Good target caliber options to change over a rem 700 in 300 rum

[matm]

Great cartridge but the bolt face would need to be opened up, which then presents the extractor problem. Feed rails are wrong with what he has. There are far better options unless he wants to spend big bucks moding his action.

It is a very promising round and if I was building a whole new rifle it would be more viable but I was looking for something that requires a barrel swap and maybe some minor tweaks to get it going.

 

[matm]

Maybe take a look at the 7-300win. Its basically 300 win mag brass necked down to 7mm. I think some call it the 7mmPractical. Gives a bit more velocity than the standard 7mm and better barrel life than 7 rum or 28 nosler. Not sure how hard it is to find dies/reamers though. I'm pretty satisfied with my 300 win mag running 210 Bergers (going to experiment more with the higher bc 212 ELD-x, having trouble getting them to group). When my barrel goes south i will look into the 7-300win, 338 edge, or maybe just a 28-30" barreled 300 wm to get just a bit more velocity for my hunting needs. 300 RUM brass doesn't seem to be that readily available which is a factor with the 338edge.

I like the concept of the 338 edge and i have a decent amount of 300 rum brass at the moment but the 338 projectiles are significantly more expensive vs a 30 cal or 7mm as well as brass availability.

 

[matm]

The nice part about the 6.5 wsm is you can buy dies from Redding (i think prophet river has em in stock), buy some 270 WSM brass and run it through the sizer and there ya go. The 270 wsm is going nowhere soon, for a hunting round it has taken off in the last 10 years and it along with the 300 wsm are going to be around for awhile. Another bonus to the 6.5 wsm is being that it is a long action, you will have plenty of room to seat them long vs a short action where you limited.

I'll take a look and compare the short mags and see their practicality for target shooting. Thank you!

 

[ruger-ruger]

You can't go wrong building a 300 win mag.
Mine I built is throated for the 215 Berger, its a long range light weight hunting rig. It runs the 215 and H-1000 just a bit over 3000 fps. And is incredibly accurate.
Way less powder than I ran in my 300 Ultra mags. Barrel life will be way better. Brass is easy to get.

 

[Dogleg]

I may keep it for a bit until the barrel burns out but it has an unknown round count so I don't know how long that will be. Its just not a very efficient round. I've had 338 lapuas before but they are a little impractical for my shooting. 338 edge is interesting but I can't seem to price out dies anywhere. I have not looked into 28 nosler yet but it's worth a read. I'll also read up on 6.5 wsm also. Thank you

The easy way to get .338 Edge dies is order them from Defensive Edge. They do a bit of a parts shuffle with Redding Comp dies and you end up with a FL Bushing die, bushing, tapered expander button to get you started, and a Comp seater.

The Edge is awesome.