300 win mag
when looking for a Lee Clasic Loader for a 300 win mag all i can fine is the LEE LOADER 300 Weatherby Magnum does any one have the specs i need to know how much difference the cases are between the 2
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I've got myself fixed on purchasing a rifle in 300 Win Mag, but can't decide on what to get. I can pick up a NIB Rem 700 Police for $660. Then I ran across the Sako TRG-42 (haven't found a price for it yet, but reckon it is really high). Of course, I could save a bundle by looking at the Rem 700 BDL or ADL. Or a Savage.
What do y'all think? Primary usage will be target shooting, 100-400 yards. Would also like to use this rifle for elk hunting if/when I get the chance. Is that a good price on the Rem 700 Police?0 -
I shoot plent of deer with a 180 grain bullet from a 300 win mag. Makes a very ugly exit hole, More so then I care to look at. Accuracy is very good.
I went to a 165 grain bullet, Perhaps recoil is a tad less, Extreamly accurate, And makes about the same ugly exit hole.At least out to 250 yards.
Try this recipe:
165 grain sierra psp bt
IMR 7828 77.0 grains
winchester primer, Non magnum, Or CCI benchrest primer
seat bullet .030 from rifling groves, Try going more, less, tell you find the sweet spot.
For me the slower burning powders work best.
barnes x bullets work great too.0 -
All exit holes are ugly; it's what the bullet did whilst inside the target animal that matters.
What range are you shooting those deer at? Out here in NM, a nice 3-500 yd. shot across a canyon isn't unusual-I use a Hornady 190 btsp or a Speer 165 for those, and the critter is just as dead as if you hit 'em with a Suburban.
Try Hodgdon's 414 or Reloder 22 for the heavier bullets and you'll get less recoil and improved accuracy. Unless you want to fill the air with lead and enjoy getting punched in the shoulder; try reduced loads FIRST!
My absolutely favorite accuracy load is a Speer 125 TNT seated togive 3.300 overall, over 75.0 grains of Hodgdon's H4350 in a ww super case trimmed to 2.600 and a WLRM primer. Six shots at 300 yds. in the same hole! Be sure to start with a CLEAN barrel.
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I would Opt for the 165gr bullet and the 4350 Powder,not like you need it but I believe you will get more range with it.And the Bullet Path seems more stable as far as accuracy goes.
Best!!!
Rugster
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Edited by - Rugster on 08/15/2002 13:24:280 -
gunnut505, how on god's green earth were you able to stabilize that 125gr , 30caliber bullet? You got a slow twist or something? Just interested for future reloading purposes.
A great rifle with a junk scope,....is junk.0 -
Select the bullet according to what game it will be used on and what cartridge it will be fired from. An ordinary 180 grain bullet from the 300 win mag will perform differently than from the 30-06. It is real hard for the manufacture to make a bullet of one caliber perform well from all cartridges that it could be used in. That is the reason I use Nosler Partitions almost exclusively in my firearms. They perform well in just about any cartridge it is fired from. The 165 is a better deer bullet from the 30-06 than the 180 is and the 180 is a better deer bullet from the 300 win mag than the 165 is.
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That 125 gr. stabilized just fine in my M77 mkII with a krieghoff 28 inch tube with 1-10 twist; the trouble I had was when I loaded it into my TRG-s- just a puff of grey smoke and no impact!
To be honest, I tried 77 grains first and couldn't for the life of me figure out why I kept "missing".
One word of advice; Don't try to shoot anything to eat with that load!
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gunnut505, hahahaha we did that "puff of smoke" thing with a 220 swift some years back. 4200+fps and it never made it to the 100yd mark. At about 45yd, it turned to shrapnel. So I went an bought one last night.
Thanks.
kimber270win, I will echo the statement about the 150gr for deer. My hunting partner has tried all the weights in his 300 and we have determined the 150gr, IN HIS RIFLE, performs best on whitetails out to about 350yds. The 180's were a close second. Now for 350+, definitely the 180gr.
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I'm shooting a 165 gr. BT W/ 76gr. H-4831 so accurate it's unbeleavable. Excellent for long range Antilope and droped a Cow Elk at 300 yards w/one right under the ear.
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Hey Kimber I have owned 3 300 win mags and have got one to shoot true with 180 grain bullets, one of them I never could get it to shoot under an inch at 100 yards so I traded it. am working on a rem clasic 300 now. What I have found is that the 300 mag is one hard caliber to reload, and you have to try a lot of differnt bullets and powder, when you find the right combo they will shoot one holers at 100 yards, Ifn they aint shot out by the time you find the right load. Good Luck 0 -
Hey Kimber, like Yankee, I am using 76gr H4831 with a Nosler Balistic tip 165gr. I shoot a Browning Medalion with a 24" pipe and off the bench, I get very consistant groups that are less than an inch. 0 -
I use a Voere "Cougar" which is a super light and shoot 150 gr. Noslers at 3100 to 3200. If I remember correctly, the last I loaded was with IMR 4350 and shot a 1" group. The main thing, altough it turned me a tad, it didn't jar me too much. 0
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