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300 Varminter Completed (Pictures)
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 208655" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>Ridge Runner,</p><p></p><p>I don't think 'changed the name' is the best descriptor. Another name was attached to the original 300 WSM, that being the 300 Varminter. There are now two names for the same cartridge. The two cartridges are dimensionally identical based on the threads I've read. The 300 Varminter is the 300 WSM (recommended to use Norma brass) loaded up to higher pressures and, consequently, higher velocity. Which has been the primary concern and objection of a number of posters here. These same high pressure 300 Varminter cartridges could be mistakenly loaded into any 300 WSM rifle, factory or custom, and fired by the unsuspecting. It has been argued that the cartridge design should have been modified (rather than only adding another name to the 300 WSM), such as lengthening the case head to shoulder distance, in order to prevent it from being mistakenly loaded into standard factory 300 WSM rifles which were not designed or intended to be fired with the 300 Varminter high pressure rounds.</p><p></p><p>I tend to think it would have been wise to modify the design slightly to prevent chambering these handloaded 300 WSM cases in standard factory 300 WSM rifles light bulb, and then it should be called something like the 4000 Varminter. </p><p></p><p>4000 fps or bust!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 208655, member: 4191"] Ridge Runner, I don't think 'changed the name' is the best descriptor. Another name was attached to the original 300 WSM, that being the 300 Varminter. There are now two names for the same cartridge. The two cartridges are dimensionally identical based on the threads I've read. The 300 Varminter is the 300 WSM (recommended to use Norma brass) loaded up to higher pressures and, consequently, higher velocity. Which has been the primary concern and objection of a number of posters here. These same high pressure 300 Varminter cartridges could be mistakenly loaded into any 300 WSM rifle, factory or custom, and fired by the unsuspecting. It has been argued that the cartridge design should have been modified (rather than only adding another name to the 300 WSM), such as lengthening the case head to shoulder distance, in order to prevent it from being mistakenly loaded into standard factory 300 WSM rifles which were not designed or intended to be fired with the 300 Varminter high pressure rounds. I tend to think it would have been wise to modify the design slightly to prevent chambering these handloaded 300 WSM cases in standard factory 300 WSM rifles light bulb, and then it should be called something like the 4000 Varminter. 4000 fps or bust! [/QUOTE]
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