So I may be making a trip out west to MT in 2022-2023 for an elk trip and who knows may just stay out there and escape CT (not kidding).
So needless to say I’ve got some time but am starting to research a rifle setup for hunting in that portion of the country. At this point for the money I’ve pretty much settle on a Seekins Havak PH2 as it seems to offer the best bang for the buck and a Vortex Razor Viper HST or Razor LHT (budget dependent).
The question is which caliber should I be looking at? 7mm RM, 6.5 PRC, 28 Nosler seem to be at the top of the heap for this type of hunting but figured I’d solicit some advice here. I do have access to a 1k range here and am set up to hand load as well. Looking around it seems like components for 28 Nosler are astronomical for not a lot more performance compared to the 7mm RM. And that performance gap may even be narrowed if hand loading.
This won’t be a PRC rifle or anything but I would like to shoot it a few times a year without having to worry about burning up a barrel.