300wm bullet selection

[Bretzky08]

I have been running a couple in mine.

Speer - 180gr btsp at just under 3000fps.
Sierra - 180gr SBT is similar and same speeds.

Loaded the speer 190gr impact for my buddy. Acts like an accubond but a heck of a lot better on the pocketbook.. Running 2950fps. Hasn't hunted with it yet, but Dang I'm waiting to see it.

I look at it as - if you run a 165gr bullet from the 300wm at 3000fps. Zero at 200yards you'll only be 5 inches low at 300. 12 inches at 400yards. Takes away any the need have to think about. Just pull the trigger.

 

[RedTeam98]

Speer Hotcore especially the Speer Hotcore 200gr in the 300 Win Mag with Grand Powder for moose and bear in Alaska.

 

[RedTeam98]

215 Berger Hybrids for me. Not your typical Berger performance, decent wound channel and entrance and exit holes. - so far so good! Accurate as all hell as well

Shot one caribou with a Berger Classic Hunter 185gr enjoyed the accuracy but the meat destroyed was to excessive. No More Bergers for hunting !

 

[accumark]

Hey guys

I’m having a rifle built in .300wm. It’ll be the first .30 magnum I’ve owned. I’ll mostly be hunting whitetail and moose, with potential for western hunting in the next few years.

I’ve been primarily hunting with and loading for a .308win for close to a decade now (among a couple other calibres) and have had good luck with a variety of bullets, but my favourites are the 165gr SST and the 150gr Interlock. I did load 165gr Accubonds, but moved to the Hornady options due to cost increases.

I’m thinking for this .300wm, I’ll likely bump up to a 165gr Interlock on deer, but may go back to a bonded bullet for moose. Would I be better served with 180gr bullets in either of these options, or have people had fine results with 165gr?

I’m open to other suggestions, but typically stay away from all-copper bullets because I’ve found them finicky to load in the past.

My question is what is the twist rate as that can determine your maximum weight to efficiently spin the bullet.

 

[Aabradsh]

My question is what is the twist rate as that can determine your maximum weight to efficiently spin the bullet.

It’s a 1/10

 

[remington jim]

I mainly use 200gr Nosler Partition over RL26 in my 300wm, around 2900 fps

What you use in your 308 Norma Mag

 

[remington jim]

175 grain Barnes LRX!

Worked Very Well for my Bull Moose .

 

[todbartell]

What you use in your 308 Norma Mag

Generally it sees 175gr Terminal Ascent over RL26 @ 3000 fps

 

[Denver Steve]

My question is what is the twist rate as that can determine your maximum weight to efficiently spin the bullet.

It's a matter of bearing length, not bullet weight. People use weight because generally speaking the heavier the bullet the longer it is.

Lead free bullets have to be much longer, and have a longer bearing surface to get any weight, so they generally require a faster twist than a lead bullet the same weight. Same theory goes for ultra high BC bullets, as they have a larger bearing surface. A old round nose 220 grain 30 caliber bullet requires a much slower twist rate than a copper bullet the same weight. The 208 grain Barnes, or whatever weight it is needs a 1-8" or faster, where that round nose stabilises with a 1-12" twist.