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Originally Posted by cabmandone
My nephew thought a .338 Lapua was what was needed. I thought it was overkill... but it does the job!
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Holy smokes! Yes, overkill is an understatement. An absolutely outstanding long range match cartridge, and formerly put to great use by the U.S. military's snipers, but I believe since replaced by the .300 Winchester Magnum with some new whiz-bang ultra-high ballistic coefficient bullet. Tremendous muzzle blast and recoil. Really heavy rifles. Not very practical as a hunting rifle to walk around with. And, well, unless he handloads, big $$$ every time he pulls the trigger. Very cool stuff, but pretty much out of its element slogging through those afore mentioned river bottom alder thickets.
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Originally Posted by pwd72s
Your nephew loves $pending money on ammo?
All of above is strictly speculative for me...my days of packing a rifle through the brush are long gone. I've just returned from a PT session at the local hospital...trying to learn to walk again...next step to ditch the walker for a cane. Training with the cane, the PT holding on to a strap around me, I made a little over 100 feet in 3 minutes. Considering that I was 100% paralyzed on April 2nd, that's great progress...yet, depressing as hell.
IF I could afford only one "do everything" rifle & caliber? Bolt action, good variable power scope, and 7mm Remington Magnum caliber....capable of taking anything on the North American Continent.
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Pretty much one of the all-time classic "western" hunting rifle combinations, an early 1970's Remington Model 700 BDL in 7mm Remington Magnum, fitted with a 3X9 power Leupold scope. One of the most accurate rifles I have ever owned, it will launch 160 grain Sierra boat tails into 1/2 MOA groups at will. I think it may be a bit light for the big bears (but many experienced hunters will disagree with me on that), but there is nothing better for western mule deer, elk, antelope, sheep, and stuff like that.