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enie, meenie, minee, mo... 7mm Rum or 300 Rum
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<blockquote data-quote="COBrad" data-source="post: 12515" data-attributes="member: 1940"><p>I had what I considered to be my ideal big game rifle built nearly ten years ago. It is a 7.5 lb .300 Jarrett. It has a #4 taper, 24 " barrel with a brake, and shoots 200 gr. Accubonds at 2980 fps. I've owned several of the heavy type guns that many of the fellas on this site hunt with, but I've since sold them all. Where I hunt, in central CO, a heavy gun is no fun to lug mile after mile at 10-12,000'. I can readily shoot minute of mulie with this rifle out to 500 yards, and probably more if I practiced with this particular rifle beyond that range. If I were to build the rifle over again, I would probably go with a 7mm, maybe even a 7 Rem mag, for elk out to 500 yards. Less recoil and enough energy left, with the 160 gr bullets I favor in the 7 mags. For rifles there are two, other than custom, that I would consider. One is the Sendero that you mentioned. Plenty of info and commentary on that fine rifle on this sight. The other is the Kimber Montana in one of the short mags. I own one of these in a .243. It's one of the finest rifles for mountain use that I have seen. I love to shoot a heavy, super-accurate, long-range rifle, but I would far rather hunt with a light, accurate, 3-600 yd. rifle. There's my $.02 worth. <img src="http://images/icons/grin.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="COBrad, post: 12515, member: 1940"] I had what I considered to be my ideal big game rifle built nearly ten years ago. It is a 7.5 lb .300 Jarrett. It has a #4 taper, 24 " barrel with a brake, and shoots 200 gr. Accubonds at 2980 fps. I've owned several of the heavy type guns that many of the fellas on this site hunt with, but I've since sold them all. Where I hunt, in central CO, a heavy gun is no fun to lug mile after mile at 10-12,000'. I can readily shoot minute of mulie with this rifle out to 500 yards, and probably more if I practiced with this particular rifle beyond that range. If I were to build the rifle over again, I would probably go with a 7mm, maybe even a 7 Rem mag, for elk out to 500 yards. Less recoil and enough energy left, with the 160 gr bullets I favor in the 7 mags. For rifles there are two, other than custom, that I would consider. One is the Sendero that you mentioned. Plenty of info and commentary on that fine rifle on this sight. The other is the Kimber Montana in one of the short mags. I own one of these in a .243. It's one of the finest rifles for mountain use that I have seen. I love to shoot a heavy, super-accurate, long-range rifle, but I would far rather hunt with a light, accurate, 3-600 yd. rifle. There's my $.02 worth. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]
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