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<blockquote data-quote="Aoudad shooter1975" data-source="post: 1512743" data-attributes="member: 102560"><p>Agreed a 300 mag is a big ol hammer--more than a 7 mag for sure--one thing I have seen in shooting with a lot of folks over the last 10 years in LR. Guys tend to handle a 6.5-284 thru a 7 mag better than anything bigger. the 7 mag is kind of the line i have seen. we have a 30-378 and while it wears a brake, and is really a puppy dog to shoot-- most start flinching after about 4 rounds after the big 30 starts barking. I have 2 6.5-284s and its amazing guys start clanging steel after just a few warm up shots. We have found when you get to the 7 mm mag accuracy starts to fall off--not scientific fact--just a ol guys observation. muzzle blast in our business does as much as the "kick"... my 338 norma bucks a bit (with a brake)--but nothing like my 375 rum or my 470 double rifle...and if I am not careful I am flinching pretty bad after a few shots as the muzzle blast of my 338 norma is substantial ( so is my 300 norma for that matter). If I had to do it all over again--I'd start with like a 6.5x47 and shoot a bunch... stick with one type of reticle and system then step up incrementally. I love what a 338 does...but hate the way it blasts and backs up..300 mags are great tools--but the price is they are serious kickers and "muzzle blasters" with 190-230 grain bullets, and i kind of look at it--if I go to a 30 cal-- I might as well go 338...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aoudad shooter1975, post: 1512743, member: 102560"] Agreed a 300 mag is a big ol hammer--more than a 7 mag for sure--one thing I have seen in shooting with a lot of folks over the last 10 years in LR. Guys tend to handle a 6.5-284 thru a 7 mag better than anything bigger. the 7 mag is kind of the line i have seen. we have a 30-378 and while it wears a brake, and is really a puppy dog to shoot-- most start flinching after about 4 rounds after the big 30 starts barking. I have 2 6.5-284s and its amazing guys start clanging steel after just a few warm up shots. We have found when you get to the 7 mm mag accuracy starts to fall off--not scientific fact--just a ol guys observation. muzzle blast in our business does as much as the "kick"... my 338 norma bucks a bit (with a brake)--but nothing like my 375 rum or my 470 double rifle...and if I am not careful I am flinching pretty bad after a few shots as the muzzle blast of my 338 norma is substantial ( so is my 300 norma for that matter). If I had to do it all over again--I'd start with like a 6.5x47 and shoot a bunch... stick with one type of reticle and system then step up incrementally. I love what a 338 does...but hate the way it blasts and backs up..300 mags are great tools--but the price is they are serious kickers and "muzzle blasters" with 190-230 grain bullets, and i kind of look at it--if I go to a 30 cal-- I might as well go 338... [/QUOTE]
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