ECVMatt
Member
- Joined
- Jan 7, 2004
- Messages
- 2,870
Hello to all,
I just got the go ahead from the wife to plan a return trip to AK for a moose hunt. I am very stoked to say the least. I really love it up there.
On my last trip I carried a Remington 700 in .338-06. I really like this round and find it easy to shoot compared to the .338 Win Mag. I did a lot of thinking about rifles while I was there and concluded that I like the Win. M-70/Ruger m-77 action much better than the Remington for the type of hunting that we were doing. We were raft hunting. Don't get me wrong, I love Remingtion 700's and have several, but I have settled on the Ruger action for my next AK trip.
I was planing on getting two Ruger M-77MKIIs and having them built identical to each other. One would be in .30-06 and the other in .338-06. I get to hunt with an 06 a lot here in CA, so that rifle would get the most use. The .338-06 would be used in AK and a future hunt in Africa. This should lessen transition time to the .338-06 when it is time to go to AK and Africa.
Now I see that Ruger introduced the .338RCM. This seems to be about the same as the .338-06. This would allow me buy a rifle off the shelf and save some dollars on the rebarreling of one of the 30-06's. I realize that this is a short action, so it would be a minor difference. My main concern is will the Ruger grow legs or will it die out. I don't have a problem loading obsolete cartridges, but '06 cases are plentiful and I already have a good supply of them.
What do you guys think? My intuition tells me to go with the .338-06, but practicality tells me to think about the .338RCM.
Thanks for any thoughts.
Matt
I just got the go ahead from the wife to plan a return trip to AK for a moose hunt. I am very stoked to say the least. I really love it up there.
On my last trip I carried a Remington 700 in .338-06. I really like this round and find it easy to shoot compared to the .338 Win Mag. I did a lot of thinking about rifles while I was there and concluded that I like the Win. M-70/Ruger m-77 action much better than the Remington for the type of hunting that we were doing. We were raft hunting. Don't get me wrong, I love Remingtion 700's and have several, but I have settled on the Ruger action for my next AK trip.
I was planing on getting two Ruger M-77MKIIs and having them built identical to each other. One would be in .30-06 and the other in .338-06. I get to hunt with an 06 a lot here in CA, so that rifle would get the most use. The .338-06 would be used in AK and a future hunt in Africa. This should lessen transition time to the .338-06 when it is time to go to AK and Africa.
Now I see that Ruger introduced the .338RCM. This seems to be about the same as the .338-06. This would allow me buy a rifle off the shelf and save some dollars on the rebarreling of one of the 30-06's. I realize that this is a short action, so it would be a minor difference. My main concern is will the Ruger grow legs or will it die out. I don't have a problem loading obsolete cartridges, but '06 cases are plentiful and I already have a good supply of them.
What do you guys think? My intuition tells me to go with the .338-06, but practicality tells me to think about the .338RCM.
Thanks for any thoughts.
Matt