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.300 H & H Magnum

Sig220_Ruger77
Hey all,
Just out of curiosity, does anyone happen to know if Ruger ever made a bolt action rifle in this caliber? Also, are there any companies that still make rifles chambered in this caliber?

If I have no luck on these two questions, what would be the easiest way of going about to build or rebuild a rifle chambered for this caliber?

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  • temblor
    Don't know for sure on the Ruger or current manufacture question, but a good place to start would be to find a good, clean pre-1964 Winchester Model 70. -- Or just get a 300 Weatherby. That's all they are is a 300 H&H with the case taper straightened and shoulder radius changed to Weatherby's design.............Good Luck......[8D]
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  • nononsense
    Ruger produced the .300 H&H in the Ruger #1 only. They did chamber the M77 Magnum in the .375 H&H, though.

    Use this link to the list of all of the Rifle calibers ever produced by Ruger:

    http://www.ruger.com/Firearms/SE-H-CalibersRI.html


    You'll need to do a search for current rifles in .300 H&H. Older rifles are still available chambered for the .300 H&H such as the Remington 721 and the Winchester M70 Pre-64 and the Super Express. Look for auctions that feature European large bore hunting rifles and you will find used .300 H&H's.

    Building one is as easy as getting a Winchester or Remington long action receiver that has a magnum boltface and have it re-barreled. If you prefer a new receiver then look at the Montana Rifleman M1999 Magnum receiver. They can barrel for you as well. Charles Daly is importing magnum length actions that can be barreled for the .300 H&H also. Contact a gunsmith and discuss this with them as there are a bunch of alternatives.

    Best.
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  • ern98
    Assuming that you are interested in the cartridge itself and don't want to buy a rifle originally produced in 300H&H, I would say that the first thing you will need is an action that is long enough for the magnum length cartridge. The 300, like the 375 are magnum length which are longer then the 300WinMag or 7mmRemMag. You will need a magnum length action, some Rem 700, Win M70, Ruger M77II and Mauser/Interarms/FN/CharlesDayly actions can all be used. The mag length and bolt throw being the major issues. Depending on how you go about it building a custom rifle, from scratch, can be a very expensive project. Remember the 300WinMag and new short Mags do just about everything that the 300H&H ever did and the 300Wby & 300RUM walk all over it. The least expensive way would be to get the action, send it to ER Shaw's and have them barrel it. Next get a quality drop in synthetic stock and bed them together. If you want more then that you need to get with a quality riflesmith and go the expensive route. Good luck.....
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  • drockcbr
    If your interested in a used gun Remington made the 700 classic in that caliber on year in the 1980's. Sweet shooting gun.
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  • DIZZY
    I PURCHASED A MD70 SPORTER WINCHESTER 300HH BACK IN THE EARLY 90'S THEY PRODUCED A LIMITED RUN FOR AWHILE WITH A DIFFERENT CAL EACH YEAR THERE SHOULD BE A FEW OUT THERE SOMEWERE
    PS. IT SHOOTS GREAT
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  • rsnyder55
    How much more would it take to take a 300 Wby and change the barrel to a 300H&H?
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  • jimbowby
    [8D]----Weatherby makes them in synthetic and CUSTOM Delux models--[xx(][xx(][:p][:D]

    I'm only wearing Black untill they make something darker
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  • chuck
    The 300 H&H Has a reputation of Streching cases so reloaders dont use it. If your not a reloader you better check where you can find ammo fer it. and at what cost.
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  • nononsense
    rsnyder55,

    If you mean to take a .300 Weatherby rifle and take that barrel off to replace it with a new .300 H&H barrel, no problem.

    But, if you are asking if a .300 Weatherby barrel can be re-chambered to the .300 H&H, then the answer is absolutely no. The Weatherby chamber is bigger than the .300 H&H chamber is, therefore the H&H will not clean up the Weatherby chamber. The .300 Weatherby is just an 'Improved' H&H anyway.


    jimbowby,

    You'll have to post the link for those since I didn't see them anywhere on the Weatherby site. They list the .375 H&H but not the .300 H&H.


    chuck,

    The reason for the case stretching reputation is because some handloaders don't know how to resize the H&H cases correctly. They just jam the neck and shoulder back so that the belt is the sole headspace and the neck/shoulder have to 'grow' forward every time you fire that case. The correct procedure is to just neck size and let the case headspace on BOTH the belt and the shoulder simultaneously. That gives two points of contact for headspace and the shoulder/neck can't grow forward. At least that's the theory I was taught and the way it works in my rifles.

    If your chamber is cut sloppy, you will have to use a body die as well as the neck die.

    Best.
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  • jimbowby
    [8D]Yo nono-You got me on that one, I was looking in my 2004 WBY catalog under the packedged custom rifles (Dangerous Game) DGR and superimposed 375HH/300HH although I'll bet that if you talked to their Custom shop (805) 466-1767 they will issue one for you ---MONEY----[:p][:p][:p][:D]

    I'm only wearing Black untill they make something darker
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