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 Re: 300 win mag
[Re: Longhorn74]
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03/29/21 02:55 AM
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LeonCarr
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I would love to see what a .300 Weatherby Magnum shooting a 110 grain bullet at around 3900 fps would do to a Prairie Dog (Ya'll have a few of those in Howard County, even at the airport lol).
I am guessing red mist.
Just my .02,
LeonCarr
"Whitetail Deer are extinct because of rifles with telescopes mounted on them." - My 11th Grade English Teacher
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Re: 300 win mag
[Re: JCO]
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03/29/21 03:29 AM
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My opinion, since you asked for opinions, is that: Go for it, IF you are willing to pay the price to be a good shot with it. When I was guiding the guys shooting 300 Win Mags had more wounded (and lost) deer than any other group. And it wasn't that we couldn't track the wounded deer. Next up were the guys with a 7mm mag. The problem, for both groups, was they did not practice enough with the rifles.
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Re: 300 win mag
[Re: deerfeeder]
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03/29/21 03:49 AM
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My opinion, since you asked for opinions, is that: Go for it, IF you are willing to pay the price to be a good shot with it. When I was guiding the guys shooting 300 Win Mags had more wounded (and lost) deer than any other group. And it wasn't that we couldn't track the wounded deer. Roger that, same experience here. I’ve done a lot of unnecessary tracking because most clients that hunted whitetails with a 300 were not good with them. They were not good with them because they didn’t actually shoot their 300’s much. They didn’t shoot them much or get them sighted in properly because of the recoil at the bench. While checking the zero upon arrival, most of those guys had three things in common. They fliched and/or jerked the trigger anticipating the recoil, they all shot pretty crappy groups, and they all believed that that bigger gun gave them a much greater margin for error so the “tight groups” weren’t all that important lol. Some people just can’t handle recoil. Heck, my BIL can’t even handle the recoil of his 270 and he’s a stout dude. The 270 was my first deer rifle and even as a kid I shot that rifle very well, recoil wasn’t that bad. But, he’s horrible with his. I don’t know why he still has it. He hunts exclusively with his 223 and here recently a 6.5 CM.
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Re: 300 win mag
[Re: skinnerback]
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03/29/21 10:36 AM
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Hudbone
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My opinion, since you asked for opinions, is that: Go for it, IF you are willing to pay the price to be a good shot with it. When I was guiding the guys shooting 300 Win Mags had more wounded (and lost) deer than any other group. And it wasn't that we couldn't track the wounded deer. Roger that, same experience here. I’ve done a lot of unnecessary tracking because most clients that hunted whitetails with a 300 were not good with them. They were not good with them because they didn’t actually shoot their 300’s much. They didn’t shoot them much or get them sighted in properly because of the recoil at the bench. While checking the zero upon arrival, most of those guys had three things in common. They fliched and/or jerked the trigger anticipating the recoil, they all shot pretty crappy groups, and they all believed that that bigger gun gave them a much greater margin for error so the “tight groups” weren’t all that important lol. Some people just can’t handle recoil. Heck, my BIL can’t even handle the recoil of his 270 and he’s a stout dude. The 270 was my first deer rifle and even as a kid I shot that rifle very well, recoil wasn’t that bad. But, he’s horrible with his. I don’t know why he still has it. He hunts exclusively with his 223 and here recently a 6.5 CM. Yep, so true. You can't overcome inadequacy with higher firepower.
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Re: 300 win mag
[Re: Longhorn74]
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03/29/21 05:06 PM
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Erich
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its a good 30cal. definitely more than you need, but most guns are more than you need. as long as you can shoot it well, its a very diverse caliber. shooting good bonded bullets like nosler partition or similar will help reduce meat damage. if you do any hand loading it can be loaded down some i'm sure.
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Re: 300 win mag
[Re: HWY_MAN]
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03/30/21 12:45 PM
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Three guns people need, 30/06, 300 win mag and 375 H&H, hunt all over the world and never look back.
I would say .270, .300 Win Mag, and .416 Rem Mag, but that’s just picking nits.  I also like the .338, so can we throw it in there too? And the .257 Wby? Heck can we just say a medium game rifle, a large game rifle, and a large dangerous game rifle?  Not that I'm biased but I would go with. 240 Weatherby 257 Weatherby 300 Weatherby 340 Weatherby Lord help me if I ever get in a situation where I have to carry a 460 Weatherby, put 9 rounds through one for a buddy of mine, took me 45 minutes. I had to wait for my shoulder to stop trembling. I am not recoil shy in the least - but that’s a rifle I would never shoot. 
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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