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Which weapon/caliber should i go with?
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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 490754" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>Yoshie, I am currently having a Vanguard/Howa built to my specs. It will have the B&C Medalist Stock and barrreld with a 26" Broughton 5C 10" twist, med varmint contour (.750 @ the muzzle) I am cambering it in 300 Dakota because that is the largest case the action will hold in the magazine with the bullets I'm using, The bullets are GS 177's and they have a 1" long nose. The Dakota case is a good candidate for RL17, especially with the GS bullets which are a drive band, bore riding type of monometal bullet. With this combination, I'm expecting to see 3400 fps plus. I currently get 3190 fps with 180 E-Tips in front of RL17 in a 24" 300 WSM. If I do get 3400 fps with e 177's, it will give me an effective range of over 1300 yards based on their advertised BC.</p><p></p><p>I also have a Sendero 300 RUM and it's a great shooter. I'm pushing 180 E-Tips 3400 fps in it which gives me a 1K plus effective range. In order to seat the E-Tips just off the lans, the COAL is too long to fit in the mag box. Just something to think about when your figuring out what you want to do. You can get extended mag boxes and short throat your chamber to help make things fit. But those mods cost something.</p><p></p><p>If you want to use the Vanguard action as a repeater and keep costs down you might consider the 300 WSM which should get you to 900 depending on elevation and what load you come up with. The Dakota will get you a little farther but brass and is more costly. Hornady is making me some custom match grade dies for $190 which is about a good a price on good match grade dies as you're going to get in any clambering.</p><p></p><p>IMO, the Vanguard/Howa action is a little better than the Rem 700 but not all smiths work on them because of metric threads.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps and welcome to LRH <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>-Mark</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 490754, member: 11717"] Yoshie, I am currently having a Vanguard/Howa built to my specs. It will have the B&C Medalist Stock and barrreld with a 26" Broughton 5C 10" twist, med varmint contour (.750 @ the muzzle) I am cambering it in 300 Dakota because that is the largest case the action will hold in the magazine with the bullets I'm using, The bullets are GS 177's and they have a 1" long nose. The Dakota case is a good candidate for RL17, especially with the GS bullets which are a drive band, bore riding type of monometal bullet. With this combination, I'm expecting to see 3400 fps plus. I currently get 3190 fps with 180 E-Tips in front of RL17 in a 24" 300 WSM. If I do get 3400 fps with e 177's, it will give me an effective range of over 1300 yards based on their advertised BC. I also have a Sendero 300 RUM and it's a great shooter. I'm pushing 180 E-Tips 3400 fps in it which gives me a 1K plus effective range. In order to seat the E-Tips just off the lans, the COAL is too long to fit in the mag box. Just something to think about when your figuring out what you want to do. You can get extended mag boxes and short throat your chamber to help make things fit. But those mods cost something. If you want to use the Vanguard action as a repeater and keep costs down you might consider the 300 WSM which should get you to 900 depending on elevation and what load you come up with. The Dakota will get you a little farther but brass and is more costly. Hornady is making me some custom match grade dies for $190 which is about a good a price on good match grade dies as you're going to get in any clambering. IMO, the Vanguard/Howa action is a little better than the Rem 700 but not all smiths work on them because of metric threads. Hope that helps and welcome to LRH :) -Mark [/QUOTE]
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