Stats Shooter
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So soon I will begin building a Bolt action F-class rifle. I am going to build it around my savage 110 Long action using a Krieger barrel, sharpshootersupply trigger and F-CLASS stock.
I had a thought though, the rifle was a .300 win mag. What about rebarreling/chambering it in .30-06 rather than.300 win mag. Now I know there are some 6.5 lovers and stuff out there. I also know there are .300 win mag shooters near the top of the leaderboards.....I'm not changing actions as this one has sentimental value and it is a Long Action, not short. So I guess what I am asking is, would the lost velocity but reduced recoil of the .30-06 be decent? Or should I just go ahead with the .300 win mag?
FIFW I'm not recoil sensitive and with the original sporter barrel I regularly shot this gun 80 or 100 rounds in an afternoon no problem....it only weighed 12.8 lbs at the time.
I had a thought though, the rifle was a .300 win mag. What about rebarreling/chambering it in .30-06 rather than.300 win mag. Now I know there are some 6.5 lovers and stuff out there. I also know there are .300 win mag shooters near the top of the leaderboards.....I'm not changing actions as this one has sentimental value and it is a Long Action, not short. So I guess what I am asking is, would the lost velocity but reduced recoil of the .30-06 be decent? Or should I just go ahead with the .300 win mag?
FIFW I'm not recoil sensitive and with the original sporter barrel I regularly shot this gun 80 or 100 rounds in an afternoon no problem....it only weighed 12.8 lbs at the time.