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.30-378 Wtby Mag vs .30-338 Lapua Mag vs .300 RUM vs .300 Jarrett
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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 140226" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Before building as gun a person should have some understanding of what it is that they are planning on hunting and should have some general concept of how they intend to use the gun. The person should have some general idea of their own ability and a realistic assessment of what their skill level is. These things tend to affect caliber choice, weight, barrel length and scope selection.</p><p></p><p>Most dedicated long range guns will have a 30 inch barrel or more. People who want a more flexible gun will use a shorter barrel and often a smaller case.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The 7 mm Allen Magnum with a 200 grain RBBT Wildcat will pretty well match any of the four calibers you mention out to 1500 yards or so. It will give away a little here and there to a couple of the larger cases but it is a very manageable cartridge that shoots well at long range. Like most of the large case cartridges, it needs barrel lenght to burn the large amounts of powder contained in the case.</p><p></p><p></p><p>P.S.</p><p></p><p>I shoot a good bit of Weatherby/Norma brass and find it easy to work with. However, I am not one of those people who build a shrine and alter to worship a case. If I burn up 20-30 cases and kill a couple of animals out past 500 yards I consider the ruined cases the same as the primers and bullets, just one more piece of expendable metal. Of course I may be running chamber pressures so high you don't want to be in the same state as me when I pull the trigger. The flash holes and primer pockets (for the 240, 257Wby and 7mm wby)are very uniform and the case necks are uniform enough for hunting at the ranges I shoot.</p><p></p><p>The 7mm Allen Mag runs off of Lapua brass which works very well, although I don't push that gun so very hard being as it is already doing all I need.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 140226, member: 8"] Before building as gun a person should have some understanding of what it is that they are planning on hunting and should have some general concept of how they intend to use the gun. The person should have some general idea of their own ability and a realistic assessment of what their skill level is. These things tend to affect caliber choice, weight, barrel length and scope selection. Most dedicated long range guns will have a 30 inch barrel or more. People who want a more flexible gun will use a shorter barrel and often a smaller case. The 7 mm Allen Magnum with a 200 grain RBBT Wildcat will pretty well match any of the four calibers you mention out to 1500 yards or so. It will give away a little here and there to a couple of the larger cases but it is a very manageable cartridge that shoots well at long range. Like most of the large case cartridges, it needs barrel lenght to burn the large amounts of powder contained in the case. P.S. I shoot a good bit of Weatherby/Norma brass and find it easy to work with. However, I am not one of those people who build a shrine and alter to worship a case. If I burn up 20-30 cases and kill a couple of animals out past 500 yards I consider the ruined cases the same as the primers and bullets, just one more piece of expendable metal. Of course I may be running chamber pressures so high you don't want to be in the same state as me when I pull the trigger. The flash holes and primer pockets (for the 240, 257Wby and 7mm wby)are very uniform and the case necks are uniform enough for hunting at the ranges I shoot. The 7mm Allen Mag runs off of Lapua brass which works very well, although I don't push that gun so very hard being as it is already doing all I need. [/QUOTE]
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