Encore rifle barrel 300 Win Mag or .338 Win Mag

[northkid]

Any of you that have shot them or both of them. I was thinking the .300 have more loading options than the .338. Max shot on deer, bear, moose would be around 500 yards.

[Grumulkin]

This illustrates my thought on the 300 Win. Mag.  I think it would shoot a bit flatter to 500 yards than would a 338 Win. Mag. but I've never shot a 338 Win. Mag.

[northkid]

This illustrates my thought on the 300 Win. Mag.  I think it would shoot a bit flatter to 500 yards than would a 338 Win. Mag. but I've never shot a 338 Win. Mag.

That is some dam good shooting there. You shooting a Blue or Stainless Steel barrel? How is the .300 recoil in the Encore? In a Ruger it don't seem bad, but the Encore is shorter rifle. Also you have any troubles with the belt hanging up on the ejector.
 
Thanks a bunch.

[Grumulkin]

1.  It's a stainless steel barrel.


2.  The recoil doesn't seem too bad to me.  In the Encore, I'd say worse than a 30/06 but not as bad as with the muzzle loader barrel or 12 gauge shotgun barrel.  You need a scope with good eye relief though as the design of the buttstock lends itself to significant scope bites.


3.  If you try to push a belted cartridge straight in to an Encore, the belt will hang up on the ejector.  If you turn the cartridge a little clockwise when the belt contacts the ejector, the cartridge will go right in.

[northkid]

Grumulkin,
 
Thanks you very much, the .300 Winny is the route I will be going.
 
Thanks