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<blockquote data-quote="Dell" data-source="post: 1576851" data-attributes="member: 80665"><p>Good on you and welcome back to the fraternity! I've gone the full meal deal over the years. To keep it short, I presently have precision hunting / LR rifles in .308, .260, 7 mag. and .300 Win mag. I love em all! I have diligently worked on all of them, and their loads, from the ground up. Every one is a half MOA rifle out to 1000 as long as I do my part. I don't keep a rifle if I shoot better than the rifle. The ones I keep and love all shoot better than I do. I guess I would say they often "forgive" me for my perceived errors. A good rifle is the foundation of any long range adventure. Action, barrel, trigger, optics, and stock with proper inletting all being slices of the pie. Hey, it's only money! . Then load development is the next big adventure. Load development is obviously a very rifle specific deal and is truly the most fun for me. As far as ease of loading, I don't find one caliber easier than the others in the calibers I load for. I've killed elk, some very nice muleys and pronghorns with most of my rifles over the years. With proper shot selection and placement, my .308 has done exceptionally well on elk out to 600 yards. I'm partial to Berger bullets but that's just what has worked for me. My favorite elk specific rifle is my .300 Win mag. My .308 was used on a few elk during muley hunts when I had a controlled elk hunt tag in my pocket. I know we talk a lot about accurate wazoo long range rifles, loads, exterior ballistics, optics, etc. (and that's as it should be) but IMHO we don't talk enough about training, structured practice and getting to know that favorite LR hunting rifle like an extension of ourselves. Sounds a little zen like but I believe we owe it to the game we hunt. I guess it is but it's my favorite part (equal with load development) Nothing better than banging steel in any and all of your perceived hunting/shooting positions at all yardages within your personal accuracy standard. Only thing better is doing it with like minded friends and hunting partners. Anyway, glad you are back and this is a great forum. The folks on it are knowledgable, polite and always willing to help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dell, post: 1576851, member: 80665"] Good on you and welcome back to the fraternity! I’ve gone the full meal deal over the years. To keep it short, I presently have precision hunting / LR rifles in .308, .260, 7 mag. and .300 Win mag. I love em all! I have diligently worked on all of them, and their loads, from the ground up. Every one is a half MOA rifle out to 1000 as long as I do my part. I don’t keep a rifle if I shoot better than the rifle. The ones I keep and love all shoot better than I do. I guess I would say they often “forgive” me for my perceived errors. A good rifle is the foundation of any long range adventure. Action, barrel, trigger, optics, and stock with proper inletting all being slices of the pie. Hey, it’s only money! . Then load development is the next big adventure. Load development is obviously a very rifle specific deal and is truly the most fun for me. As far as ease of loading, I don’t find one caliber easier than the others in the calibers I load for. I’ve killed elk, some very nice muleys and pronghorns with most of my rifles over the years. With proper shot selection and placement, my .308 has done exceptionally well on elk out to 600 yards. I’m partial to Berger bullets but that’s just what has worked for me. My favorite elk specific rifle is my .300 Win mag. My .308 was used on a few elk during muley hunts when I had a controlled elk hunt tag in my pocket. I know we talk a lot about accurate wazoo long range rifles, loads, exterior ballistics, optics, etc. (and that’s as it should be) but IMHO we don’t talk enough about training, structured practice and getting to know that favorite LR hunting rifle like an extension of ourselves. Sounds a little zen like but I believe we owe it to the game we hunt. I guess it is but it’s my favorite part (equal with load development) Nothing better than banging steel in any and all of your perceived hunting/shooting positions at all yardages within your personal accuracy standard. Only thing better is doing it with like minded friends and hunting partners. Anyway, glad you are back and this is a great forum. The folks on it are knowledgable, polite and always willing to help. [/QUOTE]
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