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<blockquote data-quote="JC Lepley" data-source="post: 1599329" data-attributes="member: 109622"><p>I lived in Eagle River for several years in the 90's, bought the first year produced 375 H&H Rem. KS-700 mt. rifle, put a fixed 6x Leupold scope on it, had it Ackley Improved. Painless weighs 7lbs. and 4 oz, Kevlar stocked from the custom shop incase the KS escapes folks. Have carried it for over 30 years of Alaska Range hunting/rafting, sheep, moose, caribou, grizzly. Never had to shoot but one time...Runs 300 Noslers at 2760 fps and 265g. GS Customs at 2900 fps. and 235 Barnses at 3050. Me and this rifle have covered over 2000 miles in that time frame. Only thing besides routine cleaning is 4 epoxy paint jobs on the stock which shows. No mufflers or ear busters...The GS customs have printed a .332 inch 100 yard group and a 2.25 400 yard group, the Barnes not to far behind, the 300 Noslers Partitions run around a minute of angle, but they are emphatic killers like no other. [ATTACH=full]127119[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>If I was building a mt. rifle, 7 lbs is good nice to carry, a hot 338 is adequate, and no need for more than a 3 x 9 quality scope with ballistic plex would be where I would direct my attention. Excellent choice of bullets in 338 caliber.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JC Lepley, post: 1599329, member: 109622"] I lived in Eagle River for several years in the 90's, bought the first year produced 375 H&H Rem. KS-700 mt. rifle, put a fixed 6x Leupold scope on it, had it Ackley Improved. Painless weighs 7lbs. and 4 oz, Kevlar stocked from the custom shop incase the KS escapes folks. Have carried it for over 30 years of Alaska Range hunting/rafting, sheep, moose, caribou, grizzly. Never had to shoot but one time...Runs 300 Noslers at 2760 fps and 265g. GS Customs at 2900 fps. and 235 Barnses at 3050. Me and this rifle have covered over 2000 miles in that time frame. Only thing besides routine cleaning is 4 epoxy paint jobs on the stock which shows. No mufflers or ear busters...The GS customs have printed a .332 inch 100 yard group and a 2.25 400 yard group, the Barnes not to far behind, the 300 Noslers Partitions run around a minute of angle, but they are emphatic killers like no other. [ATTACH=full]127119[/ATTACH] If I was building a mt. rifle, 7 lbs is good nice to carry, a hot 338 is adequate, and no need for more than a 3 x 9 quality scope with ballistic plex would be where I would direct my attention. Excellent choice of bullets in 338 caliber. [/QUOTE]
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