OK. I think I'm scratching the .300 WBY off the list.
The thing that hangs me up about going bigger on caliber isn't RECOIL. I can take a big pop without flinching. Even as a little kid, recoil never really bothered me enough to make me less accurate.
What DOES bother me is "scope cut".
I don't really know why, but I've always had a fear of getting caught over the eye with the scope during recoil. It's never even happened. The closest was a Ruger No. 1 in .300 Win. Mag. that the scope touched my eyebrow during recoil.
It really irritates me because I feel like I'm limiting myself as to the level of calibers I can shoot.
I would have no problem/fear of shooting a buffalo/elephant rifle provided that it had open sights......meaning that recoil isn't the issue.
Can anyone else relate to what I'm saying? Being a little afraid of going up in caliber because of the "scope cut" issue?
May sound stupid to most, but I really want to find a way to conqure this issue.
If this wasn't and issue, I would probably be having this rifle built on a .300 RUM