.300 wsm and/or .300 rum

Ghost wolf QC said:
"hearing protection" you know that ?....lol


and what now...
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Most hearing protection will not be able to stop your ears from being permanently damaged by a muzzle brake. And most hunters don't wear hearing protection when hunting, either.

Just giving you the information. Like I say- I don't care what you buy.
 
Gatehouse said:
Buy whatever you want, just know that a 6lb 300WSm is going to have some felt recoil, and a muzzle brake will make you deaf.
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I put a muzzle brake on my savage in 300WM. If I miss the bear, I'll get him tomorrow easily as he's now legally deaf!:D For how little I shoot it though I don't care about the noise though.
It IS Unbelievably loud. I'll give you that for sure!
 
Seriously...it sounds like you have allready made up your mind.....so the question is: Why even ask?

You have had some of the most experienced riflemen on the board all tell you the same thing, yet you want to argue their points.....? They are giving the *requested* feedback based on actual field time and experience, and you are arguing based on what? Opinion?

Buy what you want.....and best of luck to you, but I sincerely believe buying a 6 lb 300WSM is a HUGE mistake that will cost you both short term (beat the hell out of you) and long term (Like I posted earlier, a flinch is really hard to fix once you develop it)

You said it's not for a couple of years....maybe as you mature you will "get" what these gentlemen are saying to you and make a wiser choice by then :)
 
limber saver youll need it unless your a 300 pound guy but then again everyone will laugh at you for having such a big rifle with a pussy pad on it haha
 
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I am a smaller guy at 5'8" and 175 lbs and have a 300WSM Browning A-Bolt Hunter that weighs around 7.5lbs with scope. It kicked good before I replaced the stock recoil pad with a sims. I have no problem putting a box or two with it at a time. Find someone with a 300 Magnum and give it a try. Then go with the WSM as it's the better of the choice in my humble opinion (although a little bias)LOL.
 
Ghost wolf,

I'm from a little town just across the border from you. Near Timmins. I've been to Val D'or many, many times. Now i know we are a world apart in culture and language but distance wise, we're not that far apart. That being said, from what i've seen there is pretty much no difference in the type of ground we hunt. The only way you would ever need a magnum cartridge is if you hunt very big fields or shoot really far in logging cuts. I'm talking 500 or 600 hundred yard shots here. More often than not, most guys can't accuratly shoot that far.

Most moose here in ontario, and i would suspect most of the rest of canada are shot within 200 yards. So there is no need for either 300wsm or 300rum. A good accurate 30-06 will kill out to 600 yards or more if you do your part and shoot properly so why not look into something like that? The 30-06 is almost a magnum cartridge itself anyway. Buy what you want to buy but a light rifle chambered in a magnum cartridge is not a good idea in my opinion. If you get one, make sure you add a very nice recoil pad. Good luck.

Dorian
 
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Ghost wolf QC said:
yes... I know, .300rum is too much...

The Kimber .300wsm is a very good choice I think... 6pound ! and very good accuracy/precision..

And is for Moose hunting...
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I have the Kimber Montana in 300wsm. It is an awesome gun and Kimber is a great company. Top it with a Leupold 3-9 and some Talleys you got a real mountain rifle. I shot gophers with it the other day(I ran out of bullets for everything else), it got a bit annoying and I had to consciously think about shooting well.
I agree with getting a 3006 or a 308. They shoot fine and will kill a moose too. If you need bigger later get bigger then. You can never have too many guns.
 
I have a kimber classic 8400 in .300wsm. I love it. I have had it since the new kimbers first came to Canada. It feels nice in my hands, has a nice trigger and looks good too! I don't mind carrying it around either. I have shot many rounds through it, it smarts if your not paying attention but not much worse than a .30-06. I use 180gr bullets but you can shoot smaller bullets or load it down a bit. If you love the .300wsm rifle, it can be loaded to .30-06 performance.
 
kimberman said:
I have a kimber classic 8400 in .300wsm. I love it. I have had it since the new kimbers first came to Canada. It feels nice in my hands, has a nice trigger and looks good too! I don't mind carrying it around either. I have shot many rounds through it, it smarts if your not paying attention but not much worse than a .30-06. I use 180gr bullets but you can shoot smaller bullets or load it down a bit. If you love the .300wsm rifle, it can be loaded to .30-06 performance.
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YES... I many time eared say .300wsm kick like a 30-06 MAYBE less !
the .300wsm use same weight bullet at 30-06 (165gr/180gr and 200..)
 
and .300wsm is bigger like "AA cell" is for moose...
.416 rigby/375HH/338 ultra mag/338mag..ect, that one are for big game !...

yes you can use .308 for moose..but !
no!,.308 is too much! you can use .270 ! or .243 ! or 30-30 ! why use bigger than .308 ?
why not 22lr/22mag, you just need to make head shot...

Maybe take the .308 , but just because is cheaper...
 
In equal weight/designed rifles, and using the same bullets, the recoil of the 300WSM will ALWAYS be greater than the 30-06...More case capacity of the WSM=more velocity=more recoil.
 
Gatehouse said:
In equal weight/designed rifles, and using the same bullets, the recoil of the 300WSM will ALWAYS be greater than the 30-06...More case capacity of the WSM=more velocity=more recoil.
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Right..
:)

but for hunting rifle .300wsm is ok.
Is NOT for fire all day on a paper target..
For paper target I will buy .223/.22mag/.17hmr
:)
 
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