Congrats on a great bull. You did the tag justice with the time put you in. When I had the tag in 2021 I killed my bull just below where it looks like you were. I used the same strategy many days, dropping in on the top of them. I had the whole unit cow tag there this year. As luck would have it...
300 WSM is a short action and you can run a shorter barrel. Smaller gun overall, idea being a backcountry gun. Not trying to go ultra ultra light, Rifle with scope and suppressor would come in around 9.5lbs. If I went 300 Win mag i'd have to run a 2 - 4" longer barrel.
Basically looking to build a rifle that I can trust a bit more on elk than the 6.5 PRC. In the last few years myself and a few friends have taken quite a few elk with the 6.5 PRC. It does the job but not in the same way as elk Ive seen taken with a 300 Win Mag. Originally had thought 300 Win Mag...
I would probably be looking at factory ammo such as the Nosler Accubond long range 190 grain as long as the gun would group with them. If I'm looking at it correctly those should still expand well at lower velocities. According to the Nosler data it shows at 600 yards the energy fps to be 1699...
Im hoping to hear peoples thoughts on the 300 WSM and if it still would be a worth while rifle purchase, especially now that there are cartridges like the 7 prc, 7 saum 300 prc etc.
I am working on having a custom rifle built. The intention is for backcountry hunting primarily. As it stands...
Is it correct that HB 139 would allow still the commission to change "general units" into LE units? Or allow for general hunting until Nov 6, then the unit would go LE after Nov 6?