300 short Mag or 30-06?

300 Short Mag. or 30-06?

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I'm ready to purchace an all round rifle and can't decide between the 300 short Mag. or the 30-06. Any suggestions out there?
 
.30-06 because an "all round" rifle must be able to have ammuntion available everywhere. For Speciality Game and for long ranges you can buy speciality ammunition from Hornady or many many manufacturers or reload and be creative.
 
well, the 06 has been around a while, you can ALWAYS get ammo and brass for it, and covers everything - your wsm might be hard to get brass for , probably more expensive , and should you run out, you just can't go to the corner store and get some- you have to be satisifed with the 20-50 rounds you BROUGHT with you
 
Can't go wrong with either, but if you don't reload the 30-06 is probably a better choice for ammo availability. Short mag recoils a bit more but shoots a bit flatter. If this is your first high power rifle you might want to look at 270 win also. Less recoil, shoots flat and will take any game from coyote to moose.
 
What are you comfortable shooting? What do you have experience shooting? Do you reload? I went 30-06 but either would do the trick...
 
pharaoh2 said:
Thomas Pigion from Canada in the Rough says only the .300 WSM is truely capable of being an all around rifle while the .30-06 makes an ok deer gun. Using that logic, it was only natural I would vote for the .30-06. :)
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He also says muzzle brakes don't belong in the hunting world. :eek:

.30-06 has my vote.
 
If you only have 1 rifle, get a 30-06 (or a 270)

I don't know how many rifle you have but if you only have 1 rifle get a 30-06.
It's accurate, powerful, ammo is plentiful and recoil is reasonable.

300 WSM is awesome for long distance large game hunting but that's it:
  • (+) extra 100 yards of effective hunting range (the only real advantage),
  • (-) recoil is often a excessive and cause accuracy problems,
  • (-) ammo is more difficult to find and more expensive.

Personaly, I own a 270WSM as my "big" hunting rifle and love it but I also own 223 Rem, 243 Win, 308 Win rifles.
If I had only rifle for hunting, it would be a 30-06 (or a 270).

Alex
 
pharaoh2 said:
Stop in at a small farm supply store in the boonies and try looking there. I have five bucks that say's you'll find .300 Savage before you find .300 WSM.
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Send me the $5! Not the bonnies but in my town (pop. 10,000)CDN Tire, Walmart, and TSC have 300 WSM not one has 300 Savage.
 
AlexF said:
I don't know how many rifle you have but if you only have 1 rifle get a 30-06.
It's accurate, powerful, ammo is plentiful and recoil is reasonable.

300 WSM is awesome for long distance large game hunting but that's it:
  • (+) extra 100 yards of effective hunting range (the only real advantage),
  • (-) recoil is often a excessive and cause accuracy problems,
  • (-) ammo is more difficult to find and more expensive.

Personaly, I own a 270WSM as my "big" hunting rifle and love it but I also own 223 Rem, 243 Win, 308 Win rifles.
If I had only rifle for hunting, it would be a 30-06 (or a 270).

Alex
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I have shot many deer under 200 yards with my .300 wsm and it was pretty awesome at that too. Heck, before I got a 22-250 I shot a few coyotes with my .300 wsm at 100 yards or so with it. If you don't want to make a hat out of the fur after, it's pretty awesome at that also but expensive if you burn up lots of factory ammo. As far as recoil, I used a browning a-bolt stalker that weighed under 7lbs I think. Yes it has some bang to it in that light of a gun.
 
Between the two I would be more concerned with the rifle than the chambering.

I do have a question though. How many guys have actually forgotten ammo when they have gone on a hunt that is many hours from home?
 
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