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What caliber...
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11/29/15 12:37 AM
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Thinking about building a light weight rifle for elk/mule deer hunting. It will be a mag with a .540 bolt face. I am not recoil sensitive and this will not be a gun I shoot a lot. Action will be a bighorn TL2 and that's about all I have finalized right now. Trying to decide between 264 win mag, 28 nosler and 300 win mag. Any others I should consider?
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11/29/15 12:47 AM
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300 win. No replacement for displacement
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11/29/15 12:49 AM
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28 Nosler loaded with 180 gr Berger. My 7 Rem Mag pushes that bullet 3040 MV. Run the numbers on that. The 28 Nosler should make that velocity or more. It's salty!
.300 Win Mag loaded with a 210
Either would be a great choice. Give each one a 26" barrel.
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The 28 nosler looks awesome on paper but ammo might be an issue. But I would still build it
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11/29/15 12:50 AM
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The 28 nosler looks awesome on paper but ammo might be an issue. But I would still build it I reload so ammo is not a issue.
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11/29/15 12:52 AM
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7-300 WM is worth a look.
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11/29/15 01:06 AM
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.338 WM or .340 Wby are no excuses elk cartridges. From your problem statement, I'd say there is no reason to look at anything under.30 caliber.
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11/29/15 01:12 AM
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.338 WM or .340 Wby are no excuses elk cartridges. From your problem statement, I'd say there is no reason to look at anything under.30 caliber. Why not?
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11/29/15 01:17 AM
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I'd definitely go with a 300WM out of the calibers you listed. 28 Nosler is going to have such a short barrel life.
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I'd definitely go with a 300WM out of the calibers you listed. 28 Nosler is going to have such a short barrel life. I doubt I will ever shoot out a barrel in this gun. While I am not recoil sensitive I doubt I'll ever want to sit at a bench and shoot many rounds in a row out of it. 5 rounds to sight it in. Then no more than 20 rounds a year. Should last 30 years anyway.
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11/29/15 02:40 AM
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For stated purposes and listed calibers I would go in the order or
28 Nosler I am a fan of the 7mm diameter bullets, the STW I owned worked quite well for deer and elk no reason the Nosler should be any different. 300 WM great cartridge and have owned one but more of a 7mm fan. 264 WM have one and though enough for elk I like the little bigger bullets of 7mm or larger.
What ever caliber it would wear a 26 inch barrel
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11/29/15 02:54 AM
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300 win of those you listed, all parts should be easy to find for the build with maybe less wait
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Anyone have any real life experience with the 28 nosler? What kind of speed are you getting?
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11/29/15 03:00 AM
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I believe Derrick of Horizon Firearms does. I think he didn't put in much load development time. Just stumbled onto a good shooting load and went hunting with it. I don't remember what velocity he was getting.
Chad may have worked with them by now. I know he has with the 26, not sure about the 28.
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11/29/15 03:08 AM
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The original brief indicated that recoil wasn't a consideration but performance on elk was. Anything a .284 projectile will do on elk, a .308 projectile will do better. I suggested moving up to .338 because other options were solicited.
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Fair enough. Please be so kind as to explain why, all things platform being **exactly** equal, one would **ever** select a .284 caliber rifle for elk hunting over its .308 caliber equivalent, if recoil weren't a consideration. I exclude irrelevancies such as already owning the .284 rifle, ammo availability, etc. I want to know why you would **prefer** the .284 caliber projectile over the .308 caliber projectile, all other considerations being identical.
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7mm 180 gr. G7 .337, MV 3030 fps, 5 mph wind at 3 or 9 o'clock, DA 3000', 50F
200 yards 3067 ft/lbs, wind drift 0
300 yards 2796 ft/lbs, wind drift .1 Mil
400 yards 2543 ft/lbs, wind drift .2 Mil
500 yards 2309 ft/lbs, wind drift .3 Mil
Hot rod a .300 Win Mag and it will hit harder than the 7 Rem Mag to a point, then the 7 will deliver more energy down range, to a point. Basically I'm saying I put them on even ground, but I wouldn't say that the .30 or the .338 is automatically better. Myself and two friend have killed several elk between us with this load. The farthest was last year on a cow at 440 yards. Bang...flop, get the knives out. I'm not saying anything bad about the .30 or the .338, just saying the 7 is certainly a hoss when loaded this way.
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I sure like the .280 Ackley that Derrick built for me. I use 160 Accubonds and killed my last bull right at 300 yards. I have confidence that it will go longer if I need it to.
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