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New Mountain Rifle...Is there better than 7mm-08?
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<blockquote data-quote="buckgrunter" data-source="post: 848280" data-attributes="member: 71212"><p>Looking at a new mountain rifle/project. Requirements are:</p><p> </p><p>1. Lightweight - loaded, hunting weight of less than 6.75#</p><p>2. Accurate</p><p>3. Manageable Recoil - no magnum recommendations please</p><p>4. Target Animals - 90% antelope, deer, sheep, 10 % elk</p><p>5. Range - 400y hunting rifle only. Only target shooting I do is practicing for hunting.</p><p>6. 22" barrel max</p><p> </p><p>My dilemma is given requirement #1, I'm almost set on a short action (almost). 7mm-08 is the leading candidate. I have a donor 700 BDL SA action with a 308 bolt face, but am also contemplating a Kimber Montana. The Kimber accuracy has me worried. I figure I can build for just a little more $ and achieve far better accuracy than the Kimber with similar weight.</p><p> </p><p>So is 7mm-08 the best choice? I've thought .284 and 7x57 but can't see any benefits in the Remmie short action. If I were to go with a LA, then I might as well go 280 or 280ai. And I'm concerned about that recoil in a lightweight rifle. I reload. Is there a better choice than the 7mm-08?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buckgrunter, post: 848280, member: 71212"] Looking at a new mountain rifle/project. Requirements are: 1. Lightweight - loaded, hunting weight of less than 6.75# 2. Accurate 3. Manageable Recoil - no magnum recommendations please 4. Target Animals - 90% antelope, deer, sheep, 10 % elk 5. Range - 400y hunting rifle only. Only target shooting I do is practicing for hunting. 6. 22" barrel max My dilemma is given requirement #1, I'm almost set on a short action (almost). 7mm-08 is the leading candidate. I have a donor 700 BDL SA action with a 308 bolt face, but am also contemplating a Kimber Montana. The Kimber accuracy has me worried. I figure I can build for just a little more $ and achieve far better accuracy than the Kimber with similar weight. So is 7mm-08 the best choice? I've thought .284 and 7x57 but can't see any benefits in the Remmie short action. If I were to go with a LA, then I might as well go 280 or 280ai. And I'm concerned about that recoil in a lightweight rifle. I reload. Is there a better choice than the 7mm-08? [/QUOTE]
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