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Sorry....I should have said "deer with STD's. 
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Unfortunately my "sprinting" at the range is not much more than "half-assed limping along" anymore. Kudos to the benchrest guys, that's just not me. I love flinging lead.
It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.
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How timely. The following appeared in the editorial titled "True Heavyweights" of the summer 2009 Deer and Deer Hunting magazine. All of the following weights have been verified. The top 4 deer are:
1. 431# field dressed, live weight est 540# killed by bow hunter in Ontario in 1957
2. 402# dressed, live weight est 511# in Minnesota in 1926
3. 355# dressed, live weight est 451# in Maine in 1955.
4. 321# dressed #, no live weight est. killed in Wisconsin in 1938.
The article went on to say that heavier deer have been mentioned, but were not verified.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except for bears. Bears kill you.
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Grizzly: The Maine deer is known as the Hinckley Buck, killed by Horace Hinckley, north of Skowhegan,I believe  What a pig!
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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RD: No reason NOT to use a 300; they're great...if you can shoot them, they're your all round gun, etc. But many buy them for the wrong reason.
Many up north use lighter stuff, but SOME use a 300 for everything.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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And of course Bob, there's also a wee bit of a difference when comparing a .300 WSM shooting 165/180's to say a .300 RUM launching 180/200's.
My 8lb WSM is really pretty mild but I wouldn't prefer it to have more kick.....grin
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Sam,
I have not even had a chance to shoot a 300 whizzum.
Sad, eh?
Maybe if I can find one in a Sako 85, that situation will change.
(grin)
BTW,
I still like my 300RUM, in the rifle I own( a Remington LSS) the recoil, even with a 200gr/3200fps is not quite as bad as one might imagine.
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Sam: That is the beauty of the 300WSM; like the old 300 H&H,it's one of the milder-recoiling 300's.Manageable.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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BobinNH, You're right about Hinckley taking the Maine buck. I omitted the names of the hunters.
I think of seen pictures of Hinckleys buck and it was huge. Don't know if any pictures exist of the other deer listd.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except for bears. Bears kill you.
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How timely. The following appeared in the editorial titled "True Heavyweights" of the summer 2009 Deer and Deer Hunting magazine. All of the following weights have been verified. The top 4 deer are:
1. 431# field dressed, live weight est 540# killed by bow hunter in Ontario in 1957
2. 402# dressed, live weight est 511# in Minnesota in 1926
3. 355# dressed, live weight est 451# in Maine in 1955.
4. 321# dressed #, no live weight est. killed in Wisconsin in 1938.
The article went on to say that heavier deer have been mentioned, but were not verified. ....I'm not sure why they missed a Georgia Department of Natural Resources verified deer field dressed weight of 355 lbs.on a buck shot down in Worth county. I recall that it was listed as having tied a 355lb. field dressed "Maine" killed buck at that time. ....That one was an extreme rarity here, that's for sure, but bucks in the mid 200's are taken every year.
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How timely. The following appeared in the editorial titled "True Heavyweights" of the summer 2009 Deer and Deer Hunting magazine. All of the following weights have been verified. The top 4 deer are:
1. 431# field dressed, live weight est 540# killed by bow hunter in Ontario in 1957
2. 402# dressed, live weight est 511# in Minnesota in 1926
3. 355# dressed, live weight est 451# in Maine in 1955.
4. 321# dressed #, no live weight est. killed in Wisconsin in 1938.
The article went on to say that heavier deer have been mentioned, but were not verified. ....I'm not sure why they missed a Georgia Department of Natural Resources verified deer field dressed weight of 355 lbs.on a buck shot down in Worth county. I recall that it was listed as having tied a 355lb. field dressed "Maine" killed buck at that time. ....That one was an extreme rarity here, that's for sure, but bucks in the mid 200's are taken every year. I believe there was a 509 lb deer taken in NY about 20 yrs ago or do if I remember right. Thats live weight...not dressed.
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Huge deer, those you list, Tom!
I have seen elk cows that weighed less.
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I'm tellin' you Tim, I am a recoil puzzy!
But like you say, your RUM has a little weight to it plus the stock probaly fits pretty good as well.
40 or 50 rounds of the WSM is just plain fun....(grin)
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Sam,
It sounds like you are getting your money's worth out of that 300WSM.
As far as my RUM goes, the recoil pad helps some, too.
Although I can't honestly say I could put 40 or 50 rounds downrange at one session.
Probably more like 25 max.
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you know it!
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Sam/Tim: I admire you younger guys,20-30 shots through 300's in a day  ....I fired 3 shots through the 300 Weatherby yesterday at 500 yards.....the shots went where they were supposed to, so I went where I was supposed to...back to the house to watch the Celtics and have a beer 
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Me?
I ain't got no stinkin brakes!
(not since I ditched the 338-378 and 378's anyway)
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Thought ya breaked the 270?
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