Is 300 Win. Mag. good for everything or nothing?
06-17-2005, 10:35 PM
#11
Giant Nontypical
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Location: Saskatchewan Canada
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RE: Is 300 Win. Mag. good for everything or nothing?
The 300 wm is an excellent choice IMO for most NA game. However ifI were to behunting big bears (Grizzly, Browns, etc) it would be the min choice, Iwould feel much better with 338 or larger personally.
06-18-2005, 03:39 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
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Location: Texas
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RE: Is 300 Win. Mag. good for everything or nothing?
You know if you would have done a poll in the 70's the number one big game rifle would have been the 30-06, it's adequate for anything. The only thing a mag does is give you longer ranges. People nowdays just use too big of guns for the game they pursue. You dont need a .338 for elk or moose and you dont need a 7 or 300 mag for deer.
A .300 mag is more than enough for anything on this continent.
Too many people suffering from Magnumitis these days. The .300is one fine long distance round, no doubt. To ask "is it enough" bothers me, without a doubt, yes it is, and then some.
A .300 mag is more than enough for anything on this continent.
Too many people suffering from Magnumitis these days. The .300is one fine long distance round, no doubt. To ask "is it enough" bothers me, without a doubt, yes it is, and then some.
06-18-2005, 05:39 PM
#15
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RE: Is 300 Win. Mag. good for everything or nothing?
Roskoe like I said before I see no difference in killing power..ie distance travelled,game reactionafter the shot between a 7 rem mag and the 300 mags with exception of 300 ultra mag(no experience there). I would not carry a 300 win mag in the pursuit of any grizzly or brown bear 338 would be tmy minimum caliber.
06-18-2005, 10:32 PM
#16
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Colorado
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RE: Is 300 Win. Mag. good for everything or nothing?
You know one of my best customers shares this view. He uses a 7 Mag for just about everything. It its too big to kill with a 7 Mag, he goes up to the .338 Win. I tend to like the .270, think the 7 Mag is in about the sameperformance class- and have a hard time thinking of a North American situation where a .300 Winchester with a 200 gr. Nosler partition would be too light. From there, I would go up to the .416 Rem Mag.
06-18-2005, 10:47 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Body in SE WI, mind in U.P.
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RE: Is 300 Win. Mag. good for everything or nothing?
Don't have much use for it.If a 30-06 can't cleanly kill something, one needs to move up to a dangerous game cartridge, and the .300 WM is not one of them.
