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My 300's, all but the old H&H, are speedy recoilers, kinda rude the way they punch ya, love em though.

I don't know WHAT it was about THAT rifle. ? ? ?

I've owned several Tanger Red Pads, even one 300 WM and none were like that one.

Jerry

Now, speaking of hard fast recoil with a half a ballcap fulla powder, my 505 Gibbs with 145 grs H-4831 under a 600 gr Woodleigh solid at 2450 fps is a pure MF'er! that bitch is rude!

10-4, BTDT on a few I couldn't explain either, nice we have checkbooks to remedy those difficulties ; ]

I saw you snag that rifle and wondered what you’d do with it. My go to rifle for the past ten years or so has been a 22” M70 classic SS in a Mickey HTG. With 210TTSX’s it’s put a pile of meat on the ground and is really pleasant to shoot for a 338. I probably put 200-300 rounds a year though it on steel. It’s topped with a nxs 2.5-10x32 and consistently prints sub .75 4 shot groups. You’ve got a dandy rifle there. Almost wanted to buy it just to make another one for myself.

Thanks ykrvak, sounds like you have a nice one too, the minute I dropped this rifle in the painted stock and found a butler creek cap for the scope, I immediately thought of hunting Alaska, have a couple wraps of camo duct tape around the scope tube for the muzzle, I believe it would be right at home in the Great White North.

It certainly would be right at home here, but I’m sure you’ll find a use for it. 😉

You bet I will, a backup rifle for all conus game, or purpose carry rifle for bad weather, I've never hunted game in Alaska, but cant think of anything up there that would shake off a hit from those 250 gr A-Frames.

Those 250gr SAF should be sufficient medicine for just about anything that walks around on this side of the planet. I’ve been eyeing those 230gr eld x bullets. Might have to give those a whirl.

Well of course. How's a native Nevadan supposed to argue with that... .. I used every damn thing I could think of for blasting jack rabbits in the high desert. From a model 29-2 44 magnum, to a 12 gauge with slugs. Those slugs really make a mess of things . Of course, most times I was packing my 30-06 and a shotgun and my 44 magnum on my side. Good ol days I tell ya... Not many jacks got away..

Or honey, go grab the tractor, we got to butcher a cow pronto... Damn things walked in front of the target again..

BTDT. Didn't like it. Just like I hated a savage 110 300wm my buddy had. My arm and hand still go numb everytime I think about firing that damn thing!!!!!! Oh, it was an accurate sumbiotch, but I could only shoot it 3 times from the bench. I handed it back and said, "I'm done, you shoot it"..

Not disputing the accuracy or effectiveness of the .338 Win, but an ‘80s Winchester M70 synthetic .338 Win was the worst kicking rifle I ever owned. Also could not get it to shoot better than 3” groups either. Happy Trails

10-4 ykrvak, bet those 230 gr eld-x's will smack tight on steel and ventilate caribou and deer for the freezers with ease.

Can I get an AMEN from the back row?

LOL, ironically enough, if you look to the top of the range pic MarineHawk posted, that's dew North, on over to the East another 500 yards is where I used to take cattle that had died and do my bullet testing, after testing, you can shoot coyotes off the dead cow for two damn weeks.

Dang WAM, wish you would have had better luck with that rifle, I just got lucky with this one, I believe four factors came into play with this new rifle, it definitely likes the 250 gr SAF's, Bud done a hell of a job with the files on that crown, Smith done a hell of a job pillar, and action bedding that Tupperware stock, as well as bedding the bottom metal, and ZERO wind.

Range pic TTT, camera didn't take for the "Black Rifle Challenge" thread.

AMEN!