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<blockquote data-quote="backyardsniper" data-source="post: 947317" data-attributes="member: 20657"><p>I am a huge fan of the 300wm. I think it is probably one of the greatest cartridges ever made for several reasons. It is a very one size fits all cartridge as I like to say from mice to moose. It can be loaded from 125gr balistic tips to 230gr berger bullets. Now that being said. I am booked on the LRH group hunt in wyoming this year and this will be my first elk hunt. I have a lot of experience with larger cartridges and I put probably a little over a thousand rounds of various centerfire rounds down range each year ranging from 300wm to 338 lapua, at ranges usually from 400-1000yds. I had planned to shoot my 300 on this trip but after some consideration, based on things like longest possible shot I could encounter, wind conditions in that area, and the fact that I just wanted to build another rifle I called my gun smith and I am building a "lightweight lapua improved". By light weight I'm hoping to keep it around 11lbs. Now I will take my 300 as well and I may very well carry it and kill an elk with it, depending on what the terrain looks like when I get there. For me larger caliber is about room for error, and I don't mean room for error in shot placement, I mean the larger flatter shooting cartridge allows you more room for error on shot angle, and wind call and still keep the bullet in the vitals. If you plan on keeping your shot inside 300yds that doesn't really matter with a 300, but with say a 308 vs a 300 the 300 is a lot more forgiving of a slight error in distance or wind call than the 308 is. Same with the lapua. It is a lot more forgiving in the 800-900yd range than the 300 win mag is. Most important is to shoot what you are comfortable with and don't shoot any farther than what you are comfortable with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backyardsniper, post: 947317, member: 20657"] I am a huge fan of the 300wm. I think it is probably one of the greatest cartridges ever made for several reasons. It is a very one size fits all cartridge as I like to say from mice to moose. It can be loaded from 125gr balistic tips to 230gr berger bullets. Now that being said. I am booked on the LRH group hunt in wyoming this year and this will be my first elk hunt. I have a lot of experience with larger cartridges and I put probably a little over a thousand rounds of various centerfire rounds down range each year ranging from 300wm to 338 lapua, at ranges usually from 400-1000yds. I had planned to shoot my 300 on this trip but after some consideration, based on things like longest possible shot I could encounter, wind conditions in that area, and the fact that I just wanted to build another rifle I called my gun smith and I am building a "lightweight lapua improved". By light weight I'm hoping to keep it around 11lbs. Now I will take my 300 as well and I may very well carry it and kill an elk with it, depending on what the terrain looks like when I get there. For me larger caliber is about room for error, and I don't mean room for error in shot placement, I mean the larger flatter shooting cartridge allows you more room for error on shot angle, and wind call and still keep the bullet in the vitals. If you plan on keeping your shot inside 300yds that doesn't really matter with a 300, but with say a 308 vs a 300 the 300 is a lot more forgiving of a slight error in distance or wind call than the 308 is. Same with the lapua. It is a lot more forgiving in the 800-900yd range than the 300 win mag is. Most important is to shoot what you are comfortable with and don't shoot any farther than what you are comfortable with. [/QUOTE]
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