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<blockquote data-quote="Kamptown" data-source="post: 1242441" data-attributes="member: 98309"><p>So I really appreciate all the positive feedback on the rifles. There are a couple rifles I have been looking at that don't offer the 7mm, only 300. I am hesitant about even bringing it up as I have read all 15 or 16 pages of the great debate. I was 14 when I inherited my first deer rifle, old ruger m77 in .243. I really liked shooting it and it was pretty accurate. Fast forward to 1996 and my first elk hunt in Idaho. I didn't know much about ballistics to say the least. Ended up carrying other people's rifles on that hunt because I was certain the .243 would not be capable to put down an elk. I started looking at published ballistics and decided on the 7mm, I actually wanted an STW, but finances wouldn't quite facilitate that purchase. Finally picked up my ruger at a drug store in Idaho wholesaling their firearms as they were going to stop selling. Wouldn't you know it they had a ruger in 7mm for $379. Sorry for the long winded reply, but I purchased what I could afford back then and not exactly what I wanted. I wanted stainless even back then. So I guess between the 7 and the 300, ballistics aside as they are too close and in fact shine each in their own right, would you switch caliber to get the rifle that you wanted?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kamptown, post: 1242441, member: 98309"] So I really appreciate all the positive feedback on the rifles. There are a couple rifles I have been looking at that don't offer the 7mm, only 300. I am hesitant about even bringing it up as I have read all 15 or 16 pages of the great debate. I was 14 when I inherited my first deer rifle, old ruger m77 in .243. I really liked shooting it and it was pretty accurate. Fast forward to 1996 and my first elk hunt in Idaho. I didn't know much about ballistics to say the least. Ended up carrying other people's rifles on that hunt because I was certain the .243 would not be capable to put down an elk. I started looking at published ballistics and decided on the 7mm, I actually wanted an STW, but finances wouldn't quite facilitate that purchase. Finally picked up my ruger at a drug store in Idaho wholesaling their firearms as they were going to stop selling. Wouldn't you know it they had a ruger in 7mm for $379. Sorry for the long winded reply, but I purchased what I could afford back then and not exactly what I wanted. I wanted stainless even back then. So I guess between the 7 and the 300, ballistics aside as they are too close and in fact shine each in their own right, would you switch caliber to get the rifle that you wanted? [/QUOTE]
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