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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 1908053" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>I tend to give advice from my personal perspective sometimes and forget that more often than not, people likely do it differently than me. After load developement is done, 99% of my shooting is prone in the dirt, and I also hunt at long ranges the vast majority of the time in the open Wyoming country, our average shot is somewhere in the 600-700 range, and I am often by myself and may need to spot my own shot. The savage recoil of rifles like that from prone would be challenging, and spotting shots impossible. I am still unsure if I will be able to spot shots with my braked rig, I need to get out and shoot some more steel. For a walking/hunting rig, where shots will be off hand, kneeling or maybe sitting, a supressed or possibly unbraked .338 NM would be aggressive, but manageable. I'm just not sure if I would take that beast prone for long range useage, which is the purpose for a cartridge such as a .338 Norma. I personally have no experience with them, but from my observations the big dangerous game cartridges are generally shot off hand/from sticks, I haven't seen anyone shoot them prone. How much does your rigby weigh? And do you shoot it prone very often? If you do, you are a much tougher man than I, that is for sure!!</p><p></p><p></p><p>To prevent derailing this thread, I'll just link my build thread -</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/my-shiny-new-light-338-norma-magnum-build-thread.230998/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Thank you for the compliment!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 1908053, member: 87243"] I tend to give advice from my personal perspective sometimes and forget that more often than not, people likely do it differently than me. After load developement is done, 99% of my shooting is prone in the dirt, and I also hunt at long ranges the vast majority of the time in the open Wyoming country, our average shot is somewhere in the 600-700 range, and I am often by myself and may need to spot my own shot. The savage recoil of rifles like that from prone would be challenging, and spotting shots impossible. I am still unsure if I will be able to spot shots with my braked rig, I need to get out and shoot some more steel. For a walking/hunting rig, where shots will be off hand, kneeling or maybe sitting, a supressed or possibly unbraked .338 NM would be aggressive, but manageable. I'm just not sure if I would take that beast prone for long range useage, which is the purpose for a cartridge such as a .338 Norma. I personally have no experience with them, but from my observations the big dangerous game cartridges are generally shot off hand/from sticks, I haven't seen anyone shoot them prone. How much does your rigby weigh? And do you shoot it prone very often? If you do, you are a much tougher man than I, that is for sure!! To prevent derailing this thread, I'll just link my build thread - [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/my-shiny-new-light-338-norma-magnum-build-thread.230998/[/URL] Thank you for the compliment!! [/QUOTE]
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