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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 450615" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>If you are just into whitetails a cannon is not necessary but they are nice. When they run into thick cover it is easy to loose them in the southeast. A 338 hole throws out a lot of blood making them much easier to find. Small caliber holes can get covered up by the hide causing no blood trail. I do not hunt whitetails in the southest now with anything less than 338 caliber. </p><p> </p><p>If a big long range gun is your eventual goal just get a 338 RUM. It is the exact same performance as the 338-300 RUM you called edge and the 338 Lapua. All three shoot the 300 smk somewhere between 2750-2850 fps out of a 30" barrel. A fast one in either could hit 2900 fps and a slow one in either may get best accuracy at 2700 fps. The only difference is the 338 RUM is cheap and over the counter. But for whitetails out to 700 yards a 300 RUM would be hard to beat.</p><p> </p><p>But considering you are looking at shooting targets also quite a bit I would get a standard cartridge that is easy and cheap to reload or at the most a wsm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 450615, member: 505"] If you are just into whitetails a cannon is not necessary but they are nice. When they run into thick cover it is easy to loose them in the southeast. A 338 hole throws out a lot of blood making them much easier to find. Small caliber holes can get covered up by the hide causing no blood trail. I do not hunt whitetails in the southest now with anything less than 338 caliber. If a big long range gun is your eventual goal just get a 338 RUM. It is the exact same performance as the 338-300 RUM you called edge and the 338 Lapua. All three shoot the 300 smk somewhere between 2750-2850 fps out of a 30" barrel. A fast one in either could hit 2900 fps and a slow one in either may get best accuracy at 2700 fps. The only difference is the 338 RUM is cheap and over the counter. But for whitetails out to 700 yards a 300 RUM would be hard to beat. But considering you are looking at shooting targets also quite a bit I would get a standard cartridge that is easy and cheap to reload or at the most a wsm. [/QUOTE]
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