New gun on the horizon

[cahunter805]

Lining up a new rifle for next season..I think I’ve got it narrowed down to a 28 Nosler or 300 RUM.

Looking for opinions here good bad or
anywhere in between as I’m not too much of a gun geek myself. What I want out of this next gun is something I can confidently shoot in cross-canyon situations say 600 yards for
Both mule deer and elk. Also of note, I don’t reload.

Just get both and make one your “deer” rifle and the other your “elk” rifle!

I have a Custom 28Nos and while I like it a lot I doubt I’d be shooting it as much if I didn’t reload. Factory ammo prices are ridiculous.

 

[mtmuley]

Just get both and make one your “deer” rifle and the other your “elk” rifle!

I have a Custom 28Nos and while I like it a lot I doubt I’d be shooting it as much if I didn’t reload. Factory ammo prices are ridiculous.

Last deer I killed I used a .243. Last antelope I killed I used a .30-06. Killed every elk since 1999 with a .300 RUM. mtmuley

 

[BenInMT]

My 600 YDS and closer is a 7MM and beyond that I prefer a .30 but I could really stretch the .284 out there farther if need be. Not much help to you I guess. Never shot a 28 Nosler but now that there’s a 7PRC coming down the pipe I’d be holding out for that instead for only 1 single reason- ammo availability from Hornady.

 

[OntarioHunter]

Most guys I know, even if they could hit something across a canyon 600 yards away and somehow drop it dead, aren't in sufficient physical shape to get there till day after tomorrow.

 

[cahunter805]

Last deer I killed I used a .243. Last antelope I killed I used a .30-06. Killed every elk since 1999 with a .300 RUM. mtmuley

I plan to use my .243 and Hammer bullets this year on a deer.

 

[elkduds]

What I want out of this next gun is something I can confidently shoot in cross-canyon situations say 600 yards for

Are you saying you hike across those canyons and physically follow up on those shots where the game was standing when you fired, every single time?

 

[BackofBeyond]

Are you saying you hike across those canyons and physically follow up on those shots where the game was standing when you fired, every single time?

Why would he not?

 

[mtmuley]

I plan to use my .243 and Hammer bullets this year on a deer.

I used the 80 grain Hunter. I have a box if 70 grain also. The deer I killed was a double lung and a petal went through the heart. Literally a lung shot drop. Look forward to how it goes. mtmuley

 

[wtrfwlhunter]

Are you saying you hike across those canyons and physically follow up on those shots where the game was standing when you fired, every single time?

Thanks for your concern, I’m pretty sure I got it handled.

 

[Nick87]

200 grain Accubond at 3200 fps 2.5" high at 100 is 8" low at 400.

I've never looked into the RUM much, til reading that. Intrigued.

 

[brockel]

I've never looked into the RUM much, til reading that. Intrigued.

Better stock up on 200 grain accubonds. They don’t come around often. Guess you can say that for most of noslers bullets anymore

 

[Nick87]

Better stock up on 200 grain accubonds. They don’t come around often. Guess you can say that for most of noslers bullets anymore

No kidding.

 

[brockel]

No kidding.

181 hammer hunter will go 3350fps

 

[BackofBeyond]

181 hammer hunter will go 3350fps

Careful. @mtmuley will convert all of us…

But it would be fun to see what I could wring out of my .300 PRC with the 199 absolute hammers.

 

[OntarioHunter]

181 hammer hunter will go 3350fps

Those have gotta kick.

 

[mtmuley]

I've never looked into the RUM much, til reading that. Intrigued.

It's an elk killing sonofabitch. Switching to Hammers though. mtmuley

 

[mtmuley]

Careful. @mtmuley will convert all of us…

But it would be fun to see what I could wring out of my .300 PRC with the 199 absolute hammers.

I know someone pushing that bullet right around 3400 fps. In a RUM though. Nasty. mtmuley

 

[BigMonk96]

Always enjoy reading you boys out west stories -- in South Carolina,all we have to worry about is will there be enough room at the range,to squeeze in and tune up our 30-06 or .270's for the up-coming whitetail season ( gets crowded with all the AR guys,elbow to elbow and shooting 1000's of rounds** ) -- ammo shortage thinned em' out a little this year. Hope the OP gets him a new rifle he will enjoy and get that shot across the canyon at a big ol goodun' soon. ____________Monk**

 

[nhenry]

Must be nice to have a range near you instead of an empty field and a cardboard box

 

[BackofBeyond]

Must be nice to have a range near you instead of an empty field and a cardboard box

Sounds like heaven.