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Wich .300 magnum?
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<blockquote data-quote="FreeTrapper" data-source="post: 484283" data-attributes="member: 32075"><p>Personally, I would look at a standard weight and type of hunting rifle for my .308 caliber magnum for any long range hunting. There is no reason to carry a rifle that weighs over 8.5-9 pounds for open country deer hunting. I would lean towards the 1963 vintage 300 Winchester Magnum in Remington M-700, equipped with a 4-12 Leupold or Nikon and leupold one piece base and thier rings. </p><p> </p><p>If accuracy is paramount, (and we all know that it is) I would glass bed the action and adjust or re-trigger the pull weight to 2 pounds, no creep.</p><p> </p><p>For mule deer, I would develope my hunting load around the 165 grain bullet. If all goes well with the finished products, you should be shooting .5 moa @ 100 yards. Sight-in +3" @ 100 yards and get to it!</p><p> </p><p>I recommended this caliber because you mentioned cost as a factor and there are many good used rifles in this caliber available. With the super magnums, one might think that this old 30 cal. workhorse is retired but I assure you that it performs with the best of them under reasonable 30 cal. magnum expectations and recoil is friendly!</p><p> </p><p>If you have been handloading for any length of time, you know that working pressures in any good rifle/cartridge combo can be increased with absolute safety by carefully working up a load. The 165 grain bullet can be a long range deer hunters dream in this caliber!</p><p> </p><p>The other 30 cal. magnum that I have considerable experience with is the Weatherby and if I went back to such a rifle these days, it would be in 300 Win. Mag. Just my opinion, but look into the advantages that this caliber has to offer and you'ld be hard-pressed to ignore it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FreeTrapper, post: 484283, member: 32075"] Personally, I would look at a standard weight and type of hunting rifle for my .308 caliber magnum for any long range hunting. There is no reason to carry a rifle that weighs over 8.5-9 pounds for open country deer hunting. I would lean towards the 1963 vintage 300 Winchester Magnum in Remington M-700, equipped with a 4-12 Leupold or Nikon and leupold one piece base and thier rings. If accuracy is paramount, (and we all know that it is) I would glass bed the action and adjust or re-trigger the pull weight to 2 pounds, no creep. For mule deer, I would develope my hunting load around the 165 grain bullet. If all goes well with the finished products, you should be shooting .5 moa @ 100 yards. Sight-in +3" @ 100 yards and get to it! I recommended this caliber because you mentioned cost as a factor and there are many good used rifles in this caliber available. With the super magnums, one might think that this old 30 cal. workhorse is retired but I assure you that it performs with the best of them under reasonable 30 cal. magnum expectations and recoil is friendly! If you have been handloading for any length of time, you know that working pressures in any good rifle/cartridge combo can be increased with absolute safety by carefully working up a load. The 165 grain bullet can be a long range deer hunters dream in this caliber! The other 30 cal. magnum that I have considerable experience with is the Weatherby and if I went back to such a rifle these days, it would be in 300 Win. Mag. Just my opinion, but look into the advantages that this caliber has to offer and you'ld be hard-pressed to ignore it. [/QUOTE]
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