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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 901572" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Greg if you can consistently shoot MOA or better with any of what you have you are already well on your way. Caliber is less important than proper bullet placement in most cases.</p><p></p><p>There's not a reputable smith in the country that cannot take a long action 700 and turn it into a precision rifle for you if you have the time, money and patience.</p><p></p><p>While I'm personally a huge fan of the 7mm STW if all I could afford was one rifle to do it all with including Elk, Moose, and big bears at long range I'd go with either the 300wm or 300wsm. There's nothing in North America you can't handle with confidence and authority with the venerable 300's. If Big Bears are not part of the equation, then the STW is more than enough gun to get the job done out to 1000yds.</p><p></p><p>If Elk are not part of the equation then the 260 Rem and .264wm along with the 6.5x284 are certainly quite capable and very economical to shoot along with having a fantastic variety of high BC bullets to run through them.</p><p></p><p>As for glass budget is the deciding factor. The Vortex Viper PST's are great scopes for the money. Next in line would be the VXIII and VX3 Leupolds. Next would be the Mark 4 Leupolds and IOR's and then the Nightforce scopes.</p><p></p><p>For what it's worth I own all of the above except for the NF's but have shot them as well and I'm quite happy with the performance I get from all of them with my favorites being the IORs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 901572, member: 30902"] Greg if you can consistently shoot MOA or better with any of what you have you are already well on your way. Caliber is less important than proper bullet placement in most cases. There's not a reputable smith in the country that cannot take a long action 700 and turn it into a precision rifle for you if you have the time, money and patience. While I'm personally a huge fan of the 7mm STW if all I could afford was one rifle to do it all with including Elk, Moose, and big bears at long range I'd go with either the 300wm or 300wsm. There's nothing in North America you can't handle with confidence and authority with the venerable 300's. If Big Bears are not part of the equation, then the STW is more than enough gun to get the job done out to 1000yds. If Elk are not part of the equation then the 260 Rem and .264wm along with the 6.5x284 are certainly quite capable and very economical to shoot along with having a fantastic variety of high BC bullets to run through them. As for glass budget is the deciding factor. The Vortex Viper PST's are great scopes for the money. Next in line would be the VXIII and VX3 Leupolds. Next would be the Mark 4 Leupolds and IOR's and then the Nightforce scopes. For what it's worth I own all of the above except for the NF's but have shot them as well and I'm quite happy with the performance I get from all of them with my favorites being the IORs. [/QUOTE]
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