I don't see why it's so dang tough for folks to shoot a 7mm or .300 Magnum well.
If the rifle fits, then shoot it like you're supposed to.
My old toolmaker was all agog when he got his .300 Winmag for his elk hunt, a M77MkII. Bad verts in his neck, grew up shooting .222 on chucks, he was all about how "big" that .300 was.
And after a summer of shooting, reloading, testing he came to me and admitted (what I told him before he got it)..............that it aint much after all.
The issue I had with the .300, over anything else I've shot, was blast. Recoil was a bit fast, but 700 BDL mags fit me perfectly. My 7 Mag was a cupcake.
I have really bad sinuses, always have, and my face gets kinda beat up (pretty much after 10). I can sit at a bench and shoot 40 rounds without any other issue.
FWIW my cuz has a 760 in '06. He claims it "mean". I sat at the bench and let one rip, looked at him with ????????
He's the same build as me, but kinda "barn kept". He'll shoot his 870 with slugs........and not whine. Maybe he got "bit" in the past with it.
I dunno.
Wear ear and eye protection, don't shoot an improperly mounted and or crap scope and one should be "good to go".
Amazingly, I know of some folks who only wear ear protection when shooting handguns. Shotguns and rifles they don't.
CRAZY!
But I bet they think some rather tame rifles are beasts due to their not taking precautions.
If the rifle fits, then shoot it like you're supposed to.
My old toolmaker was all agog when he got his .300 Winmag for his elk hunt, a M77MkII. Bad verts in his neck, grew up shooting .222 on chucks, he was all about how "big" that .300 was.
And after a summer of shooting, reloading, testing he came to me and admitted (what I told him before he got it)..............that it aint much after all.
The issue I had with the .300, over anything else I've shot, was blast. Recoil was a bit fast, but 700 BDL mags fit me perfectly. My 7 Mag was a cupcake.
I have really bad sinuses, always have, and my face gets kinda beat up (pretty much after 10). I can sit at a bench and shoot 40 rounds without any other issue.
FWIW my cuz has a 760 in '06. He claims it "mean". I sat at the bench and let one rip, looked at him with ????????
He's the same build as me, but kinda "barn kept". He'll shoot his 870 with slugs........and not whine. Maybe he got "bit" in the past with it.
I dunno.
Wear ear and eye protection, don't shoot an improperly mounted and or crap scope and one should be "good to go".
Amazingly, I know of some folks who only wear ear protection when shooting handguns. Shotguns and rifles they don't.
CRAZY!
But I bet they think some rather tame rifles are beasts due to their not taking precautions.
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