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500-800 yd elk rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="bigngreen" data-source="post: 2030328" data-attributes="member: 13632"><p>Last few rifles I bought were Weatherby but I've played with their sub moa guarantee and found it doesn't mean much the farther you get out. It's rare to have a factory rifle that you can't bring into sub moa and many times better in close but start putting range on it and everything falls apart. Everyones gun shoots small at 100 that means very little at 1000 yards.</p><p>Wby barrels are whippy, hammer forged and it can be a struggle in mag chambering to achieve that long range cold bore repeatability that you need without rebarreling.</p><p>My daughter's WBY Camilla has shot in the .3's but it's in no way shape or form a long range rifle nor does it even come close to shooting in the .3s at 600, inside 300 yards if an elk gives her more than a couple seconds it's dead by 600 she's shooting my rifle.</p><p>There is no Rem I'd recommend unless you find one with the perfect stock at the right price that if it don't shoot you can rebarrel and have the bolt fixed and trigger replaced, then they can be a good platform to start from.</p><p>Savage can be excellent but again you can be back around into a new barrel.</p><p>The Seekins is more of a semi custom and is why your seeing so many guys recommending them, their stacking the odds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigngreen, post: 2030328, member: 13632"] Last few rifles I bought were Weatherby but I've played with their sub moa guarantee and found it doesn't mean much the farther you get out. It's rare to have a factory rifle that you can't bring into sub moa and many times better in close but start putting range on it and everything falls apart. Everyones gun shoots small at 100 that means very little at 1000 yards. Wby barrels are whippy, hammer forged and it can be a struggle in mag chambering to achieve that long range cold bore repeatability that you need without rebarreling. My daughter's WBY Camilla has shot in the .3's but it's in no way shape or form a long range rifle nor does it even come close to shooting in the .3s at 600, inside 300 yards if an elk gives her more than a couple seconds it's dead by 600 she's shooting my rifle. There is no Rem I'd recommend unless you find one with the perfect stock at the right price that if it don't shoot you can rebarrel and have the bolt fixed and trigger replaced, then they can be a good platform to start from. Savage can be excellent but again you can be back around into a new barrel. The Seekins is more of a semi custom and is why your seeing so many guys recommending them, their stacking the odds. [/QUOTE]
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