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6.5x284 or 338 win mag?
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<blockquote data-quote="COBrad" data-source="post: 652452" data-attributes="member: 1940"><p>Much as I enjoy promoting the 6.5's, and my new 270 WSM that will shoot right along with my favorite round the 7 Rem Mag, I have a lot of experience with bigger magnums and they are stompers. I almost chose a .338 RUM over this WSM, but decided I really don't need that much gun. It would have been great for thousand yard elk, but my guns have evolved into relatively fast, moderate caliber rounds that I shoot a lot of varmints with, and an elk or two every year. I would not think twice about shooting a mature bull at 750, or even 1K with my rifles, given all the right conditions, starting with a broadside shot. Quartering shots, 4-500 yards, no problem, unless it's an extreme quartering shot, but I never took those shots even with the big magnums. It just did not seem like a shot I wanted to take, and I really don't like shooting an animal in a way that's going to ruin a lot meat. </p><p>Those bigger magnums are awesomely powerful though, no arguing that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="COBrad, post: 652452, member: 1940"] Much as I enjoy promoting the 6.5's, and my new 270 WSM that will shoot right along with my favorite round the 7 Rem Mag, I have a lot of experience with bigger magnums and they are stompers. I almost chose a .338 RUM over this WSM, but decided I really don't need that much gun. It would have been great for thousand yard elk, but my guns have evolved into relatively fast, moderate caliber rounds that I shoot a lot of varmints with, and an elk or two every year. I would not think twice about shooting a mature bull at 750, or even 1K with my rifles, given all the right conditions, starting with a broadside shot. Quartering shots, 4-500 yards, no problem, unless it's an extreme quartering shot, but I never took those shots even with the big magnums. It just did not seem like a shot I wanted to take, and I really don't like shooting an animal in a way that's going to ruin a lot meat. Those bigger magnums are awesomely powerful though, no arguing that. [/QUOTE]
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