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<blockquote data-quote="StumpGrinder" data-source="post: 1944242" data-attributes="member: 114832"><p>I like cartridges that have been military or police becaus the ammo is cheaper and more readily available. My first deer rifle was a 30-06 Remington 700 Bdl it shot factory and reloads well. My reloads would string vertical but seldom had much horizontal movement from load to load. I always free float my barrels. With this rifle I could drive nails at 100 yds and took deer out to 500. The 270 and 25-06 came from the 30-06 and are too lighter recoil than your 300 wm. I went to 308 and 243 for that reason. They are Ruger M77s and although the are tough and shot well, they are more picky on ammo selection and I get vertical as well as horizontal strings from load to load. Most modern rifles are plenty accurate for hunting out to 300 yds. If you want to shoot past that you will be getting into a different class of rifle in the $1000 dollar plus range. In my opinion the new calibers are just trying to reinvent the wheel and they are expensive to feed! With my 243 and 308 I can cover bullet weights from 55 gr to 220 gr. And take shots out to 500 yds. For me this is all I need. If I ever get the opportunity to hunt moose, elk or Grizzly I have a 338 wm with muzzle break. It is expensive to feed!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="StumpGrinder, post: 1944242, member: 114832"] I like cartridges that have been military or police becaus the ammo is cheaper and more readily available. My first deer rifle was a 30-06 Remington 700 Bdl it shot factory and reloads well. My reloads would string vertical but seldom had much horizontal movement from load to load. I always free float my barrels. With this rifle I could drive nails at 100 yds and took deer out to 500. The 270 and 25-06 came from the 30-06 and are too lighter recoil than your 300 wm. I went to 308 and 243 for that reason. They are Ruger M77s and although the are tough and shot well, they are more picky on ammo selection and I get vertical as well as horizontal strings from load to load. Most modern rifles are plenty accurate for hunting out to 300 yds. If you want to shoot past that you will be getting into a different class of rifle in the $1000 dollar plus range. In my opinion the new calibers are just trying to reinvent the wheel and they are expensive to feed! With my 243 and 308 I can cover bullet weights from 55 gr to 220 gr. And take shots out to 500 yds. For me this is all I need. If I ever get the opportunity to hunt moose, elk or Grizzly I have a 338 wm with muzzle break. It is expensive to feed! [/QUOTE]
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