300 Magnums Bullet Selection

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So I've acquired two magnums in the past year, a 1958 300 H&H Browning Safari and a 1968 300 Win Mag BAR grade II. I wasn't looking for the BAR but couldn't pass it up at the LGS the other day (I love my Belgium Brownings). I was wondering what bullets you guys are using in your mags for hunting. I acquired old 180g grain and 220 grain factory silvertip 300 H&H ammo for one (hence I started the silvertip thread). Unfortunately for now I will mostly be plinking as I don't even have time to take fall vaca up north and moose hunt. When the kid gets older and work isn't so demanding I'd like to have some hunting loads ready. I have the following bullets to choose from.

150 Interlock
165 interlock
180 interlock
165 Sierra BT
180 Speer hot core
200 Speer grand slam
180 Silvertip
180 Accubond

I obviously know that the Accubond and the Grand Slams are likely the best choice but what about the others? And in all reality, I'll likely break down and buy some partitions buy the time I go hunting but the above is what I have on hand. Now that I think of it by the time I go hunting I may even just bring my 375 H&H but heck, work is busy, winter is coming and by golly I can't wait to go shooting with these mags after the bow season is done down here!!!
 
I shot truckloads of game back in the '90's with a .300 WM and a 200 grain Speer Grand Slam. That was in the day before the 200 grain Accubond though. I would certainly give either of those a try.
 
The best choice for you will depend on the distance your shooting and the shot angles you are willing to take. Moose aren’t hard to kill and bullet selection will be a matter of which compromises your willing to accept. Once you make a choice and know the capabilities of that particular bullet you can avoid taking shots where the bullet could potentially fail.

Good luck.

SCG
 
175 Barnes LRX - where I hunt, at least 90% of the moose we've taken are within 100 yards but 300+ yards shots have presented themselves. Either way, the Barnes LRX can handle both situations - and as an added bonus, Barnes TTSX/LRXs have a reputation for being easy to find loads for.
 
I've seen a number of 180gr Accubonds put down moose with authority. From 300 WM and 300WSM. That would be my pick. But either the 180 NAB or the 200 GS are going to be good all around bullets.

I like the NAB better than partitions these days.
 
I use more 180 Accubonds in .300s than anything these days; or at in more individual rifles. That's from WSM, Win and RUM. Its hard to beat a bullet that acts like a Ballistic-Tip in the air and a Partition after it lands. Took them after Asiatic water buffalo and scrubbers that make a moose look like a lap dog, moose, elk, various deer, grizzly, a bunch of blacks and crap load of ferals.

Having said that we've sure taken a lot of game with 180 Interlocks.
 
I have taken more than 100 head of North American big game [Moose, Elk, Black Bear, Deer (3 species)Bison, etc] using the tried and dependable
Nosler Partition. As NWS states, not the ###y choice, but they just get the job done, period!!

The Accubond is proving to be a very good bullet, but I will not live long enough to prove it out to the extent I have the Partition.
So far, (11 animals) it is looking pretty good.

Swift Scirocco II's are very good as well, much like the Accubond, possibly just a bit tougher.
[Nathan Foster's comments on the Scirocco being a bit fragile probably refers to the 1st generation Scirocco, not the Scirocco II.]

Swift A-Frames are like a Partition on steroids....just as dependable as a lead core bullet could possibly be. Recovered bullets always look similar,
regardless of what they had to get through in the animal. Hard to find at times, and a bit spendy for some folks.

Choose well, A good bullet always builds confidence, a quality we can all use. Dave.
 
woodchopper said:
I personally like the 200grn Accubonds

but they are a little heavy for deer but yes great on moose.
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I absolutely love the 200gr Accubond on deer, my rifle is also a .300H&H (Rem M700 Classic).

Just make sure you don't get 2-3 deer standing beside each other, cuz you could kill all 2-3 with 1 shot. Tremendous penetration.

I haven't recovered any of them yet from the bucks I have shot. You can hit them in the brisket and get complete end-to-end pass-through. I've had that happen on 2 deer that were head-on. to quartering to me.
 
I am sitting on about a dozen boxes of 50 Speer Grand Slam 180 grain. So I will say that is the best for 30 caliber - do not intend to buy any more - my intention is to use them in 30-06, 308 Norma Mag, 300 Win Mag and 300 Weatherby. For serious and real - my 338 Win Mag and the 9.3x62 - I have been loading the Accubonds. Partitions are sitting on the shelf in various calibers - have shot many head of deer with them - they have no mystery left for me - they just plain work well. I would have no hesitation at all to load Partitions, if I was getting into a hunting situation where the bullet just "had to work properly". So the Grand Slam will be like an experiment, for me.
 
I love the 225gr Part in my .338WM. It's lethal. And even though the Part is just a flat base bullet, I've always gotten outstanding accuracy with them.

But given a choice now, I would take the Accubond over the Partition.

But dollar for dollar, you cannot beat the plain Jane Hornady IL as long as you use appropriate bullet weight for caliber.
 
Potashminer said:
I am sitting on about a dozen boxes of 50 Speer Grand Slam 180 grain. So I will say that is the best for 30 caliber - do not intend to buy any more - my intention is to use them in 30-06, 308 Norma Mag, 300 Win Mag and 300 Weatherby. For serious and real - my 338 Win Mag and the 9.3x62 - I have been loading the Accubonds. Partitions are sitting on the shelf in various calibers - have shot many head of deer with them - they have no mystery left for me - they just plain work well. I would have no hesitation at all to load Partitions, if I was getting into a hunting situation where the bullet just "had to work properly". So the Grand Slam will be like an experiment, for me.
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I believe that the Grand Slam should be OK for "most" big game presentations. You may be aware that the Speer Grand Slam has 2 permutations.

The Early version, was quite a good bullet, and sported cores of two different hardness-es. The front part of the lead core was softer, and the rear,
harder. It expanded reliably, and expansion stopped at the harder core, to retain some mass.

Somewhere along the line, the bullet construction changed. The harder rear core disappeared. This later GS seems to be a bit more fragile than
the earlier version. Still a decent C&C bullet, but in no way competition for the Accubond or Partition. They seem to work best at <2900 fps Dave.
 
Eagleye - The "two permutations" - do you have any idea how to tell the difference - what I have were from several purchases - at least two styles of packaging - I have never found out how to tell which is the new "more frangible" one versus the older two piece cores? I had read, but can not prove, that the newer ones shoot more accurately than the older two piece ones - due to imbalance issues. But since I can not now tell the difference, not sure which that I am using??
 
Demonical said:
I absolutely love the 200gr Accubond on deer, my rifle is also a .300H&H (Rem M700 Classic).

Just make sure you don't get 2-3 deer standing beside each other, cuz you could kill all 2-3 with 1 shot. Tremendous penetration.

I haven't recovered any of them yet from the bucks I have shot. You can hit them in the brisket and get complete end-to-end pass-through. I've had that happen on 2 deer that were head-on. to quartering to me.
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oh ya, very rare to recover the bullet even moose it is normally a pass through.

I use 110grn Accubonds in my 25-06 for deer.
 
For my two 300 H&H magnums, I use Nosler 150 grain Accubonds. I'm primarily a deer hunter, however when hunting elk or moose, they will do the job well. I'm still in the preliminary stages of load development, if the 150 grains refuse to meet it's happy medium, I'll go to the 165 grain Accubonds.
 
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