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GAP talked my buddy out of a 300 RUM
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<blockquote data-quote="Jordan Smith" data-source="post: 656116" data-attributes="member: 44423"><p>George's post on the first page pretty much sums up the issue for me.</p><p></p><p>Compare the wind drift of the 162AM at 3100fps from a 7WSM, and a 210gr Berger VLD at 3100fps from a .300RUM, and gets VERY difficult not to love the 7WSM. Especially when such performance comes at so cheap a price as far as powder consumption/recoil/muzzle blast/barrel life, etc is concerned.</p><p></p><p>A good bullet that impacts with enough velocity to violently expand in the vitals is going to kill. I don't much care how much energy is arrives with, or how big it is. Sure, a 300gr .338 bullet might kill game with a bit more noticeable authority than a 180gr 7mm, but if you wreck the vitals with either, the elk is going to have a bad day, and end up wrapped in freezer paper.</p><p></p><p>Pat's experience speaks volumes as to the effectiveness of the smaller rounds. A LOT of stuff has hit the dirt from long-range shots fired from Pat's .260's, 6mm's, and .308's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jordan Smith, post: 656116, member: 44423"] George's post on the first page pretty much sums up the issue for me. Compare the wind drift of the 162AM at 3100fps from a 7WSM, and a 210gr Berger VLD at 3100fps from a .300RUM, and gets VERY difficult not to love the 7WSM. Especially when such performance comes at so cheap a price as far as powder consumption/recoil/muzzle blast/barrel life, etc is concerned. A good bullet that impacts with enough velocity to violently expand in the vitals is going to kill. I don't much care how much energy is arrives with, or how big it is. Sure, a 300gr .338 bullet might kill game with a bit more noticeable authority than a 180gr 7mm, but if you wreck the vitals with either, the elk is going to have a bad day, and end up wrapped in freezer paper. Pat's experience speaks volumes as to the effectiveness of the smaller rounds. A LOT of stuff has hit the dirt from long-range shots fired from Pat's .260's, 6mm's, and .308's. [/QUOTE]
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