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What can a 338RUM do that a 300RUM can't?
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<blockquote data-quote="Guest" data-source="post: 88015"><p><strong>Re: What can a 338RUM do that a 300RUM can\'t?</strong></p><p></p><p>Well....let me give you my view! I've killed whitetails and mulies out to 800 yds. in years past and what I was shooting was just a very good and well built up accurate rifle in 30/06! Nothing fancy...but the rifle was highly accurate and I knew how to hold at that distance. But now...as I'm getting on up there in years..."long in tooth" as they say....and since I've been a "shooter" all my life....I can see the day fast arriving where I may just want to go to the range...sit down with something like a .338 RUM and just "whang" a steel plate from 1500 or so yards! And probably....the .338 RUM would suffice for that instead of something built up on the 416 case! Recoil won't matter with a good brake up front and a heavy rifle so basically it all depends on what one wants to use the rifle/cartridge for! But I can tell you this: "Life's too short just to have a couple of rifles!"</p><p></p><p> /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest, post: 88015"] [b]Re: What can a 338RUM do that a 300RUM can\'t?[/b] Well....let me give you my view! I've killed whitetails and mulies out to 800 yds. in years past and what I was shooting was just a very good and well built up accurate rifle in 30/06! Nothing fancy...but the rifle was highly accurate and I knew how to hold at that distance. But now...as I'm getting on up there in years..."long in tooth" as they say....and since I've been a "shooter" all my life....I can see the day fast arriving where I may just want to go to the range...sit down with something like a .338 RUM and just "whang" a steel plate from 1500 or so yards! And probably....the .338 RUM would suffice for that instead of something built up on the 416 case! Recoil won't matter with a good brake up front and a heavy rifle so basically it all depends on what one wants to use the rifle/cartridge for! But I can tell you this: "Life's too short just to have a couple of rifles!" [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]
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