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<blockquote data-quote="Wachsmann" data-source="post: 3068955" data-attributes="member: 10429"><p>Depending on how serious or how much you are willing to spend. This for me would be very tough to answer. I personally have never saved enough to buy a full custom build but I have enough rifles to pay for one. Saying that I like to tinker with hand loads a lot and kind obsess over what my ballistic performance/bullet performance can be. So I would start with a 300PRC and make sure it has a 1/8 twist. I think there are a couple manufacturers making them that way. I would load a Berger minimum weight of a 208 LRHT bullet. I would probably go straight to a 250grn Amax. Also no short barrels for me. Minimum 26 inch length. I want the most velocity I can get. Now this is only going to run about 2650fps but looking at the terminal ballistic of the 250 at 1000 with a starting velocity of 2650. My applied ballistic app puts it at 1798fps and 1796 ft/lb of energy. The next one I would do is probably a 28 Nos running a 195 Berger. After that I would look at the 300 Weatherby, the 300 win mag, the 7PRC, the 7 mag but with a new gun that has a 1/8 twist so you can load heavy. I would put the 300RUM last cause it just hard to find brass for and that is what I have. It works, and works great, but I don't shoot it very much at all. It's also has a 1/10 twist so the best I think I get out of it is a 230 Berger but at something other than mag length. I think it is about 3.7 or 3.8 inches. If you want bigger then look at the 338 lapua or a 338 RUM, or a 338 Norma mag or a 338-378 Weatherby. I would not choose a 338win. Limited case capacity. Also again I would run something like a 270 ELDX or something heavier. But these are my options if I was just going to buy an off the shelf gun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wachsmann, post: 3068955, member: 10429"] Depending on how serious or how much you are willing to spend. This for me would be very tough to answer. I personally have never saved enough to buy a full custom build but I have enough rifles to pay for one. Saying that I like to tinker with hand loads a lot and kind obsess over what my ballistic performance/bullet performance can be. So I would start with a 300PRC and make sure it has a 1/8 twist. I think there are a couple manufacturers making them that way. I would load a Berger minimum weight of a 208 LRHT bullet. I would probably go straight to a 250grn Amax. Also no short barrels for me. Minimum 26 inch length. I want the most velocity I can get. Now this is only going to run about 2650fps but looking at the terminal ballistic of the 250 at 1000 with a starting velocity of 2650. My applied ballistic app puts it at 1798fps and 1796 ft/lb of energy. The next one I would do is probably a 28 Nos running a 195 Berger. After that I would look at the 300 Weatherby, the 300 win mag, the 7PRC, the 7 mag but with a new gun that has a 1/8 twist so you can load heavy. I would put the 300RUM last cause it just hard to find brass for and that is what I have. It works, and works great, but I don't shoot it very much at all. It's also has a 1/10 twist so the best I think I get out of it is a 230 Berger but at something other than mag length. I think it is about 3.7 or 3.8 inches. If you want bigger then look at the 338 lapua or a 338 RUM, or a 338 Norma mag or a 338-378 Weatherby. I would not choose a 338win. Limited case capacity. Also again I would run something like a 270 ELDX or something heavier. But these are my options if I was just going to buy an off the shelf gun. [/QUOTE]
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