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GAP talked my buddy out of a 300 RUM
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 584418" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>The final weight of the rifle all decked out is an important consideration for some. In my case, 99% of my hunts are backpacking hunts. Involving packing in with enough gear and food to spend one night, or possibly two. The terrain is mountainous. Commonly hiking up a river cut 4 -6 miles and looking for game on the way in, while overnighting, and again on the walk out. If I shoot an animal, now I have to pack all my gear, plus the animal back out. I personally refuse to carry a rifle exceeding 10 to 10.5 lbs under these hunting conditions. I prefer the rifle not exceed 9 1/2 lbs.</p><p></p><p>So my rifles have lighter profile barrels. #3, #4, or #5 profile. With those lighter profile barrels, I selected the 300 WM for my backpacking rifle rather than a RUM sized cartridge. I tend to think the more horsepower being unleashed, the more rigid the shooting platform necessary to maintain equivalent accuracy. The 300 WM seemed the better alternative. </p><p></p><p>So as has been mentioned, the better cartridge can depend on user specific goals, methods, styles, and considerations. Any complete and thoughtful debate as to which cartridge is 'the best cartridge' is faulty, to the point of invalid, without specifying the end use parameters and the end user's application of the cartridge. I'd compare it to a which bridge is the best bridge debate - without identifying the loads the bridge is required to support. </p><p></p><p>I appreciate and respect these facts of life. A larger and heavier high BC bullet driven to higher velocity will increase the ease of connecting on long range targets, provided the rifle is inherently as accurate as a lesser horse-powered cartridge. So if I had a personal gun bearer packing my rifle, I'd always opt for a 16 lb 338 Allen magnum for purposes of harvesting a distant animal at 1000 yds, rather than my a 9 3/4 lb 300 WM for that same distant animal. But when the reality is such that I'm my own gun bearer, and I have to pack my rifle 5 miles in and back out of the wilds, I will always end up with my 9 3/4 lb 300 WM, and I am content with that compromise in down range performance, compared to a 300 RUM or 338 AM.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 584418, member: 4191"] The final weight of the rifle all decked out is an important consideration for some. In my case, 99% of my hunts are backpacking hunts. Involving packing in with enough gear and food to spend one night, or possibly two. The terrain is mountainous. Commonly hiking up a river cut 4 -6 miles and looking for game on the way in, while overnighting, and again on the walk out. If I shoot an animal, now I have to pack all my gear, plus the animal back out. I personally refuse to carry a rifle exceeding 10 to 10.5 lbs under these hunting conditions. I prefer the rifle not exceed 9 1/2 lbs. So my rifles have lighter profile barrels. #3, #4, or #5 profile. With those lighter profile barrels, I selected the 300 WM for my backpacking rifle rather than a RUM sized cartridge. I tend to think the more horsepower being unleashed, the more rigid the shooting platform necessary to maintain equivalent accuracy. The 300 WM seemed the better alternative. So as has been mentioned, the better cartridge can depend on user specific goals, methods, styles, and considerations. Any complete and thoughtful debate as to which cartridge is 'the best cartridge' is faulty, to the point of invalid, without specifying the end use parameters and the end user's application of the cartridge. I'd compare it to a which bridge is the best bridge debate - without identifying the loads the bridge is required to support. I appreciate and respect these facts of life. A larger and heavier high BC bullet driven to higher velocity will increase the ease of connecting on long range targets, provided the rifle is inherently as accurate as a lesser horse-powered cartridge. So if I had a personal gun bearer packing my rifle, I'd always opt for a 16 lb 338 Allen magnum for purposes of harvesting a distant animal at 1000 yds, rather than my a 9 3/4 lb 300 WM for that same distant animal. But when the reality is such that I'm my own gun bearer, and I have to pack my rifle 5 miles in and back out of the wilds, I will always end up with my 9 3/4 lb 300 WM, and I am content with that compromise in down range performance, compared to a 300 RUM or 338 AM. [/QUOTE]
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