I built my Long Range 300 win mag on a Stevens 200 action. I put in a Rifle Basix trigger, a Shilen heavy Stainless varmint contour barrel, a JP Tank Brake, and opened up the stock barrel channel for non contact. It has the Millett 6X25X56mm scope on it. Since I am doing this on a budget, and doing it a little bit at a time, I still have the stock to change, but it is performing very well even with the Tupperware stock. The JP tank brake reduces recoil on this to about that of a 243 Win. The back blast is terrific, and if you are going to be shooting prone, get a very good mat to help keep from being sand blasted by the back blast. I thoroughly recommend the 300 win mag for your long range stuff. I do have a 6.5, one of the old Sweedish Mausers still in original configuration. I am very impressed with the 6.5 even in this old rifle. I will be building a 6.5 284 sometime in the future, just have to start getting the parts a little at a time. I usually haunt the pawn shops for my donar rifles, but in the case of my 300, it was cheaper for me to buy the Stevens 200 new and use it for the donar.
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