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Ammo availability and price makes this a pointless thread.
Go to WalMart and see which you can buy.
Go to your local fun store and see what you can buy with a $50
Any serious long-range shooter is going to load his own anyway.
Double
I have yet to see match grade ammo at Walmart as well. And yes, everyone I know that is serious into LR rolls their own.
Pointless comment is pointless.
EZ
To be fair, ease of acquiring ammo is a concern to some shooters. Same with it being a common military caliber.
The .300wm is a common military caliber, IS available at any sporting goods shop, and is inexpensive.
From that perspective, .300wm is pretty much in the same boat as .224/5.56, .308 and 9mm.
There is some comfort in that for the SHTF types here, as well as the budget conscious shooters.
.338 is still a bit of a specialty (though popular) round and has its advantages. There is just a price to pay obviously in availability and cost.
That put me in the camp to buy the .300wm when i was looking for a hunting / brush rifle. Its big enough to take out anything that walks the earth,
yet affordable and mild enough to shoot occasionally. The added SHTF ammo cost/availability was the icing on the cake.