akrifleman
AH veteran
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2022
- Messages
- 184
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- 379
- Location
- Palmer, AK
- Media
- 2
- Member of
- Long Range Shooters of Alaska, Alaska Rifle Club, SCI, AK Wild Sheep, PRS, PRS22, NRA RSO
- Hunted
- South Africa, AK, SD, NC, GA, FL, WY
In my opinion, 300WM is not enough gun if you intend to shoot a “full bag” in AK. Great caliber but when you factor in Coastal Browns + Grizz and the potential to have a long shot on other game, bigger is better. 300 PRC, 33 Nosler or 338WM (or similar) would be a better choice.
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I've noticed most of the guys with decades of professional hunting experience (Boddington, Spomer, Petzal) have all roughly said the same thing. From the 270, 7mm, and 30cals... outside of more noise, they really don't do much more than the other. The differences tend to be more in pickiness for ease of loading, temperament for reloading, availability in your favorite vendors rifles, etc...
What I do see year after year is guys with poor glass and poor physical conditioning getting mad because they don't see anything or can't get to stuff.