Will be following this thread bacause I am in the same boat as you. Well looking for a 300WINMAG and really considering the savage. I will also be using it mostly in Wyoming on elk.
I wear double hearing protection at work. I work on aircraft so I know what you mean. Most my hunting is done by bow. But like I said earlier I alwasy do when at the range or when just out shooting. I need to find something that I can use while hunting so that I can hear all the small things...
Lots of good info in the article and this thread. Looking at building one myself now. Was going to just try to buy a gun and use it, but really considering this route now. On to more reading now.
I am new here to posting been reading a lot lately. I am going to be elk hunting in Wyoming quite a bit now that I am a resident there. I have been debating on which caliber to use. Basically what I have found from a lot of reading is it just comes down to preference of which rifle. The 300 Win...