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What second rifle for western hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="redneckbmxer24" data-source="post: 3028449" data-attributes="member: 11459"><p>I'd also like to add that there's not a lot of priority on being able to pick up factory ammo at a local mom and pop shop for my second rifle nor whatever is available being the perfect elk bullet.</p><p></p><p>The reality is that if something happened to my ammo and I had to depend on local availability, even if I could get exactly what I normally shoot I wouldn't depend on a different lot that I haven't verified and shot to distance for taking longer shots. So I would limit my shots much more to the point that it probably wouldn't make a difference of whether what I found was 7PRC ELDX (or whatever load it likes), 300WM core lokt, or 6.5CM core lokt or powerpoint or whatever. If I could find several boxes and there was a 1000 yard range somewhere I could dope it at that would be great, but I wouldn't depend on that and I think anything beyond verifying zero and maybe getting a chrono reading would be pretty unlikely.</p><p></p><p>My first priority is being something I can shoot well and I'm comfortable shooting while being reasonably portable for most terrains I'd encounter because I really don't know what to expect.</p><p></p><p>My second priority is brake or suppressed or not, and reverting back to the first priority if it's plain muzzle and also if it's suppressed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="redneckbmxer24, post: 3028449, member: 11459"] I'd also like to add that there's not a lot of priority on being able to pick up factory ammo at a local mom and pop shop for my second rifle nor whatever is available being the perfect elk bullet. The reality is that if something happened to my ammo and I had to depend on local availability, even if I could get exactly what I normally shoot I wouldn't depend on a different lot that I haven't verified and shot to distance for taking longer shots. So I would limit my shots much more to the point that it probably wouldn't make a difference of whether what I found was 7PRC ELDX (or whatever load it likes), 300WM core lokt, or 6.5CM core lokt or powerpoint or whatever. If I could find several boxes and there was a 1000 yard range somewhere I could dope it at that would be great, but I wouldn't depend on that and I think anything beyond verifying zero and maybe getting a chrono reading would be pretty unlikely. My first priority is being something I can shoot well and I'm comfortable shooting while being reasonably portable for most terrains I'd encounter because I really don't know what to expect. My second priority is brake or suppressed or not, and reverting back to the first priority if it's plain muzzle and also if it's suppressed. [/QUOTE]
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