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jersurf101... I prefer a blind magazine with a hinged floor plate over a dbm in a hunting rifle.
There is no such thing as a blind magazine with a hinged floorplate.
Blind magazines have NO floorplate.
jersurf101... I prefer a blind magazine with a hinged floor plate over a dbm in a hunting rifle.
I'll make the case. You can lose it, lol, and then have a single shot if you dont have a spare. I prefer a blind magazine with a hinged floor plate over a dbm in a hunting rifle. We have lots of mud, rain and pocosin so conditions are comparable. A dbm is not a real breaker but I see the blind mag, as long as it has a hinged floor plate, as a better option.
Worc said:They shoot flat and have plenty of energy
I'm already set on a .300 Win Mag, 26" barrel, bolt action, Stainless/Composite and would prefer a detachable box magazine for this new rifle and I'd like to keep the weight down to the 8 to 9 lbs range with scope.
But sometimes it's a pain if you fumble and the rounds drop into the snow/mud. You know, like in actual hunting conditions encountered in the Pacific Northwest, or Montana.
I never try to talk someone out of buying or building a new rifle, but I would try to talk you out of going on the hunt of a lifetime with a new rifle that you are not familiar with.
I have killed elk with a 308 and so has my wife and a few of my friends. Some out to good distances. It was just fine.
It's not the gun, it's the shooter.
If you are doing well with your existing rifle, bring it. If not, buy about 500 bullets and primers and enough powder to load it all. Then shoot about 480 rounds between now and the hunt. Bring 20 with you and you'll have more then enough ammo. (Especially if you train well with those 480 rounds. You'll probably come home with 19).
jimbob86 said:The OP mentioned that the trigger on his current rifle was "marginal" ..... no reason to suffer a poor trigger, what with all the good aftermarket ones out there.
Since we are talking about modern firearms and not laser beams, most with a basic understanding of ballistics don't take the term "Flat" as a literal one. The fact that I did not say there would be zero drop at every distance should tip most off as well. In this case "Flat" would mean 22 inches of less drop for a 180 gr NAB at 600 yards between a .300 Wyb mag vs a .30-06.emcon5 Wrote:Not at 600 yards they don't. Nothing "shoots flat" at 600 yards, unless by "Flat" you mean it only drops ~8" every 25 yards (.300WM 180gr@2900fps) instead of 10" every 25 yards for the .30-06.
Worc said:Since we are talking about modern firearms and not laser beams, most with a basic understanding of ballistics don't take the term "Flat" as a literal one. The fact that I did not say there would be zero drop at every distance should tip most off as well. In this case "Flat" would mean 22 inches of less drop for a 180 gr NAB at 600 yards between a .300 Wyb mag vs a .30-06.
Who cares if you have to put ~3 MOA more elevation on the gun, you still need to spin the knob, and if you get the range call wrong, or your predicted trajectory doesn't match reality (which is pretty common) then you have the same result, a cripple or a miss.