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05-08-2007, 06:17 AM
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I wanted a 300 mag a year ago(no I didn't NEED one) & chose an A-Bolt 300WSM. I don't plan one useing it for deer since I have 3 308's, a few 243's, & a 284 win. I also load mostly all my ammo, though I think the 300WSM will be around for awhile. I have a baited black bear hunt planned next fall & my mid-level loads show the Nosler partitions launched at 2810fps from my gun. Of your choices I would get a 300 mag or the short mag. Yes you would be happy with the 300WSM. If you don't have a 30 cal yet you do have a hole to fill. There are just so many options with all the bullets available. I also loaded some lower recoil rounds with H 4895 & cheap 150 grn FMJ bullets while I was getting my scope setup.
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05-08-2007, 03:41 PM
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After all is said and done
Get a 300 Winchester Mag. Tried and true..easy to find ammo for. Easy to load with lots of data available...and all the newer renditions of the 300 mags are really just a new way to try to sell a new rifle. Not enough difference in down range performance to make a hill of beans. Hell I have a 300 Win Mag but still prefer the old 06...maybe till I get to bears...and in Wyoming that is getting to be a problem. In many elk areas a rifle shot is like ringing a dinner bell for a grizzley. No joke. And they really aren't scared of humans! So for elk it'll be a 300 Win mag for me! Not many moose left here now either. Wolves ya know!
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05-09-2007, 08:13 AM
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Skeet, I was in the Thorofare last fall and the guides said they haven't seen a moose in 2 years. We bumped into grizzlies every day. We heard some wolves howling too, the week before one of the guides had a pack of wolves put the stalk on him when he was bugling.
While it is unlikely that anyone would need to use their rifle for self protection, in many places it's not out of the question. A wise man told me that if you plan on using your rifle for bear protection, it should be the same rifle that you would take to hunt that animal. Skeet is right, the old .300 Win. Mag is still the benchmark rifle that other .30 cal magnums will compare themselves to.
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05-09-2007, 09:54 AM
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Thorofare
MT the wolves have about cleaned out the moose. And now the wolves have moved to the Bighorns. Moose there are gonna be gone soon.. And even though officially there are no wolves or grizzlies in the Bighorns...I have seen both over there. Grizzly was walking right down the road without a care in the world. Me thinks the guides and hunters in the thorofare area will start to take matters into their own hands and start killing the waayyy overpopulated wolves. The dogooders back east don't realize what they have done to the people and elk populations out here...and they could care less I think. Maybe we should capture wolves and turn them loose in Central Park, heh?
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05-10-2007, 12:10 AM
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