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<blockquote data-quote="One Hole" data-source="post: 1706251" data-attributes="member: 90934"><p>I've been shooting a Borden Alpine Mag in 300WSM for over 10 years for deer, elk and black bear. It has a 22 inch #3 Hart barrel with a Borden 2" blended brake. It is lightweight, quick to point and very accurate. My prior rifle was a Weatherby Accumark in 300 wtby with a 26 inch barrel plus a 2 - 3 inch brake. I shot this rifle for over 15 years but wanted something smaller and lighter since most of my hunting now is in dense forest of north idaho. I cannot think of a realistic hunting situation where I would rather have the longer, heavier Weatherby. The Borden is considerably more accurate but should be expected from a full custom rifle.</p><p></p><p>Short action calibers have shorter powder columns and therefore require less barrel length for optimal powder and burn. Additionally a short action saves weight in the heavy metal receiver and bolt parts.</p><p></p><p>To get back to your question, once you have carried a short, lightweight rifle it's really hard to go back to a long, heavy one. There may be slight ballistic advantage with 300 Win Mag vs 300 WSM with heavy bullets at very long range but I'll take the handling advantages of the WSM every day.</p><p></p><p>Shoot Straight!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="One Hole, post: 1706251, member: 90934"] I've been shooting a Borden Alpine Mag in 300WSM for over 10 years for deer, elk and black bear. It has a 22 inch #3 Hart barrel with a Borden 2" blended brake. It is lightweight, quick to point and very accurate. My prior rifle was a Weatherby Accumark in 300 wtby with a 26 inch barrel plus a 2 - 3 inch brake. I shot this rifle for over 15 years but wanted something smaller and lighter since most of my hunting now is in dense forest of north idaho. I cannot think of a realistic hunting situation where I would rather have the longer, heavier Weatherby. The Borden is considerably more accurate but should be expected from a full custom rifle. Short action calibers have shorter powder columns and therefore require less barrel length for optimal powder and burn. Additionally a short action saves weight in the heavy metal receiver and bolt parts. To get back to your question, once you have carried a short, lightweight rifle it's really hard to go back to a long, heavy one. There may be slight ballistic advantage with 300 Win Mag vs 300 WSM with heavy bullets at very long range but I'll take the handling advantages of the WSM every day. Shoot Straight! [/QUOTE]
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