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<blockquote data-quote="freddiej" data-source="post: 1888251" data-attributes="member: 26227"><p>notyounganymore, I believe that we have a great deal of good advice going on here. I will ad a bit of my own. I am just giving some options you have been given before.</p><p>the 7MM R/M is popular, more popular than I ever thought it would be. As I read it you want a gun that will take care of Bear, Elk, and Wolves with a folding chassis and a caliber worthy of taking down the most dangerous of them the bear. in my estimation there is only three or four cartridges that work in the realm of a 20 " barrel. only one holds a "magnum" name. I will give you the cartridges that fill the bill here. 338 A-square AI, as much as I hate the cartridge the 280 Rem AI, and the big bruiser of the trio 375 H&H. None are really a long distance cartridge but they will do what you want. I keep forgetting the 338 Win Mag for a 20" barrel it might be another viable option. </p><p>as for the rifle and building it. go to a gunsmith, have him assemble a good quality action and barrel. I suggest something like a Rem-700 with a McGowen barrel with 8 deep flutes that is chambered in your choice of calibers. if needed get a PTG bolt for the action and get a better extractor. get a short muzzle brake to keep the recoil manageable if you are recoil sensitive. Midway USA sometimes has Rem-700 receivers on sale for 200 to 300 dollars, the bolt from PTG will cost aobut $250, the barrel should cost somewhere in the $750 to $900 range istalled by McGowen barrels. then a good quality trigger will cost between $129 and $200. you can get bottom metal or detachable magazine bottom metal with one mag for nearly the same price of $90.00.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="freddiej, post: 1888251, member: 26227"] notyounganymore, I believe that we have a great deal of good advice going on here. I will ad a bit of my own. I am just giving some options you have been given before. the 7MM R/M is popular, more popular than I ever thought it would be. As I read it you want a gun that will take care of Bear, Elk, and Wolves with a folding chassis and a caliber worthy of taking down the most dangerous of them the bear. in my estimation there is only three or four cartridges that work in the realm of a 20 " barrel. only one holds a "magnum" name. I will give you the cartridges that fill the bill here. 338 A-square AI, as much as I hate the cartridge the 280 Rem AI, and the big bruiser of the trio 375 H&H. None are really a long distance cartridge but they will do what you want. I keep forgetting the 338 Win Mag for a 20" barrel it might be another viable option. as for the rifle and building it. go to a gunsmith, have him assemble a good quality action and barrel. I suggest something like a Rem-700 with a McGowen barrel with 8 deep flutes that is chambered in your choice of calibers. if needed get a PTG bolt for the action and get a better extractor. get a short muzzle brake to keep the recoil manageable if you are recoil sensitive. Midway USA sometimes has Rem-700 receivers on sale for 200 to 300 dollars, the bolt from PTG will cost aobut $250, the barrel should cost somewhere in the $750 to $900 range istalled by McGowen barrels. then a good quality trigger will cost between $129 and $200. you can get bottom metal or detachable magazine bottom metal with one mag for nearly the same price of $90.00. [/QUOTE]
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