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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1810473" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>What is your end goal/use for the rifle?</p><p></p><p>Honestly I'm a magnum guy and have been since I got my first "deer rifle" a 700bdl in 7mm RM 45 years ago.</p><p></p><p>Today for high volume shooting of varmints, predators, deer and even hogs I shoot a .260 Remington primarily. Cheap to shoot and if you care for it, a .260 should last you more than 2,500 rounds. Simply don't shoot them hot and clean them well whenever accuracy begins to drop off or you start to see pressure signs indicating a carbon build up.</p><p></p><p>The 6.5 PRC is a great medium cartridge that will run 140's @ around 3000fps so plenty of gas for deer sized game and below, but still not so hot that barrel life will be short.</p><p></p><p>The 300wm is the Toyota Land Cruiser of rifle cartridges. More than adequate for any N. American Game but you can also run lighter bullets very fast for a flat shooting varmit/predator rifle.</p><p></p><p>The 7mm RM is probably second in only to the 300wm for the same purposes.</p><p></p><p>The 28 Nosler gets over into the realm of rounds that are going to be pretty hard on barrels particularly if you ever shoot one hot.</p><p></p><p>The .26. .28, and 30 Noslers will probably all still be around in 20 years because Nosler will be supporting them.</p><p></p><p>Myself, from the first time I looked at the .375 Ruger case I saw great utility in it for future "new magnums". The first standardized off of it was the 7mm LRM, great round and close in performance to the Nosler but limited availability of brass from only one source and it's expensive.</p><p></p><p>Hornady saw the Utility and is building it's own new magnums using it. The 6.5 PRC is a great round. Soon we will see a 7mm and 300 PRC has already been released.</p><p></p><p>Hornady and Ruger have done a great job here I think in both development and marketing and if it were me, I'd probably wait until the 7mm PRC is released and choose between the two.</p><p></p><p>As for scopes, I have four of the VX6's in both 3-15x50 and 4-24x52 and have been nothing but pleased with them in every way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1810473, member: 30902"] What is your end goal/use for the rifle? Honestly I'm a magnum guy and have been since I got my first "deer rifle" a 700bdl in 7mm RM 45 years ago. Today for high volume shooting of varmints, predators, deer and even hogs I shoot a .260 Remington primarily. Cheap to shoot and if you care for it, a .260 should last you more than 2,500 rounds. Simply don't shoot them hot and clean them well whenever accuracy begins to drop off or you start to see pressure signs indicating a carbon build up. The 6.5 PRC is a great medium cartridge that will run 140's @ around 3000fps so plenty of gas for deer sized game and below, but still not so hot that barrel life will be short. The 300wm is the Toyota Land Cruiser of rifle cartridges. More than adequate for any N. American Game but you can also run lighter bullets very fast for a flat shooting varmit/predator rifle. The 7mm RM is probably second in only to the 300wm for the same purposes. The 28 Nosler gets over into the realm of rounds that are going to be pretty hard on barrels particularly if you ever shoot one hot. The .26. .28, and 30 Noslers will probably all still be around in 20 years because Nosler will be supporting them. Myself, from the first time I looked at the .375 Ruger case I saw great utility in it for future "new magnums". The first standardized off of it was the 7mm LRM, great round and close in performance to the Nosler but limited availability of brass from only one source and it's expensive. Hornady saw the Utility and is building it's own new magnums using it. The 6.5 PRC is a great round. Soon we will see a 7mm and 300 PRC has already been released. Hornady and Ruger have done a great job here I think in both development and marketing and if it were me, I'd probably wait until the 7mm PRC is released and choose between the two. As for scopes, I have four of the VX6's in both 3-15x50 and 4-24x52 and have been nothing but pleased with them in every way. [/QUOTE]
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