Keith Rogan
New member
Some of you may recall the interesting (to me)discussion we had on my quest to build a rifle heavy enough to stop a bear but with range enough for medium game.
The criteria was:
It had to be light and short - a carbine in either a short action bolt configuration or a lever or pump light and handy enough to use in close cover.
Suggestions for a cartridge that fit the bill were more limited. The only two short cartridges capable of 300 yard shooting with no or minimal holdover were the new .376 Steyr or the .350 Rem Mag
And there we stood. When we started tallying the costs of the various rifles, rebarreling, rebluing or coating, etc, etc, the costs went through the roof. We simply couldn't find a rifle larger than .30 caliber in a short action of any type to use as a base for the "scout" - rechambering is one thing, rebarreling quite another.
The project simply died.
Then, a week or so ago I'm perusing the Remington Web Site and there in the "Custom Shop" is a Model 7 Short Action in .350 Rem Mag! Toss on a QD scope mount and some Express sights and its exactly what we're looking for.
I thank all of you for your input on the project. The rifle I'm looking for already exists and one will be in my gun cabinet before long!
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Keith
The Bears and Bear Maulings Page: members.xoom.com/keithrogan
The criteria was:
It had to be light and short - a carbine in either a short action bolt configuration or a lever or pump light and handy enough to use in close cover.
Suggestions for a cartridge that fit the bill were more limited. The only two short cartridges capable of 300 yard shooting with no or minimal holdover were the new .376 Steyr or the .350 Rem Mag
And there we stood. When we started tallying the costs of the various rifles, rebarreling, rebluing or coating, etc, etc, the costs went through the roof. We simply couldn't find a rifle larger than .30 caliber in a short action of any type to use as a base for the "scout" - rechambering is one thing, rebarreling quite another.
The project simply died.
Then, a week or so ago I'm perusing the Remington Web Site and there in the "Custom Shop" is a Model 7 Short Action in .350 Rem Mag! Toss on a QD scope mount and some Express sights and its exactly what we're looking for.
I thank all of you for your input on the project. The rifle I'm looking for already exists and one will be in my gun cabinet before long!
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Keith
The Bears and Bear Maulings Page: members.xoom.com/keithrogan