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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 201602" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Slimwallet</p><p></p><p>Save your money and build one really good rifle. Get it with a brake and a cap. The rifle may print a little different with the brake off and the cap on but that is just the same as two rifles.</p><p></p><p> So here is my advice.</p><p></p><p>Buy a good custom action</p><p>Buy a good barrel</p><p>Buy a really excellent scope and I mean first class glass and a good pair of binoculars and once again I mean first class glass.</p><p>Pay an excellent smith (surprisingly enough the really good ones don't cost anymore than the mediocre ones)</p><p></p><p>Calibers are what strikes your fancy and I have my preferences that have very little to do with killing animals. Anything from a 257 Wby, 264 Win Mag, the 7's you have listed to the 300 Win Mag would be good. The one I would like but have never used is the 7STW. I think it would be just perfect for a 600 yard elk that suddenly shows up at 800 yards. Put a 160 Accubond in it and recoil will be manageable although not enjoyable (I'm so wimpy). If later on you want to shoot further than 600 yards then the Berger 180 is available but the recoil will be more with the heavier bullet but you won't notice it with a brake.</p><p></p><p>For a scope, the Nightforce is hard to beat. A 3.5-15 X 50mm or 56mm depending on your age and eyesight. This would give you all of the close up shooting advantage plus 15 power is plenty for 600 yards as darkness falls.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 201602, member: 8"] Slimwallet Save your money and build one really good rifle. Get it with a brake and a cap. The rifle may print a little different with the brake off and the cap on but that is just the same as two rifles. So here is my advice. Buy a good custom action Buy a good barrel Buy a really excellent scope and I mean first class glass and a good pair of binoculars and once again I mean first class glass. Pay an excellent smith (surprisingly enough the really good ones don't cost anymore than the mediocre ones) Calibers are what strikes your fancy and I have my preferences that have very little to do with killing animals. Anything from a 257 Wby, 264 Win Mag, the 7's you have listed to the 300 Win Mag would be good. The one I would like but have never used is the 7STW. I think it would be just perfect for a 600 yard elk that suddenly shows up at 800 yards. Put a 160 Accubond in it and recoil will be manageable although not enjoyable (I'm so wimpy). If later on you want to shoot further than 600 yards then the Berger 180 is available but the recoil will be more with the heavier bullet but you won't notice it with a brake. For a scope, the Nightforce is hard to beat. A 3.5-15 X 50mm or 56mm depending on your age and eyesight. This would give you all of the close up shooting advantage plus 15 power is plenty for 600 yards as darkness falls. [/QUOTE]
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