This whole COVID thing.. man.. what a shame. Hard to get anything. Sadly, the same with rifles. Poway shooting center told me that any bolt action hunting rifles they typically stock are special order with a delivery date of... um.... 2023. (unless you want 6.5CM, in which case they have 200 models in stock to choose from.. rolling eyes hard here and there)
shoulders slumped, and a heavy heart, I head back to my truck and head to turners, which I avoided, because I can't stand waiting 45 minutes to talk to someone.
They tell me that they have nothing but a 30-06 in stock (some awful rifle selling for $400), come back to talk to Amanda and special order something. I'm blabbing here, sorry, got a lovely bourbon next to me.
Long story short; turners, to everyone's surprise had a semi-hidden X-bolt just sitting there in 300 WM!
So, first question, I'm stuck between 30-06, 7mm mag and 300. I'm leaning toward 300. I have a 6.5 CM now and I feel like between the two, I can do anything. Would anyone dissuade me from 300 MW? Because 30-06, according to my research, is grossly underrated, ridiculously available, hard hitting, awesome variety, hard to beat. 30-06 seems to have almost no downside at all.
But 300 WM drops everything, could even drop my mother-in-law it's so powerful. More expensive, but like 30-06, seems like it's available and with a massive bullet variety.
Browning X-bolt is solid, the trigger is sublime. It's the Max LR model with a 1:8 twist and 26 inch barrel with a huge muzzle break on it. Ugly black speckled stock, stainless steel fluted barrel with a gross as hell gold colored trigger. Doesn't look like a hunting rifle, it looks like a douche range rifle. But I'm part douche, so maybe..
Get it? Or I'm being short sighted? It's a few bills over my budget, but hell, I'll just make this my last bottle of bourbon until April and I'm good.
And, I was thinking of pairing it to a Sig Sauer Sierra 44mm 4-16x scope to work with the rangefinder.
Cool? Anything I should consider before placing down hard earned bourbon money? Thanks guys!
shoulders slumped, and a heavy heart, I head back to my truck and head to turners, which I avoided, because I can't stand waiting 45 minutes to talk to someone.
They tell me that they have nothing but a 30-06 in stock (some awful rifle selling for $400), come back to talk to Amanda and special order something. I'm blabbing here, sorry, got a lovely bourbon next to me.
Long story short; turners, to everyone's surprise had a semi-hidden X-bolt just sitting there in 300 WM!
So, first question, I'm stuck between 30-06, 7mm mag and 300. I'm leaning toward 300. I have a 6.5 CM now and I feel like between the two, I can do anything. Would anyone dissuade me from 300 MW? Because 30-06, according to my research, is grossly underrated, ridiculously available, hard hitting, awesome variety, hard to beat. 30-06 seems to have almost no downside at all.
But 300 WM drops everything, could even drop my mother-in-law it's so powerful. More expensive, but like 30-06, seems like it's available and with a massive bullet variety.
Browning X-bolt is solid, the trigger is sublime. It's the Max LR model with a 1:8 twist and 26 inch barrel with a huge muzzle break on it. Ugly black speckled stock, stainless steel fluted barrel with a gross as hell gold colored trigger. Doesn't look like a hunting rifle, it looks like a douche range rifle. But I'm part douche, so maybe..
Get it? Or I'm being short sighted? It's a few bills over my budget, but hell, I'll just make this my last bottle of bourbon until April and I'm good.
And, I was thinking of pairing it to a Sig Sauer Sierra 44mm 4-16x scope to work with the rangefinder.
Cool? Anything I should consider before placing down hard earned bourbon money? Thanks guys!
