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<blockquote data-quote="Buano" data-source="post: 482538" data-attributes="member: 21641"><p>Some thoughts:</p><p></p><p>• A 22" barrel will waste much of the long-range potential of the rounds you are looking at. You may as well stay with a .338 win mag instead of the Weatherby if you don't care about the velocity. If you don't want the weight of the longer barrel, go to carbon wrapped barrel to save more weight than the short barrel while maintaining bullet velocity.</p><p></p><p>• If you are going with a .340 Weatherby for your "big" barrel, a 7mm-.300 Weatherby would have the same case and feed exactly the same. Obviously, a 7mm-.300 Weatherby only works if you are a reloader.</p><p></p><p>• You could save weight by going to a shorter action & use .270 (or 7mm) WSM & .325 WSM.</p><p></p><p>• No one beats the Talley Lightweight Alloy Scope Mount (talleymanufacturing.com). They are light, they look good, & they work well — & two of our rifles wear them.</p><p></p><p>• If you are going ultra-light I presume you would be adding a muzzle brake. At least I HOPE you will add a brake!</p><p></p><p>• As one of your reasons for a switch-barrel gun was so you would only need buy 1 scope, any of the quality quick-detach scope mounts let you swap scopes instantly between different guns. Talley makes the best QD mounts made.</p><p></p><p>• If I was looking at 1 gun to do all these jobs, it would be a .300 Weatherby, and likely a stock Accumark. There are lighter guns, but I will carry a little extra weight to get "shootability". </p><p></p><p>•*As you already have a 7mm SPS, I would buy a .340 Accumark & hang on to the 7mm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buano, post: 482538, member: 21641"] Some thoughts: • A 22" barrel will waste much of the long-range potential of the rounds you are looking at. You may as well stay with a .338 win mag instead of the Weatherby if you don't care about the velocity. If you don't want the weight of the longer barrel, go to carbon wrapped barrel to save more weight than the short barrel while maintaining bullet velocity. • If you are going with a .340 Weatherby for your "big" barrel, a 7mm-.300 Weatherby would have the same case and feed exactly the same. Obviously, a 7mm-.300 Weatherby only works if you are a reloader. • You could save weight by going to a shorter action & use .270 (or 7mm) WSM & .325 WSM. • No one beats the Talley Lightweight Alloy Scope Mount (talleymanufacturing.com). They are light, they look good, & they work well — & two of our rifles wear them. • If you are going ultra-light I presume you would be adding a muzzle brake. At least I HOPE you will add a brake! • As one of your reasons for a switch-barrel gun was so you would only need buy 1 scope, any of the quality quick-detach scope mounts let you swap scopes instantly between different guns. Talley makes the best QD mounts made. • If I was looking at 1 gun to do all these jobs, it would be a .300 Weatherby, and likely a stock Accumark. There are lighter guns, but I will carry a little extra weight to get "shootability". •*As you already have a 7mm SPS, I would buy a .340 Accumark & hang on to the 7mm. [/QUOTE]
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