Help me choose

[thesheepdog]

Alright, i know i just put out a thread reagrding a 7mm mag vs a .300 mag, and i appreciate everyone's answers.

For everyone else, i am wanting a magnum rifle, capable of taking large game, and something i can use for 1,000 target practice with excellent BC.

I reload, so ammo prices shoudn't be too bad.

I have owned a .308 and a .300 win mag (both were traded for other guns), so i don't think i want another .308 win, rather something with a little more punch behind it, and flat shooting out to 1,000 yards, while still holding good ballistics (high BC).

I have a 6.5 Grendel SPR that i will taking out to 800 yards one day-when i can find a range. So this "magnum" rilfe is a purchase in the near future, after i am hitting metal at 800+ with my Grendel.

 

[mapsjanhere]

Above the 300 WM, you got 300 RUM, 338 RUM/Edge and the 338 Lapua. 300 RUM are available in standard rifles, 338 Lapua is usually only chambered in the $2k and up class. 338 Edge is a custom chambering, based on the 300 RUM, a tick bigger than the 338 RUM.
300 RUM with a 168 Berger is nice, the 338 Edge usually uses a 300 SMK. I skipped the 338 Lapua for cost reasons, even the brass is $3.

 

[gunmoney]

I think you need a few more threads on the subject.

 

[Buzzcook]

Of the three you mention .300win mag is the most popular.

The most popular cartridge for 1000yds is 6.5-284 iirc.

 

[James R. Burke]

I am not really up on the big boy's for long range etc. I once had a Ruger No 1 Tropical in a .416 Rem mag that I reloaded for. I had a Barnes solid copper hollow point 325 grain at just over 3,000 f.p.s. Pretty fast for a bullet that size. No signs of presure at all. I was so cautious I even tryed it when it was really hot out just to make sure. I was still under max. I never tryed thought at that distance. Good luck. Jim

 

[azredhawk44]

I'm enamored of the service rifles right now and shoot nothing but .223 and .308 for the time being. Once I'm shooting well enough that I can hold my head above water in a real match I might branch out to scoped bolt action shooting in F-class or precision rifle matches.

I've been "what if"-ing my caliber for such a choice for a long time, because I'm a southpaw and I'll have a devil of a time getting whatever caliber I end up choosing in the action I want.

Right now I'm leaning towards the .280 Remington. Basically a 7mm Remington Magnum, without the word "magnum" on it nor the belt.

I intend to use such a gun as a fun F-class/precision toy as well as a hunter, so I would probably end up being able to increase/decrease the weight of the stock based upon whether I was hiking in the hills after antelope and elk, or on a controlled firing line shooting for sub-MOA targets.

I've still got plenty of things to work on with my service rifles first, though.