Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles If your deer rifle needed a new barrel, and you could pick any belted caliber...

I'm confused. Why would I want a belted mag?

Because 300 H&Hs don't come any other way ( unless they made a flanged version for doubles�)

The LRM would be a better mouse trap starting from scratch. Nothing wrong with the others but if you want capacity in a 2.5" case then it's Dakota or LRM/Ruger... Budget concerns would send me back to belts but the LRM brass is a pretty good deal considering... And should feed very well in the Mauser...

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Wouldn't bother with any 2.5" mag cases if limited to a 3.34" mag on a Mauser. The long slinky 7mm high bc bullets will eat up your powder capacity by having to keep them at 3.34" or less. I can't tell you if Mauser actions are workable with the Wizzum or SAUM case diameters or if the mags will even work, I'm sure someone here can though. Using a big case only too lose case capacity for short seating requirements seems anal to me. Your gun ,your shot. The 6.5 SAUM sure seems like a hotty and way to fly from here. Go find an action that fits that to go forward the right way. Magnum Man

This.

Doubles.....470NE. Works on dik dik?

Or the .416 R?

H&H made some noble designs but so did others. I hanker for a .257 R. Roberts in a Highwall.

FWIW, in my situation, I would go with .257 Wby. I have a new .300 Win Mag and an old reliable 7mm Rem Mag, but would like to play around with a .25 caliber cartridge that is significantly faster than my .257 AI. Why, I don't know, as I rarely shoot anything that is more than 300 yards away. Maybe just to see how far away I can hit a coyote that is lolling around, thinking that he is safe.

If you're shooting light 7's (120'ish) at 3,500, you might as well unbuckle the belt and shoot 110's in a 270 at 3,400. It aint giving you jack. At that range I would t wanna mess with a BC under .500.

IMHO/CNABBS

Wouldn't neccisarily HAVE to be, but that is how most of the medium (30/06) length Magnum cases come.

So long as the case head/rim area will fit my H&H Magnum sized bolt face and the cartridges would not end up too fat to work in a K-98 or commercial Mauser magazine box I do have the latitude to go beltless if I want to.

What is this LRM case you are speaking of? What does LRM stand for or mean?

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LRM is 7LRM or a modded 375 Ruger case...

http://site-media.net/gunwerks/7LRMarticle(1).pdf

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I like my 338 Win mag .I use 180 grain ballistic tips have it 2" high at 200 and can hold on hair to 360 yards.I have taken deer at 450 by holding on the top of their back. Drops them like sledgehammer to the head.

I already have a 338/8mm RemMag wildcat on a Magnum sized MAuser action, don't need or want another 33. Plus I would prefer a muck lesser recoil rifle for shooting mere deer.

Since you aren't interested in the 7mm Rem Mag,

.300 Win Mag or 7mm MSM. For simplicity's sake I'd likely go .300 Win but since you already had a MSM that probably doesn't matter to you.

With lighter bullets, I think the difference between the .300 and the 7RM is negligible at best. Have not shot a MSM but imagine it isn't a lot different. My rifle is a 7mm Rem Mag, and it kills big bodied Mule Deer (and other deer) very well FWIW.

Light for caliber is going to screw you outta the gate, unless there's no wind where you live. You can smoke .284 110's at 3,500, but they drift like 270 CorLokts.

Which is why I am seriously considering the 6.5/300 WinMag. So I can push some high BC 140gr bullets at above the happy place for Mark 3500fps point.

Another way of saying it is, why pick only ONE, high bc bullet VS high speed bullet, when one can possibly have it all? Especially with a 27.5 or 28 inch barrel?

As to rifle weight, a 10-1.5lb rifle feels quite light and manageable in my hands. XXL hands, 37 inch arm reach, fightin and playing weight of 245lbs, I do not shoot or do well with flyweight rifles or shotguns.

Damn Sasquach Magnum oughta do it then. Sounds like 127LRX is in your future....

Just for the hell of it, how about a .270/.338 Win Mag...should really smoke some 160gr Partitions...any why would you want anything common anyway?

For a deer rifle only,I'd sell what ya got and get a 6.5 Creedmore

7mm Wby