Which 300 magnum

BCP said:
IMR4350 eh? You must be old school! :) That's a fairly hot load; must be pushing about 2900 ft/s? How does it group?
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Yes, old school...... :p Rated at ~ 2,960 fps I believe. Never personally chrono'd it, though.

But it's done well in a Ruger 77 tangsafety, Win Model 70 XTR, Browning BBR, and Browning A-bolt that I have seen it used in. Will do sub 1" @ 100 from my A-bolt. I've seen it do 3 shot clover leafs in the others.

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NAA said:
Yes, old school...... :p Rated at ~ 2,960 fps I believe. Never personally chrono'd it, though.

But it's done well in a Ruger 77 tangsafety, Win Model 70 XTR, Browning BBR, and Browning A-bolt that I have seen it used in. Will do sub 1" @ 100 from my A-bolt. I've seen it do 3 shot clover leafs in the others.

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NAA.
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Very nice! Since everyone's now talking load data, I chronied the Federal Power-shok with 180gr Speer Hot-cors between 3030 ft/s to 3050 ft/s out of a stock Rem 700 with a 24" barrel. They seem to be hot loads!
 
.300 weatherby mag is a nice all around caliber capable of killing moose and elk no problem, slightly more expensive than .300 win mag but is also slightly better, if you have a lot of money to buy a nice weatherby rifle in .300 weatherby mag then i would go for it, if you are very wealthy and want max power/ long range performance try the .30-378 weatherby, but at ~$130 per box of 20 thats pretty pricey.
 
Jordan Smith said:
All these replies and not one vote yet for the best .300Mag of all- the 7mm Rem Mag ;) :D
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.....if recoil of the 300 Mags is an issue the 7mm Rem Mag deserves a look...

as an example...

here are some ballistics from Hornady's website...

7mm Rem Mag 162 gr SST® Superformance®

Velocity (fps) / Energy (ft-lbs)
Muzzle 100 200 300 400 500
3030/3302 2855/2933 2688/2598 2525/2295 2370/2020 2219/1772
Trajectory (inches)
Muzzle 100 200 300 400 500
-1.50 1.40 0.00 -6.20 -17.90 -35.70

Recoil in an 8.5 lb rifle = 21.0 ft/lbs

300 Win Mag 180 GR InterBond® Superformance®

Velocity (fps) / Energy (ft-lbs)
Muzzle 100 200 300 400 500
3130/3917 2927/3424 2732/2983 2546/2589 2366/2238 2195/1925
Trajectory (inches)
Muzzle 100 200 300 400 500
-1.50 1.30 0.00 -5.90 -17.30 -34.80

Recoil in an 8.5 lb rifle = 27.5 ft/lbs

note the whopping .60" advantage in trajectory of the 300 Win at 400 yards...and the stellar .90" advantage at 500 yards,...clearly a miss can be avoided with this load...:rolleyes:

note the 300's amazing bone crushing advantage in 500 yard energy of 153 ft/lbs...clearly this will punch right thru an elk while the little 7mm bullet will stop just under the hide..:D

and,..you can get all of the above advantages for a measly 37% increase in recoil.....this can make the difference between stiches in the forehead or none when shooting from an awkward field position.....:eek::D

The 7mm Rem Mag....,...the best 30 caliber magnum for the "average" shooter..:)YMMV

I like them all and have the 7 Mag, a 300 Win and a 308 Norma.,,,but there's isn't any real world difference between them in the field.
 
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For you fellows who's 300 winmag rifles like IMR 4350, I'd reccomend giving RL-17 a try.

My results with it were excellent, both in terms of accuracy and velocity, with 180gr bullets.
 
A 300 WSM loaded with 165 TSX is a potent round and will do everything from deer to bear to moose or elk. I've taken moose, deer and bear with mine. All went down fine.
 
Boomer said:
So here I am in Whitehorse doing a few things I seldom engage in: shooting a .300 Winchester, shooting a SAKO, and shooting from the bench! If memory serves the load was a 165 gr BT over a case full of IMR 4350. The 500 yard rams didn,t last long.

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dont tell you shoot the last week here ... we still have some snow lol ....
 
Johnn Peterson said:
The 7mm Rem Mag is a whole other 'ladder', but if you want the best there:stirthepot2:, go to its predecessor, the 7x61 S&H:D.
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Don't know if you want to know, but a recent local auction sold a S&L M60 7x61mm in very good shape with a scope for $540.

Rembo said:
.....if recoil of the 300 Mags is an issue the 7mm Rem Mag deserves a look...
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6.5mm Rem Mag 120gr:

Velocity (fps) / Energy (ft-lbs)
Muzzle 100 200 300 400 500
3217/2758 3006/2407 2804/2095 2611/1817 2427/1569 2250/1348
Trajectory (inches)
Muzzle 100 200 300 400 500
-1.50 1.20 0.00 -5.60 -16.30 -32.90

Recoil in an 8.0lb rifle = 13.1 ft/lbs

Note the 1.6" trajectory disadvantage of the 7mm Rem Mag at 400 yards and 2.8" at 500 yards. And the measly 60% increase in recoil, even with a heavier gun! All this for an extra 424 ft-lbs.

6.5mm Rem Mag, the best 7mm mag for the "average" shooter! :p And we could continue the descent into lower calibers... :rolleyes:
 
BCP said:
Don't know if you want to know, but a recent local auction sold a S&L M60 7x61mm in very good shape with a scope for $540.
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Even though at an auction, that definately sounds like a decent price although I'm not all that familiar with the M60. My 7x61 S&H is a 68DL and a 65DL I have in 308 NM, the prices you see them go for is usually at least twice + that.

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