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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1244949" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Welcome. I spent my life bird hunting and guiding primarily for bird huts so I know where you are coming from.</p><p></p><p>Honestly I'd say you actually need two rifles, one to hunt with and one to do a whole lot of practicing with.</p><p></p><p>The 300wm is the SUV of rifle calibers and can easily be loaded heavy or light enough for anything from coyotes to Elk an Moose.</p><p></p><p>To become proficient to 500yds is going to take a lot of practice. Sure, you can dial your dope and have your drop at 500yds but that won't give you the skill to put it on target after reading the wind, taking the other environmental conditions into consideration, punching it all into your ballistic app and getting the dope.</p><p></p><p>If you bought a .260rem or 6.5Creedmore to practice with (great hunting calibers too) it would give you a rifle that is ballistically very close to the 300wm and has negligible recoil.</p><p></p><p>Personally I prefer the Model 70 action but without question the 700 Remington is the most easily up-gradable/customizable action around with the most aftermarket support.</p><p></p><p>If you're going to shoot enough to reach your proficiency goal you're probably going to have to start reloading as well because other than tactical calibers factory ammo adds up pretty quick especially quality ammo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1244949, member: 30902"] Welcome. I spent my life bird hunting and guiding primarily for bird huts so I know where you are coming from. Honestly I'd say you actually need two rifles, one to hunt with and one to do a whole lot of practicing with. The 300wm is the SUV of rifle calibers and can easily be loaded heavy or light enough for anything from coyotes to Elk an Moose. To become proficient to 500yds is going to take a lot of practice. Sure, you can dial your dope and have your drop at 500yds but that won't give you the skill to put it on target after reading the wind, taking the other environmental conditions into consideration, punching it all into your ballistic app and getting the dope. If you bought a .260rem or 6.5Creedmore to practice with (great hunting calibers too) it would give you a rifle that is ballistically very close to the 300wm and has negligible recoil. Personally I prefer the Model 70 action but without question the 700 Remington is the most easily up-gradable/customizable action around with the most aftermarket support. If you're going to shoot enough to reach your proficiency goal you're probably going to have to start reloading as well because other than tactical calibers factory ammo adds up pretty quick especially quality ammo. [/QUOTE]
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