loaded a Hornady 285 bthp at 2750 fps In the 300 Win mag I loaded a 208 Amax at 2850 fps
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The question about the intended use was never answered. That makes me wonder why the OP thinks he needs a shoulder/pocketbook wrecker.
I started off with 7 mags for years-which I really like for hunting elk. I have more and more gone back toward milder calibers for deer and antelope, but still like my 7 mags for shooting elk at the almost standard 300-yard plus ranges that my Wyoming hunts have offered me. My 7 mags are not prohibitive with recoil, or reloading costs. I don't just go out and shoot them a whole bunch, though.
For smaller critters and just fun, I have gone to my .308s and a superb .260 to take care of business.
I agree that you should try to get closer, but anybody that thinks you can always get within 300 yards, has not hunted the open hills of Wyoming very much.
You did not "seen" anything, you "saw" it. A "creek" has water in it, a "crick" is what you get in your neck. Liberals with guns are nothing but hypocrites.
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