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My 72 year old hunting partner did the same thing this year. Went from a 300 to a 280... much lighter rifle. We shall see what he thinks of it. Dang Scotty. Send him my way, I'll let him shoot some of my 6.5 creedmoor rifles. He may like those even more than the 280... Just sayin.. Oh, and on the topic of 300 wby magnum rifles. There was a guy selling his at a local site I frequent and in his ad, it read push feed model 70. In his pictures, it was a classic CRF. He only wanted $550.00 for it. I told him that the rifle pictured was a CRF. He took the listing off right after I told him. Hell, I would have bought the rifle, but honestly he didn't even know what he had... That classic 300wby is a rare bird and worth far more than his asking price... I can relate to the op though. I sold my sporter m1917 300WBY and have regrets.... I still save my die set, just in case I run across the perfect 300wby again.. I picked up a xtr sporter in a 300 Weatherby for $400 and it came with a leupold vx11c. Anyhow rifle is getting cerakoted sniper gray. The floor plate was off a stainless classic. So said screw it cerakote it, then bed it and go shoot it. Far as the classics in the Weatherby calibers, from what I gathered/read they made the 270 and 300 Weatherby on a 1 yr production run. I had a classic in the 270 Weatherby, my buddy wanted it more than me so I sold it to him.. the stainless classic in the 300 Weatherby is a rare one, they said the 270 Weatherby was made in stainless as well. I never seen one.
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.
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My .300's would be the last to go.. Thinking of getting just one more!!!
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You could have loaded it down a bit. I have two Kleinguenther 300 Weatherby’s. I load them down to shoot a 150 Barnes at 3000 fps. Not bad to shoot at all. This humors me. My 308 load runs 2900 fps with 48.5 gr of powder.
"I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country."
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Not me. I'm sure my son or somebody will enjoy mine after I go. That is the last rifle I will ever part with. Taken 17 head of African game with it..
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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You could have loaded it down a bit. I have two Kleinguenther 300 Weatherby’s. I load them down to shoot a 150 Barnes at 3000 fps. Not bad to shoot at all. This humors me. My 308 load runs 2900 fps with 48.5 gr of powder. So does mine
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Not me. I'm sure my son or somebody will enjoy mine after I go. That is the last rifle I will ever part with. Taken 17 head of African game with it.. jorge, I took my .300 Wby to Africa on my first safari, and it performed perfectly on 2 Gemsbok, a greater Kudu, a Hartmann's Mountain Zebra, and Warthog. On several subsequent safaris, I have used a 7x57, a .30-06, my Mathews bow, and a .375 Ruger, all with equally perfect results. Next trip over will be to finish off my 'Tiny Ten' slam, using either a .223 or a .22 Hornet. I, too, have a 'last rifle I will ever part with', but the .300 wasn't one of them!
I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave....
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My 72 year old hunting partner did the same thing this year. Went from a 300 to a 280... much lighter rifle. We shall see what he thinks of it. Dang Scotty. Send him my way, I'll let him shoot some of my 6.5 creedmoor rifles. He may like those even more than the 280... Just sayin.. Oh, and on the topic of 300 wby magnum rifles. There was a guy selling his at a local site I frequent and in his ad, it read push feed model 70. In his pictures, it was a classic CRF. He only wanted $550.00 for it. I told him that the rifle pictured was a CRF. He took the listing off right after I told him. Hell, I would have bought the rifle, but honestly he didn't even know what he had... That classic 300wby is a rare bird and worth far more than his asking price... I can relate to the op though. I sold my sporter m1917 300WBY and have regrets.... I still save my die set, just in case I run across the perfect 300wby again.. He’s not likely to dip below 7mm much for elk. He’s an old timer who believes in bigger Bullets and I don’t argue much with him. He’s skinned a lot of elk in his years on the mountain and confidence in the bullet means a bunch. 550 for a CRF 70 300 Weatherby would have made me open up my wallet.
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My 72 year old hunting partner did the same thing this year. Went from a 300 to a 280... much lighter rifle. We shall see what he thinks of it. Dang Scotty. Send him my way, I'll let him shoot some of my 6.5 creedmoor rifles. He may like those even more than the 280... Just sayin.. Oh, and on the topic of 300 wby magnum rifles. There was a guy selling his at a local site I frequent and in his ad, it read push feed model 70. In his pictures, it was a classic CRF. He only wanted $550.00 for it. I told him that the rifle pictured was a CRF. He took the listing off right after I told him. Hell, I would have bought the rifle, but honestly he didn't even know what he had... That classic 300wby is a rare bird and worth far more than his asking price... I can relate to the op though. I sold my sporter m1917 300WBY and have regrets.... I still save my die set, just in case I run across the perfect 300wby again.. He’s not likely to dip below 7mm much for elk. He’s an old timer who believes in bigger Bullets and I don’t argue much with him. He’s skinned a lot of elk in his years on the mountain and confidence in the bullet means a bunch. 550 for a CRF 70 300 Weatherby would have made me open up my wallet. Yeah, my elk hunting partner is the same way (being 20 years older than me). Actually hates the 7mm rem mag. Says it's not enough gun for elk. He still packs his 338wm religiously. On the classic sporter 300wby, I just felt sorry for that guy. He really didn't know what he had. I would have felt like I was taking advantage of him....Now, if he would have kept the listing active and didn't listen to me, I would have snagged it with no remorse at all. Just sayin...
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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