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<blockquote data-quote="lennyo3034" data-source="post: 1396808" data-attributes="member: 98086"><p>I have a custom action on order with the intent on building it into a general purpose hunting rifle. It is a short action with interchangeable bolt face (ARC Nucleus) so I am not limited by case diameter.</p><p></p><p>My target species are deer and black bear. Sometimes I hunt corn fields on crop damage tags and have a shot out to 800 yards (probably would not take that shot unless I'm familiar with wind profile), other times I hike into public land for multi-day hunts. Realistically I'm probably limited to a 300 yard shot in this case. I'm not terribly concerned with deer, but bear in my area have proven tough. I would like to keep the rifle somewhat short, 22" barrel would be ideal.</p><p></p><p>Calibers I'm considering are:</p><p></p><p>7 SAUM: has the energy I'm looking for, but may require a longer barrel length. No prefit barrel.</p><p>.284 Winchester: Not sure how well it will run in a short action, barrel length concern?</p><p>7mm-08: worried about velocity with 162 eld-x</p><p>7mm-08AI: Cant find any prefits (savage small shank)</p><p>6.5 SAUM: Dont really see advantages over 7 SAUM for my purposes</p><p></p><p>If there is another caliber I'm not thinking about please let me know.</p><p></p><p>As for myself: I've been shooting long range competition (prs type and gas gun), but have only been hunting for 3 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lennyo3034, post: 1396808, member: 98086"] I have a custom action on order with the intent on building it into a general purpose hunting rifle. It is a short action with interchangeable bolt face (ARC Nucleus) so I am not limited by case diameter. My target species are deer and black bear. Sometimes I hunt corn fields on crop damage tags and have a shot out to 800 yards (probably would not take that shot unless I'm familiar with wind profile), other times I hike into public land for multi-day hunts. Realistically I'm probably limited to a 300 yard shot in this case. I'm not terribly concerned with deer, but bear in my area have proven tough. I would like to keep the rifle somewhat short, 22" barrel would be ideal. Calibers I'm considering are: 7 SAUM: has the energy I'm looking for, but may require a longer barrel length. No prefit barrel. .284 Winchester: Not sure how well it will run in a short action, barrel length concern? 7mm-08: worried about velocity with 162 eld-x 7mm-08AI: Cant find any prefits (savage small shank) 6.5 SAUM: Dont really see advantages over 7 SAUM for my purposes If there is another caliber I'm not thinking about please let me know. As for myself: I've been shooting long range competition (prs type and gas gun), but have only been hunting for 3 years. [/QUOTE]
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