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Since the 1990's elite military units such as the Navy Seals have also used sniper rifles chambered in the .300 WM.

They were using the 190 GR Sierra MatchKing bullets (Mark 248 M0 cartridge) but within the past few years have started using the 220 Gr Sierra MatchKing Hollow Point Boat Tail (Mark 248 M1 cartridge).

https://www.neco.navy.mil/upload/N00164/N0016409RJN30000209RJN30_0002_att.pdf

You are most welcome.

If I could only have one rifle for hunting the lower 48 it would be a .300 Win Mag.

I wouldn't be saying that if it was an inaccurate round.

Biker

So full, in fact, that I bet a little leaks out nearly every day...

Carlos Hathcock used a 300 Win Mag to win the Wimbledon Cup at Camp Perry in '65....

'Nuff said, right there. I got his autographed book, "White Feather". For an ole Arkansas country boy, Carlos did pretty good...!

He did real good.

Although he was credited with 93 'confirmed kills' the actual number was much higher. In 'Nam a kill had to be confirmed by a 3rd party officer in addition to the shooter and his spotter. In many cases this '3rd Party Officer' was not present, and many times it was almost impossible to confirm a kill when the target was behind enemy lines. He himself estimated the 'actual' number of kills to be close to 300.

He used a Winchester Model 70 .30-06 caliber rifle with the standard 8-power Unertl scope for most of his confirmed kills, but he also used a Browning M2 for many of his longer shots, including a confirmed kill at close to 2,300 yards.

He was a true professional and a true gentleman..

Well that is an interesting bit of advise that guy gave. Total B.S to say the least. Recoil and how good you can see or not is pretty much the only factor with regard to accuracy you are going to get or not, of course the rifle has to be put together right and you need to shoot good straight ammo. For big game hunting that one dose with a 300, a rifle that groups 2 inches all the time is plenty accurate for shooting big game. And if you can shoot that kind of accuracy will keep you in deer Elk and Moose venison till the end of time. Tiny groups are great, but it dose not mean a wit, if the bullet used is a target bullet, when you are looking at a hard angle shot on snowy late afternoon of the second to the last day of elk season. Minute of grape fruit, is pretty much all that is required of a hunting rifle with a hunting sight and hunting bullets. As for Carlos, he was a magician with a rifle. And he dose Cast a Giant Shadow over Marines and Snipers ever where.

Wow I would be embarassed to even utter those words. Let alone say that with even the slightest knowledge of firearms.

I read that after he turned that M-70 back to the Army, and it's somewhere in the bastions of Govt. storage, no one can account for the serial #. Even Gunny Hathcock, reportedly, couldn't remember it. Otherwise, it could be identified, brought forth and displayed.

I think he was issued one of the newer (at the time) Remington sniper rifles for his next tour.

He was burned badly in an armored carrier fire, trying to help his buds get out.

After the military, he taught police snipers out in VA, or somewhere on the East Coast, IIRC.

Quite a guy and a hero.

DF

If you're truly referring to gmsemel's post, you might wanna reconsider your position before you go further..