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<blockquote data-quote="Longshot38" data-source="post: 271731" data-attributes="member: 11627"><p>My current field rifle is a custom 300 weatherby built on a remington 700 action and I love this round and rifle. It keeps sub 1/2 moa all day long (and sub 1/4 when I am really on my game). I have effectively shot the rifle out to over 1200 yards and have no issue going further.</p><p></p><p>There are two schools of thought on this. I'll start with mine:</p><p></p><p>With the 300 wby you can get 3100 fps out of a 200 grain bullet, though you might have to load longer the max magazine length. And I can consistantly get 1/2 moa accuracy out of my rifle. I also love the brass selection. Other then the Win mag I know of no other 30 cal magnum that has better brass selection. Ultimately I would not consider myself under-gunned while taking any game in North America with this round, and it is capable of taking most african plains game.</p><p></p><p>The other train of though:</p><p></p><p>Some don't like the double radius neck on the weatherby and simply refer to it as "silly". They also contend that they can get better MV out of the RUM, which you can, but at the expense of significantly more powder. They also contend that other rounds are more accurate (I have not found this to be true) and easier to handload. Which I agree with the handloading part, belted magnums are bit more work when loading them.</p><p></p><p>In the end it is personal decision of what round you like or don't. But if it were me I'd keep this round, it is a really nice round.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Longshot38, post: 271731, member: 11627"] My current field rifle is a custom 300 weatherby built on a remington 700 action and I love this round and rifle. It keeps sub 1/2 moa all day long (and sub 1/4 when I am really on my game). I have effectively shot the rifle out to over 1200 yards and have no issue going further. There are two schools of thought on this. I'll start with mine: With the 300 wby you can get 3100 fps out of a 200 grain bullet, though you might have to load longer the max magazine length. And I can consistantly get 1/2 moa accuracy out of my rifle. I also love the brass selection. Other then the Win mag I know of no other 30 cal magnum that has better brass selection. Ultimately I would not consider myself under-gunned while taking any game in North America with this round, and it is capable of taking most african plains game. The other train of though: Some don't like the double radius neck on the weatherby and simply refer to it as "silly". They also contend that they can get better MV out of the RUM, which you can, but at the expense of significantly more powder. They also contend that other rounds are more accurate (I have not found this to be true) and easier to handload. Which I agree with the handloading part, belted magnums are bit more work when loading them. In the end it is personal decision of what round you like or don't. But if it were me I'd keep this round, it is a really nice round. [/QUOTE]
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