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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Wright" data-source="post: 1609935" data-attributes="member: 108611"><p>As always there are lots of considerations--many already mentioned. Personally any time you are using a round that you can't buy almost anywhere, you create an issue. My vote is for a 300WinMag, but I'm an advocate both in ownership and use--my "go-to" gun. I have shot it more than any other gun, from Canada to New Mexico to Florida, Spain to South Africa. I've shot everything from antelope, mule deer, whitetail, axis and aoudad in the US to red and fallow deer and ibex in Spain to all sorts of plains game in Africa.</p><p></p><p>The cartridge has been perfect for animals from 10# steinbuck to 800# kudu. My gun is an off-the-shelf Browning xbolt, and yet I've learned to shoot it in 150-200 grains, and with the knowledge can adjust so I can put in the appropriate grain bullet for the job w/o scope adjustment. So I'm prejudiced! Shoots out to 450-500 yards predictably, with one round kills. With a Leupold scope it sits around 9 pounds, but it proved itself when I took a val rhebok at about 450 yards up a mountain at about 60 degrees in a 15-20 mph crosswind. </p><p></p><p>A lot of time, money and print is spent trying for the "perfect" round/rifle combo, but most times the fit of the rifle, confidence with a lot of shooting and track record/time in the field with the rifle make the most difference.</p><p></p><p>There's this HUGE push for long range shooting, but it's interesting that schools that teach it and include hunts with their package, don't let students shoot beyond 400-500 yards after the schools. You see all the shows with teams of folks there to give all the wind/drop/distance info into the computer to get the right hold position. All that's cool if you're a tv personality, but I never hunt with a crew, so I have no desire to try. I also don't want to shoot an animal so far away that it isn't hunting anymore, and that I might not be able to find on my own.</p><p></p><p>But anyway--have fun. Just remember--1/2 pound difference in weight doesn't compare with a rifle that fits you and your shooting ability to the proverbial "T".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom Wright, post: 1609935, member: 108611"] As always there are lots of considerations--many already mentioned. Personally any time you are using a round that you can't buy almost anywhere, you create an issue. My vote is for a 300WinMag, but I'm an advocate both in ownership and use--my "go-to" gun. I have shot it more than any other gun, from Canada to New Mexico to Florida, Spain to South Africa. I've shot everything from antelope, mule deer, whitetail, axis and aoudad in the US to red and fallow deer and ibex in Spain to all sorts of plains game in Africa. The cartridge has been perfect for animals from 10# steinbuck to 800# kudu. My gun is an off-the-shelf Browning xbolt, and yet I've learned to shoot it in 150-200 grains, and with the knowledge can adjust so I can put in the appropriate grain bullet for the job w/o scope adjustment. So I'm prejudiced! Shoots out to 450-500 yards predictably, with one round kills. With a Leupold scope it sits around 9 pounds, but it proved itself when I took a val rhebok at about 450 yards up a mountain at about 60 degrees in a 15-20 mph crosswind. A lot of time, money and print is spent trying for the "perfect" round/rifle combo, but most times the fit of the rifle, confidence with a lot of shooting and track record/time in the field with the rifle make the most difference. There's this HUGE push for long range shooting, but it's interesting that schools that teach it and include hunts with their package, don't let students shoot beyond 400-500 yards after the schools. You see all the shows with teams of folks there to give all the wind/drop/distance info into the computer to get the right hold position. All that's cool if you're a tv personality, but I never hunt with a crew, so I have no desire to try. I also don't want to shoot an animal so far away that it isn't hunting anymore, and that I might not be able to find on my own. But anyway--have fun. Just remember--1/2 pound difference in weight doesn't compare with a rifle that fits you and your shooting ability to the proverbial "T". [/QUOTE]
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