.308 in Remington 750 Woodsmaster very light recoil because its auto
I have an older 742 in .308 and no recoil pad can shoot it all day
Maybe a 35 Whelen another choice
I have a 300 RUM and 338 RUM
I used the Picatinny 1 piece base (Long action) on the 338 RUM with Weaver Tactical rings (six screws on each ring)
On the 300 RUM I used Weaver Picatinny style and the Weaver rings
For a scope Simmons Whitetail 6.5x20x50mm from midway on sale now for
$109.00...
This is what I have on my 300 RUM and my 338 RUM
Simmons Whitetail Classic Rifle Scope 6.5-20x 50mm Adjustable Objective Truplex Reticle Matte
Midway
Current price is $249.99
It was on sale for $106.99 last year
I have had zero issues with them
Lot of people don't like Simmons here but I have...
I Shoot the Hornady SST 225 gn in my 338 RUM
Then switch to the Hornady Interbond 225 gn for hunting
The SST are cheaper for paper and the shape of the Interbond are very close
I do like the Berger 210 VLD for my 300 RUM and the VLD 168gn for the 30-06
With hunting season, most likely they had a run on both.
Cabelas out of stock but backorderable
Midway is showing backorderable OK in stock 12/30/2010?
Sometimes I find them at the Cabelas store but not on the internet
I have the picatiny rail Left Handed version on the 338 RUM with 1" Weaver Tacticals rings 6.5x 20 50 mm scope no issues sighting in at 100 yds.
On the 300 RUM used the Weaver Tacticals and rings and same scope again no issues. I thought I might have a problem with the weaver base being left...
I played around with a number of powders for my 300 RUM and bullets
Ended up with the same powder I use for my 338 RUM
Retumbo 94 gn with VLD's 210gn for the 300 RUM
H1000 did not shoot as well but that's my gun
May try some 168's with Retumbo in the 300 RUM
Just a note H4850 at 59 gn with 168...