PantherCity
WKR
Hey guys, hopefully ya'll Can help me think this through. I'm looking at purchasing a new Kimber Montana in either .300WM or .338WM for an AK moose hunt.
I have a 30-06 that is capable, but it not a gun I get the warm fuzzies over and I want to buy a new rifle. So I will.
What are your thoughts on the .300WM vs a .338WM? I feel the .300WM is a little redundant with my 30-06 so I'm leaning towards the .338.
Both have listed weights of 6lbs 13oz and come with 26" barrels (I'd be tempted to cut either down to 23-24")
No intentions of using a brake or shooting it a ton at the range, and I'm not sensitive to recoil. I don't want to shoot long range, 400yd max, probably much closer if at all possible.
It will probably be topped with a VX-6 2-12x42 (or something similar) in talley rings (bad ring choice for a big mag?). So it would likely be an ~8lb gun with scope. I've read the Kimber has good stock geometry and a good recoil pad which I know is very important for how recoil is felt. I've shot my father's .340 weatherby mag in a rifle that is probably about the same weight and it's stout but tolerable.
I wish Barrett made the Fieldcraft in magnums. It would be 1st on my list.
Thanks in advance.
I have a 30-06 that is capable, but it not a gun I get the warm fuzzies over and I want to buy a new rifle. So I will.
What are your thoughts on the .300WM vs a .338WM? I feel the .300WM is a little redundant with my 30-06 so I'm leaning towards the .338.
Both have listed weights of 6lbs 13oz and come with 26" barrels (I'd be tempted to cut either down to 23-24")
No intentions of using a brake or shooting it a ton at the range, and I'm not sensitive to recoil. I don't want to shoot long range, 400yd max, probably much closer if at all possible.
It will probably be topped with a VX-6 2-12x42 (or something similar) in talley rings (bad ring choice for a big mag?). So it would likely be an ~8lb gun with scope. I've read the Kimber has good stock geometry and a good recoil pad which I know is very important for how recoil is felt. I've shot my father's .340 weatherby mag in a rifle that is probably about the same weight and it's stout but tolerable.
I wish Barrett made the Fieldcraft in magnums. It would be 1st on my list.
Thanks in advance.