Thanks for sharing what your thoughts, much appreciated. I definitely know I would not like anything longer than 24", going up the mountain with my 24" Whelen strapped to my pack can be annoying going through the thick stuff. One day I'll probably bob the barrel.
I thought I had something on the end of my post at the very end but something happened.
yeah, it's a lot easier cutting 2" off than adding a couple...
Well, it ain't going to beat as much of the stuffing out of you during long strings of fire, that's for sure....
I may have been tough once, but I'm old now.
I guess I don't mind the either, but with great bullets I have never seen 30's do any better on stuff up to elk than similar 7's. You have to really pump up a 30 to get the same BC/Speed as you can do with a 7mm.
As you get older, you've got to stay positive. For example, the other day I fell down the stairs. Instead of getting upset, I just thought, "Wow!, that's the fastest I've moved years!"
That's why my .338RUM sits in the Gun Cabinet a lot more. I do remember in the past firing a few sighting shots prior to Elk Season. It was six shots if I remember correctly. After that I had to start nursing a headache.Yup! Know what you mean, my good man.
That's a major reason I let my 375 Ruger go. It was well made and very accurate but the stock fit wasn't right. Figured recoil headaches probably weren't a good thing. My 35 Whelen is my "heavy" gun now, a 6.8 Western with those long for caliber bullets at decent speeds will kill a moose a lot farther than I'm going to realistically shoot.
