I can't decide.....why don't you decide for me

My two cents, I came at a similar problem from a different angle. I wanted a main squeeze hunting rifle that would do the long range thing occasionally. I wound up with a sendero, in 300 wm. I can say it shoots just as well as I can, I haven't shot to the point of thinking the rifle was the weak link I would take it as is to competition. However x number of rounds of 300 wm 180 grain wears thin, x equals a point between discomfort and tears rolling down your cheeks, it varies depending on shooter and round size. Would I trust it to kill an elk clean at 600? Yes, but it wouldn't be my first choice, it has dropped a large whitetail buck in his tracks at 508 yards lasered, bullet passed completley through side to side, (last day of the season, only day I was out, took the shot and it worked out, chasing wounded things that have a 500 yard head start sucks!). As for cartridge selection, I side with the guys that say to get a good utility gun for hunting, any of those cartridges will do for long shots out hunting. Note* my 400 dollar savage shoots just as well as my 1100 dollar sendero. Then if you want a range queen, you save your sheckels and buy exactly what you want in a range gun, half and half never works out well for one of the halfs. And if you are going for 600-1000 yards there are many rounds that'll do it. 6.5's are getting a lot of attention these days but 30's still win in the wind, 7's being right in the middle is nice too! it comes down to personal choice. Get exactly what you want the first time, it saves you doing it again.

Also remember, it takes a wealthy man to buy cheap riflescopes, good glass is key! Cheap scopes don't get replaced or serviced on lifetime warranties.
 
I wound up with a sendero, in 300 wm. I can say it shoots just as well as I can, I haven't shot to the point of thinking the rifle was the weak link I would take it as is to competition. However x number of rounds of 300 wm 180 grain wears thin, x equals a point between discomfort and tears rolling down your cheeks, it varies depending on shooter and round size.
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Personally,I find the recoil of the 300win mag quite tolerable in a rifle as heavy as the Sendero.
 
It is, for the first 60 rounds or so, its like a midget punching you repeatedly, it doesn't hurt at first but after a while you get tender.
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I never fire 60 rounds out of any of my magnums at one sitting,so I really couldn't tell you how it feels.I always take a few different guns and switch off with some lighter recoiling rounds.I probably only shoot 20 rounds or so out of any one of my magnums at one sitting.If I fired each one 60 times at a sitting,I would be re-barreling continuously.:D
 
I purchased a Remington Sendero II in 7mmRem Mag then devcon bedded it in to a Mxmillan Remington Varmint stock. It shoots 162 Amax's into 1/2 to 3/4 MOA and isn't too heavey so its a good all rounder but after 20 rounds or so off the bench its time to go home.
 
I usualy trade off between my 22, 22-250 and 300 in five shot groups for barrel cooling, clean the centerfires every 30. Going to the range is a day long event for me, pack a lunch, chat with folks and such. But I just don't think the other two are culprits for the stiff shoulder the next day. :) I'm a sucker for punishment
 
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