Loading 300 H&H for the first time...

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Well, I've finally pulled the trigger on the 300 H&H I've been lusting over for a few years now. I found a nice pre '64 M70 with a 26" tube. I load a number of cartridges, but by and far I load 303 British the most. I thought 300 H&H was going to be easy to load for, but where do I start! This is going to be my go to all around hunting rifle. I'll use it for everything from problem predator elimination to elk, maybe a moose whenever I win that lottery. My plan is to load lighter bullets for January to September, then sight in again for meat season. During hunting season I'll be carrying white tail tags and an Elk tag. Rest of the year it'll be on wolf, coyote and paper duty. I won't plan on using it for short range shots, but obviously if that comes up I'm not going to turn it down because of the bullet I'm using it rifle I'm carrying (I have a 1905-R Ross in 303B I'll carry if I'm stalking in the woods, H&H for cutblocks, tree stands/blinds and pretty well everything else).

Basically, From what I've read, in order to use this caliber to its potential I should be planning on using 200+ grain bullets on larger game with H4831 or similar propelling it, and maybe something like 165s pushed by H4350 for the rest of the year? I looked all over town today, one place had 4350, no one had 4831. There was no real selection of 308 hunting bullets over 180gr. Even looking online it seems like no one really carries a large selection of heavier 308 bullets for hunting.

What distance do those of you shooting this caliber zero for?

Thanks in advance...
 
I use a 180 Grn Barnes Ttsx for everything. No rezeroing scope for different loads, no buying different components. Use it for deer, elk, moose, bear. Pick a good bullet, Barnes, Nosler AB or partition and go shooting.
 
I have a custom 300 H&H built on a P-14 action. Originally I tried to work up several loads with different bullet weights. I can tell you this is NO coyote rifle. With good handloads it gives up very little to any of the newer 30 cal magnums. In my rifle I found the heavier bullets 180 & up grouped better. My rifle grouped really well with 200 gr Speer bullets and a max load of 7828. The heavier bullets start out a little slower but there is little difference in trajectory due to the higher BC of the 200 gr bullet. That is now the only load I use and it has worked very effectively on elk and moose.
 
Well 70gr of Re:22 /180gr Partition/ Rem brass/Fed mag primer gave .292" 3 shot group at 100 yards from a pre 64 Win 70.......relaxed a moose with it last fall..........Harold
 
My .300H&H really likes H4350 with 150 and 180gr bullets, including Barnes. Slightly slower powders will likely you give a bit more velocity but H4350 gives me enough.
 
rokoro said:
I have a custom 300 H&H built on a P-14 action. Originally I tried to work up several loads with different bullet weights. I can tell you this is NO coyote rifle. With good handloads it gives up very little to any of the newer 30 cal magnums. In my rifle I found the heavier bullets 180 & up grouped better. My rifle grouped really well with 200 gr Speer bullets and a max load of 7828. The heavier bullets start out a little slower but there is little difference in trajectory due to the higher BC of the 200 gr bullet. That is now the only load I use and it has worked very effectively on elk and moose.
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Oh I fully understand that it isn't a suitable coyote rifle, that's why I said predator extermination, ha! That's next on my list of rifle purchases down the road, once my schooling is done. I've sold off probably 80% of my rifles to pay for school so the H&H is my 'If I can only have one' rifle.

I'll likely pick up a box of 200s and a box of 180s and see what it likes better, and a jug of H4831.
 
You know FP, I used to do this type of loading for my favorite 300 Wby, but since the introduction of the new homogenous bullets I went to a 150 gn TTSX and loaded the snot out of it and then took it to Africa and shot the sh!t out of everything including a 3000 lb eland with it. You may wish to give this method a try, the solid copper bullet does not lack penetration and gives you an excellent 500 mtr trajectory. I have since gone back to a 200 gn AB in my 300 Wby as I use it differently now and I use the 150 gn TTSX in my 300 WSM.
 
A good 200 grain bullet in any magnum is hard to beat, I use the Accubond but there are others, I took 3 moose with that bullet and all were pass throughs, no problem.
I would try to use one bullet weight only so that you could get used to the trajectory thoroughly.
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I have loaded nearly every different bullet weight in mine since the mid - 1960s, but the weight getting the most consistent performance is the 165 gr. bullet of nearly any make, Nosler, Speer, Sierra, Barnes etc.
For me that's the best all around weight.
In my Son's 300 H&H his preference is a 180 gr. Load.
 
I hunt elk and moose with mine. I only use Nosler 180 partitions over 4350 or 4831. I have a large supply of Remington factory 180's and Winchester 180 silvertips that I use on deer once in a while.
 
I'm going to try 165s as well as 180s. I have part of a box of 165 Gmax left from my old -06.

Tried the factory Federal 180s (Barnes), and factory Nosler 180 (Accubonds) last night, could have been the shooter or the wind but neither was really great, especially not for $100 a box! I'm going to look for H4831 at the gunshow this weekend and some Barnes and Nosler 180 bullets.
 
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