Dangerous game scopes

Dogleg said:
In my opinion the 7-300 Win out-practicals the Practical. Yes, it's a verb now :) I shoot the same loads at the same speeds as Foster does, don't need or want custom dies and a good buddy already had the reamer so I didn't need to buy that. Its like being handed a free barrel. ;) I used an appropriate bushing in my Redding type S 300 Win dies and did the initial neck-down with a 7mm Rem or universal 7mm neck die; just to see if I could. Did I mention no fire-forming? So anyway, no fire-forming.

Foster has stated that if he had even known that the 7-300 was a thing he wouldn't have bothered. As it was, he was attached to his Practical concept drawings when he found out that the 7-300 was there the whole time.

My standard load for my 7-300 is the 180 gr VLD. I shoot the same chart as one of my STWs that happens to use the same bullet. Does it with less of the same powder and 2" less barrel. I've got more shots down the barrel than I ever got out of an STW and the throat hasn't budged. Can't help thinking there's a practical limit to how much powder you can push through a 7mm hole.
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Chatting with him about it. Basically we will be doing a work up for 300 grainers, if we take them to Africa and they don't work out I will have some factory 285 grain a frames and I'll run those instead. I'm debating trying to find a 300 gr solid to pair with the a frames, but the only one I've found is the Hornady DGS, and it has fairly mixed reviews. Has anyone here used them?
 
Dogleg said:
In my opinion the 7-300 Win out-practicals the Practical. Yes, it's a verb now :) I shoot the same loads at the same speeds as Foster does, don't need or want custom dies and a good buddy already had the reamer so I didn't need to buy that. Its like being handed a free barrel. ;) I used an appropriate bushing in my Redding type S 300 Win dies and did the initial neck-down with a 7mm Rem or universal 7mm neck die; just to see if I could. Did I mention no fire-forming? So anyway, no fire-forming.

Foster has stated that if he had even known that the 7-300 was a thing he wouldn't have bothered. As it was, he was attached to his Practical concept drawings when he found out that the 7-300 was there the whole time.

My standard load for my 7-300 is the 180 gr VLD. I shoot the same chart as one of my STWs that happens to use the same bullet. Does it with less of the same powder and 2" less barrel. I've got more shots down the barrel than I ever got out of an STW and the throat hasn't budged. Can't help thinking there's a practical limit to how much powder you can push through a 7mm hole.
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What's the difference between the 7-300 reamer and the 7 Prac? Anything major?
 
It's a friends reamer from PTG. Rifle is a Sako 75 bare action put together by Corlanes in a McMillan Hunter stock the first time around and rebarrelled to 7-300 by AC Douglas. 26" Hart barrel. Run a can on it in can friendly NZ.
 
njlondon said:
[h=1]Trijicon Accu Point 1-4x24 Riflescope with illuminated triangular aiming point on reticle?[/h]
Used in Africa on "Tracks across Africa" TV program.

Of course, they are a sponsor.
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I mounted one of these on a Winchester .375 model 70 for cape buffalo and it was awesome.
 
Dogleg said:
It's a friends reamer from PTG. Rifle is a Sako 75 bare action put together by Corlanes in a McMillan Hunter stock the first time around and rebarrelled to 7-300 by AC Douglas. 26" Hart barrel. Run a can on it in can friendly NZ.
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It's an interesting cartridge, other than energy it has more in common with a .338 Lapua than a .300
 
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Skinner may not ship to Canada but surely whomever is making them for Skinner has a comparable model available here.
 
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