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<blockquote data-quote="Ronald W Schaefer" data-source="post: 2701992" data-attributes="member: 109378"><p>Nate, fellow Texan here. Your .300 rum will be fine. In fact, any medium+ caliber will do. I shot a big Muley in Dove Creek a couple years back with a 7mm-08 at 475 yds, 145 gr Barnes LRX handload---DRT. The big tent pole IMO is optics. Get a good scope with selectable turrets and play with it until you are comfortable dialing for range, and you'll be good to go. Take a range finder and shooting sticks. Practice off the sticks. Right now, hot 6.5 are all the rage and pretty much any flavor of "PRC" or "Nosler" caliber 26 and up. I'm waiting on a 6.8 western from Fierce Firearms (still) to give it a go. I might have said the 6.5 Creedmoor is marginal for the task, except this year my rifle scope died on an Elk hunt in NM, so I had to borrow my pal's 6.5 Creed. Wound up putting down a nice 6X6 at 550 yds...so...there's a data point--it wouldn't have been my go-to gun but worked in a pinch. BTW, I'd love to get a shot closer than my last three<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. That said the old standbys work great, .257 WM (120 Nos Part), 6.5 "upper class" (6.5-284/6.5 PRC, 6.5 RPM etc.) 270 (140 gr bullet), 7MM RM, and you are never wrong with a dialed in .308 Win or 30-06, especially if you are simpatico with your rig. I don't usually reach for any of my big 30s+ in the gun safe anymore. I have developed a great fondness for lighter "mountain" style rifles in the last five years or so. My "go to" in 7mm-08 weights 7 lbs. with optics, or a 6.5 PRC I just acquired...beautiful rifle shoots like a laser, but a bit heavier--my wife shoots a Weatherby Camilla in 7mm-08 or a 7mm Rem Mag SAKO Finnbear I bought in Germany about 1988 using a 160 gr Federal trophy bonded bullet--it is Thor's hammer.</p><p>So yeah man--.300 RUM, dial turrets, practice off the sticks=good to go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ronald W Schaefer, post: 2701992, member: 109378"] Nate, fellow Texan here. Your .300 rum will be fine. In fact, any medium+ caliber will do. I shot a big Muley in Dove Creek a couple years back with a 7mm-08 at 475 yds, 145 gr Barnes LRX handload---DRT. The big tent pole IMO is optics. Get a good scope with selectable turrets and play with it until you are comfortable dialing for range, and you'll be good to go. Take a range finder and shooting sticks. Practice off the sticks. Right now, hot 6.5 are all the rage and pretty much any flavor of "PRC" or "Nosler" caliber 26 and up. I'm waiting on a 6.8 western from Fierce Firearms (still) to give it a go. I might have said the 6.5 Creedmoor is marginal for the task, except this year my rifle scope died on an Elk hunt in NM, so I had to borrow my pal's 6.5 Creed. Wound up putting down a nice 6X6 at 550 yds...so...there's a data point--it wouldn't have been my go-to gun but worked in a pinch. BTW, I'd love to get a shot closer than my last three:-). That said the old standbys work great, .257 WM (120 Nos Part), 6.5 "upper class" (6.5-284/6.5 PRC, 6.5 RPM etc.) 270 (140 gr bullet), 7MM RM, and you are never wrong with a dialed in .308 Win or 30-06, especially if you are simpatico with your rig. I don't usually reach for any of my big 30s+ in the gun safe anymore. I have developed a great fondness for lighter "mountain" style rifles in the last five years or so. My "go to" in 7mm-08 weights 7 lbs. with optics, or a 6.5 PRC I just acquired...beautiful rifle shoots like a laser, but a bit heavier--my wife shoots a Weatherby Camilla in 7mm-08 or a 7mm Rem Mag SAKO Finnbear I bought in Germany about 1988 using a 160 gr Federal trophy bonded bullet--it is Thor's hammer. So yeah man--.300 RUM, dial turrets, practice off the sticks=good to go. [/QUOTE]
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