# The OFFICIAL Gun Thread.

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**Created:** [March 1, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-official-gun-thread/242496 "2009-03-01T21:19:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-official-gun-thread/242496/1458 "2012-02-14T17:16:11Z")

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> [@If you sold everything and paid off debt, would you be + or -](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-you-sold-everything-and-paid-off-debt-would-you-be-or/48141/98):
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> From everything I’ve read, the win mag and wsm are damn near identical in felt recoil, and ballistically out to about ~600yds.

Recoil is very subjective, and depends more on rifle than the actual cartridge IMO. My .300WinMag rifle felt about similar to a .223 in felt recoil (Boxersix and JVG can vouch), thanks to a massive Sako muzzle brake and the stock design. But round for round, out of the same rifle, the .300WinMag has more room for powder, thus bigger boom if powder charge is same for both rounds.

What optic is on the rifle? I may be buying a new rifle soon depending on how much money I want to waste.

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