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Post by Loggy on Dec 29, 2023 8:24:12 GMT -5
About 10 years ago I just needed to satisfy my whim to buy a 300 so went out & bought a new Rem 700 SS DM in the 300 Win Mag. Hunted with it for about 3 years & then sold. Killed 2 buck & 3 doe all quick kills. Looking back wish I wouldn't of sold. Ever have that happen? lol
Thought I shook the craziness but now here I am again thinking my gun safe is missing a 300 with only 2 puny 6.5's & an 06 sitting there. So......any thoughts on a 300 WSM, 300 WM or a 300 RUM. Love to hear your opinions, experiences etc!
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Post by Dutch on Dec 29, 2023 9:08:33 GMT -5
I traded a Remington 40-XB in 7 mag years ago for a shotgun. I still kick myself. A shotgun? Really? A highly accurate rifle, for the time, for a shotgun. SMH.
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Post by fleroo on Dec 29, 2023 10:03:50 GMT -5
You may need to put on about 50 more lbs. to shoot the 300 RUM, and still keep your shoulder where it should anatomically reside.  |
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Post by fleroo on Dec 29, 2023 10:05:51 GMT -5
You may also need the stock market to break all-time high records, in order to afford the rounds that feed into it.  |
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Post by Dutch on Dec 29, 2023 10:48:24 GMT -5
You may also need the stock market to break all-time high records, in order to afford the rounds that feed into it. If you can find it |
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Post by Loggy on Dec 29, 2023 13:19:04 GMT -5
Seems plenty of 300 Win Mag ammo out there but vitually no 300 WSM.
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Post by Dutch on Dec 29, 2023 14:36:11 GMT -5
Seems plenty of 300 Win Mag ammo out there but vitually no 300 WSM. Both my brother and nephew have that cartridge, can't even find brass. It's obsolete, imo |
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Post by Dutch on Dec 29, 2023 14:37:22 GMT -5
My brother has a 250 Savage. Another cartridge that due to brass and ammo availability, becoming obsolete
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Post by acorn20 on Dec 29, 2023 15:04:24 GMT -5
I cured my magnumitis with the purchase of a Tikka M658 chambered in 7mm mag about 20-some years ago. This is the model with the role-over cheekpiece. Talk about a tack-driver. It's pleasant to shoot and nice to look at while sipping a bourbon.
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Post by Loggy on Dec 29, 2023 18:32:39 GMT -5
I cured my magnumitis with the purchase of a Tikka M658 chambered in 7mm mag about 20-some years ago. This is the model with the role-over cheekpiece. Talk about a tack-driver. It's pleasant to shoot and nice to look at while sipping a bourbon. Sounds like a real shooter Dan without that harsh 300 shoulder whack....plus even goes well viewing with a lil bourbon!!!  |
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Post by Loggy on Dec 31, 2023 8:26:46 GMT -5
If I remember correctly Doug here either has or had a 300 WSM? Curious on his thoughts when he's back online.
When I was at Elk camp on my 2020 PA Late Season Elk hunt all hunters(think there were 8 of us) all were either carrying a 300 WSM, 300 WM or 300 RUM other than myself using my 6.5X55 Swede Mauser and one guy with a 30-06.
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Post by moosemike on Dec 31, 2023 9:56:32 GMT -5
I have had a lot of magnum rifles including three 300 magnums but I have never carried a magnum afield. Closest I got was I took a 7mm Magnum on my one Moose hunt but never got to use it because I killed a Bull the first morning with a 450 Marlin
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Post by Loggy on Dec 31, 2023 10:56:14 GMT -5
Before pulling the trigger on a 300 ....gonna run some of the Norma Bondstrike 180's through my Rem Mod 700 30-06. Based on ballistic info they are capable of decent energy(>2,100 ft-lb) out to 300 yds. Even at 400 yds energy exceeds 1,900 ft-lbs. Some of the newer premium 30-06 ammo is pretty impressive!
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Post by moosemike on Dec 31, 2023 14:26:26 GMT -5
The 30-06 has always given me everything I need. My wife's cousin is a fisherman in Alaska. He's inviting me out for bear hunting. Brown or Black. I'd go black but I'd take my 30-06 for either
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Post by Loggy on Dec 31, 2023 16:19:36 GMT -5
I hear you Mike. My Dad killed 4 Quebec bears and 1 383lb PA bear all with his 760 30-06. All were dead within 25 yards shooting 180 grain REM Core Lokts. I need Dad here to screw ole Loggy’s head on straight!😆
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Post by ridgecommander on Dec 31, 2023 17:20:19 GMT -5
Nothing wrong with the old 06 for just about everything. I have two 300 win mags. I would go with the 300 win mag if you still have a hankering for a magnum. Many more options in guns and readily available ammo.
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Post by dougl on Jan 2, 2024 8:50:29 GMT -5
I jumped on the 300WSM when it was first introduced.I think I bought the first stainless stalker Grice got in.At the time,brass and dies were available but very little if any factory ammo.I ended up selling that rifle to my buddy and picked up a kimber Montana in the same caliber.Even in such a lite rifle,I don't find the recoil to be obnoxious and it accurate and hit's like a freight train.It's been a while since I've killed a deer with it,although my son has killed some.I did shoot a bear with it lasy year.I don't see any elk hunts in my future so it will likely spend more time in the safe than in the woods as I have a couple other rifles that I like carrying around better.
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Post by fleroo on Jan 2, 2024 9:34:44 GMT -5
You're also in your early 50's, and built more like Schwarzenegger, rather than Don "Fife" Knotts.  It's all relative. LOL |
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Post by dougl on Jan 2, 2024 10:18:06 GMT -5
Mid 50's with a tweaked right shoulder.It's not bad to shoot but not needed in Pa.
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Post by Loggy on Jan 2, 2024 18:38:20 GMT -5
The 300 Win Mag I had really didn't bother me recoilwise. I once had a Mosssy 835 & with the 3.5" 12 mag shells I did start to blink a lil after several patterning shots from the bench but when squeezing one off on a longbeard....no big whoop. I'm gathering from his posting here that Fleroo must factor in the ole "flinch factor" in group size measurement when shooting sumpin heavier than a 22 LR!! lol
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Post by moosemike on Jan 2, 2024 19:25:34 GMT -5
Very little is worse than a 3.5" 12 gauge
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Post by CoureurDeBois on Jan 2, 2024 19:30:57 GMT -5
Never shot anything larger than a 06. Not a fan of recoil, even the 06 has more than I like, but after a few practice rounds I get use to it and it doesn’t affect my shooting any.
Everyone I knew that bought a 300 magnum the first thing they did after shooting a few rounds off the bench was have a muzzle break installed.
My 06 did everything it was ever required to do, including killing a bull elk at 200 yards in Colorado, so have never had a desire to own one.
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Post by CoureurDeBois on Jan 2, 2024 19:41:58 GMT -5
Very little is worse than a 3.5" 12 gauge Never shot the 3.5” 12 gage. I use a Winchester 1300 12 gage with 3” for turkey and don’t mind it. But what I felt was the brutal, was the same gun in a 20 gage using some of the new 3” turkey loads on the market. |
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Post by Loggy on Jan 2, 2024 20:05:15 GMT -5
Very little is worse than a 3.5" 12 gauge Have a friend that cracked his nose bridge shootin his 835 with a 3.5" load. I only owned an 835 one year as it's loose construction was noisy/rattled plus 2nd shot recyling wasnt reliable. |
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Post by moosemike on Jan 2, 2024 20:13:33 GMT -5
That's the reason I use a 10 gauge for waterfowl. 10 gauges are 11 pounds. Try and find a heavy 12 gauge once
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