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Which is better, 300 RUM or 338 RUM?
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<blockquote data-quote="remingtonman_25_06" data-source="post: 6023" data-attributes="member: 1403"><p>I will be honest and say I'm not a real big fan of Hornady bullets. I am partial to Noslers. B-tips have been my choice for varmints to deer, and partitions have been on my elk/bear hunts. I am only 17 years old. I have a place where I can shoot out to 1000 yards that takes me 5 minutes to drive from my house. I love my 25/06, been shooting it for about 2 1/2 years now and its time for a new barrel. A leupold vx2, 6-18 Target sits atop and also have a Nikon Laser 800 rangefinder. I love being able to use the clicks out to 600 yards, it works super well. It would be impossible to guesstimate holdover out to that range. I have shot everything with this gun from p-dogs to bear, from 25 yards to a muley buck at 604 yards, however, last weekend I hit a big black bear at 200 yards with a 120g partition and he ran off like nothing happened. Ended up not even finding the bear. Did not find any blood. It really made me mad because last year I shot a black bear at 440 yards with my 25/06 and 115g B-tip and it only went 75 yards before piling up. I am a firm believe now on big magnums. They do have there place. I will practice about everyday just like I do with my 25/06 on milk jugs at 400-600 yards. The ultra mags seem to be a good choice to knock bears and elk off there butts out to my long range distance of 600 yards. With practice and time, I would like to extend out to 800. I have shot targets at 800 with my 25/06 and my groups are running about 10-14 inches for 3 shots. That is no good for hunting anything in my books. At 500 yards I have shot 2.5"-5" 3 shot groups. Good enough for any deer let alone an elk. I will be putting a muzzle break on the 300 RUM beast, I feel that the lighter kicking guns are able to shoot well at longer distance. I will also put a Leupold vx2, 6-18 Target with the knobs to allow me in shooting longer distances. I will probly shoot this gun about every other day a couple shots at milk jugs at 400-600. Just for practice. I use a harris bi-pod and lay prone for all my long range hunting and shooting. Do you guys think this will be a decent set up for what I am wanting it to do? Thanks for all the replys. You have been more than helpful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="remingtonman_25_06, post: 6023, member: 1403"] I will be honest and say I'm not a real big fan of Hornady bullets. I am partial to Noslers. B-tips have been my choice for varmints to deer, and partitions have been on my elk/bear hunts. I am only 17 years old. I have a place where I can shoot out to 1000 yards that takes me 5 minutes to drive from my house. I love my 25/06, been shooting it for about 2 1/2 years now and its time for a new barrel. A leupold vx2, 6-18 Target sits atop and also have a Nikon Laser 800 rangefinder. I love being able to use the clicks out to 600 yards, it works super well. It would be impossible to guesstimate holdover out to that range. I have shot everything with this gun from p-dogs to bear, from 25 yards to a muley buck at 604 yards, however, last weekend I hit a big black bear at 200 yards with a 120g partition and he ran off like nothing happened. Ended up not even finding the bear. Did not find any blood. It really made me mad because last year I shot a black bear at 440 yards with my 25/06 and 115g B-tip and it only went 75 yards before piling up. I am a firm believe now on big magnums. They do have there place. I will practice about everyday just like I do with my 25/06 on milk jugs at 400-600 yards. The ultra mags seem to be a good choice to knock bears and elk off there butts out to my long range distance of 600 yards. With practice and time, I would like to extend out to 800. I have shot targets at 800 with my 25/06 and my groups are running about 10-14 inches for 3 shots. That is no good for hunting anything in my books. At 500 yards I have shot 2.5"-5" 3 shot groups. Good enough for any deer let alone an elk. I will be putting a muzzle break on the 300 RUM beast, I feel that the lighter kicking guns are able to shoot well at longer distance. I will also put a Leupold vx2, 6-18 Target with the knobs to allow me in shooting longer distances. I will probly shoot this gun about every other day a couple shots at milk jugs at 400-600. Just for practice. I use a harris bi-pod and lay prone for all my long range hunting and shooting. Do you guys think this will be a decent set up for what I am wanting it to do? Thanks for all the replys. You have been more than helpful. [/QUOTE]
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