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<blockquote data-quote="QuietTexan" data-source="post: 2922430" data-attributes="member: 116181"><p>What you have is fine. If you want something new buy whatever you want. I chose 300 PRC and 7 PRC because I have no desire to own a 300WM or a 7RM. 400 yards isn't very far - there are plenty of 6.5mm rounds that could do it, 7mm and 30 cal non-magnums, etc. A 280AI or 30-06 would do it. Some people have (gasp) used the 6.5CM on elk that close, but admittedly I'd prefer at least a 6.5 PRC or bigger with the smaller bullet.</p><p></p><p>Weatherby makes a nice ultra-light rifle in their calibers plus 280AI if you want something lighter:</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://weatherby.com/store/mark-v-backcountry-2-0-ti/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Belts are a pointless vestigial remnant of the 375 H&H, and offer nothing. Absolutely not a single thing. They are utterly and completely useless on the 300WM or the 7RM. A need for positive headspacing off the belt is a myth for anything with less case taper than the original and shoulders steeper that 15*, aka every case other than the 375 H&H. If a belt was required for safe operation then 30-06 would need it with it's body taper and shoulder angle, yet the 30-06 has never needed a belt because it was never loaded in British double rifles in Africa where a case could be over-inserted.</p><p></p><p>Let the garbage posting ensue about how "I cun hanloahd muh thee-hunerd-Winnie to be faster dan dat darn whippur snappuhr PRC" blah blah blah. I can load a 30-06 to the point it puts factory 300WM in a wheelchair, and that doesn't prove a thing. Over-pressuring cases to chase velocity goals is dumb in general, and double dumb to use to try as justification for hating something new and/or different.</p><p></p><p>(Fudds screech in old man rheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee)</p><p><img src="https://media1.giphy.com/media/lPpKiZHB1PtQU2Rulv/200.gif" alt="Karen Intensifies GIF by MOODMAN" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="QuietTexan, post: 2922430, member: 116181"] What you have is fine. If you want something new buy whatever you want. I chose 300 PRC and 7 PRC because I have no desire to own a 300WM or a 7RM. 400 yards isn't very far - there are plenty of 6.5mm rounds that could do it, 7mm and 30 cal non-magnums, etc. A 280AI or 30-06 would do it. Some people have (gasp) used the 6.5CM on elk that close, but admittedly I'd prefer at least a 6.5 PRC or bigger with the smaller bullet. Weatherby makes a nice ultra-light rifle in their calibers plus 280AI if you want something lighter: [URL unfurl="true"]https://weatherby.com/store/mark-v-backcountry-2-0-ti/[/URL] Belts are a pointless vestigial remnant of the 375 H&H, and offer nothing. Absolutely not a single thing. They are utterly and completely useless on the 300WM or the 7RM. A need for positive headspacing off the belt is a myth for anything with less case taper than the original and shoulders steeper that 15*, aka every case other than the 375 H&H. If a belt was required for safe operation then 30-06 would need it with it's body taper and shoulder angle, yet the 30-06 has never needed a belt because it was never loaded in British double rifles in Africa where a case could be over-inserted. Let the garbage posting ensue about how "I cun hanloahd muh thee-hunerd-Winnie to be faster dan dat darn whippur snappuhr PRC" blah blah blah. I can load a 30-06 to the point it puts factory 300WM in a wheelchair, and that doesn't prove a thing. Over-pressuring cases to chase velocity goals is dumb in general, and double dumb to use to try as justification for hating something new and/or different. (Fudds screech in old man rheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee) [IMG alt="Karen Intensifies GIF by MOODMAN"]https://media1.giphy.com/media/lPpKiZHB1PtQU2Rulv/200.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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