I need your opinion . 300 Winchester mag

[Chatrbaz84]

I need your opinion about 300wm in 3 sentences please.

 

[PatchRat]

Its probably overkill. I would rather have a 300 wsm for various reasons. That said, it kills stuff really dead.

 

[RangerPark]

Too much recoil on light hunting rifles. Too much throat erosion on target rifles. Get a 7mm RM for hunting if that's what your intended purpose is.

 

[buzzmagoo]

What will you be hunting?
moose ,elk , caribou and large bear. Recoil sensitive need not apply. Smaller game deer and varmints its could be considered over kill but if you have only one rifle you use What you got

 

[LouF]

shoots flat far out and turned my 5 bull moose's insides to a red mush when I cleaned em'

 

[ACKLEY ABE]

Great Cartridge No matter what I'm using as my main rifle, always a 300 wm in the truck
Very versatile.
Best all-rounder.

 

[WereWeasel]

It’s an old outdated belted magnum that is overpowered for most NA game.
It is widely popular and every major manufacturer makes firearms ammo and reload components to optimize the round.
I can’t seem to to justify selling mine and it is the benchmark of maximum power, versatility with acceptable recoil that all other modern magnums are compared to.

 

[Potashminer]

1. Kicks too much for 90% of shooters to learn to use it well.

2. A product of USA marketing - does nothing that the older 308 Norma Magnum won't do.

3. Pretty much needs 24" or even 26" barrel - else is a "loud" 30-06.

 

[nowarningshot]

Carrys the mail, big bullets, good energy, out to long range. Superior to 7mm rem mag, but caught about 500 yards, but with larger bullets. Enough for anything in NA.

 

[remington jim]

I can do it in 2 ! LOL RJ

The 300 WM is a Obsolete BELTED case with short Neck !

300 PRC Outperforms it with Modern case and Chamber design !

 

[Dosing]

Quite possibly the most perfect magnum cartridge.

 

[remington jim]

Quite possibly the most perfect magnum cartridge.

Apparently your describing the 300 PRC cartridge - Right ! RJ

 

[CosmiC10R]

shoots flat far out and turned my 5 bull moose's insides to a red mush when I cleaned em'

yup

 

[skidderman]

A fair amount of kick. Put a limbsaver and a scope with good eye relief and shoot lights out.
A common cartridge to find ammo. Try finding ammo in the prc. Good luck
300 to 350 fps faster than the 30-06 shooting 180 grain loads
In most rifles very accurate.
That said I shoot the 300WSM. It is a bit slower than the 300 mag but I will never sell it.

 

[rifleman762]

Overkill is the best kill. Better too much gun than too little gun. Still almost as good as the newest, bestest cartridges.

 

[murph83]

Lots of recoil, more than the weekend warrior will likely want to spend the day at the range with. Kills stuff really dead. Ammo is common and available damn near everywhere. shoots flat. I dont hate it, but I have already played the recoil game when I was younger, not my thing anymore.

 

[Candocad]

Made for Alaska.

Candocad

 

[mikeyb]

1- It kicks too much for a casual hunter/shooter to build consistency and may, in fact, ruin the existing consistency through sheer recoil (muzzle brakes and Limbsavers can help here big time);
2- Most game won't notice a difference between a modern .30-06 and a factory-loaded .300 Win Mag in similar rifles (thinking both having 24" barrels) as I've gotten 180's moving over 2850 in modern guns (that said, a hot .300 WM load is absolutely cooking);
3- If you are an accomplished shooter and have built up a recoil tolerance, it's an excellent all-around hunting cartridge with the proper bullets with devastating effect on a well-hit target (don't disregard the 200 grain bullets - they are awesome on tough game and can still be driven pretty fast).

 

[doots]

300 prc. i wanted 300 win mag. but fell on the prc. non belted.

 

[woodchopper]

200grn Accubonds at 2960fps
dead is dead, no such thing as too much dead
300WM is a fantastic moose gun