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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1212105" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Being the owner of 3 each 300wm's and 300Rum's if I were going to build another .30 caliber rifle not in one of those two it would probably be the 30 Nosler or .300 NM. Nothing wrong with those I have or those you are suggesting but I'm a huge fan of having easy access to brass and even moreso the ability to buy factory ammo in the event I ever got off on a hunt and got separated from my handloads. Nothing would ruin a hunt faster than having a great rig, being on the hunt of a lifetime and finding yourself completely screwed because you have no ammo.</p><p></p><p>I've heard a good long list of horror stories including from some of my own customers about that happening. For some it would be no big deal to just borrow a rifle from a friend, guide etc.</p><p></p><p>For guys like us however there's a personal relationship with our rifles due to the money, time, effort involved in putting together a precision long range hammer and half of the pleasure of the hunt if not more is pulling the trigger on our own rig when that once in a lifetime trophy comes into view.</p><p></p><p>On my own hunt in Africa last year I ran into serious problems when the ammo I took simply wasn't adequate for the game we were hunting and being able to pick up a box over the counter to replace it enabled me to take most of my animals with with my favorite .300WM. If I couldn't have, I would have had to put it away because after seeing two successive bullet failures in a row they were not going to let me shoot anything else with the ammo I had.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1212105, member: 30902"] Being the owner of 3 each 300wm's and 300Rum's if I were going to build another .30 caliber rifle not in one of those two it would probably be the 30 Nosler or .300 NM. Nothing wrong with those I have or those you are suggesting but I'm a huge fan of having easy access to brass and even moreso the ability to buy factory ammo in the event I ever got off on a hunt and got separated from my handloads. Nothing would ruin a hunt faster than having a great rig, being on the hunt of a lifetime and finding yourself completely screwed because you have no ammo. I've heard a good long list of horror stories including from some of my own customers about that happening. For some it would be no big deal to just borrow a rifle from a friend, guide etc. For guys like us however there's a personal relationship with our rifles due to the money, time, effort involved in putting together a precision long range hammer and half of the pleasure of the hunt if not more is pulling the trigger on our own rig when that once in a lifetime trophy comes into view. On my own hunt in Africa last year I ran into serious problems when the ammo I took simply wasn't adequate for the game we were hunting and being able to pick up a box over the counter to replace it enabled me to take most of my animals with with my favorite .300WM. If I couldn't have, I would have had to put it away because after seeing two successive bullet failures in a row they were not going to let me shoot anything else with the ammo I had. [/QUOTE]
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