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300 wsm versus 300 winmag
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<blockquote data-quote="dkhunt14" data-source="post: 1009410" data-attributes="member: 14053"><p>I know people are not going to agree with this but this is the way I see it. The 300 Win Mag and the 308 Baer which is a Weatherby imp were very popular about 5 or 6 years ago in 1000 Yard BR. They disappeared now because the WSM is so much easier to tune and they stay that way in temperature changes. They just plain down shoot and have put a hurt on the 1000 yard BR records. Now these guys build guns and try everything imaginable to win. In other words they shoot what is accurate. The nodes where they want to shoot is big. I am not basing this off a gun or two. We have at least 90 light gun shooters and 70 Heavy gun shooters that shoot every other week. So I get to see a lot of guns shoot and see a lot of targets that are officially measured by a scoring committee. The WSM will outlast the 300 win Mag. The throat in my Baer moved over .025 every year. The throat in my 300 WSM only moves .005 in three years. That is a big difference in barrel wear. Now this is in my heavy gun where you shoot 7 to 8 sighters in a 6 minute period and when the record comes up I shoot 10 shots in 30 seconds. So this is really hard on barrels because of the heat. The barrel wear is comparing 3 years of stats with both calibers. The Baer is very close to what you would shoot in a 300 WIN. I shoot the bullets 10 in so I check the marks on the bullets every time I load and write the OAL from base to ogive in my book. These are actual movements of my throat. You can get about 2850 to 2900 with a 210 VLD with 4831 SC or H4350. If you shoot the 230 and 7828 SSC you can get 3000 if your throat is long enough. The brass is really strong and thick so it lasts. All the advantages I see is going to the WSM. Matt</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dkhunt14, post: 1009410, member: 14053"] I know people are not going to agree with this but this is the way I see it. The 300 Win Mag and the 308 Baer which is a Weatherby imp were very popular about 5 or 6 years ago in 1000 Yard BR. They disappeared now because the WSM is so much easier to tune and they stay that way in temperature changes. They just plain down shoot and have put a hurt on the 1000 yard BR records. Now these guys build guns and try everything imaginable to win. In other words they shoot what is accurate. The nodes where they want to shoot is big. I am not basing this off a gun or two. We have at least 90 light gun shooters and 70 Heavy gun shooters that shoot every other week. So I get to see a lot of guns shoot and see a lot of targets that are officially measured by a scoring committee. The WSM will outlast the 300 win Mag. The throat in my Baer moved over .025 every year. The throat in my 300 WSM only moves .005 in three years. That is a big difference in barrel wear. Now this is in my heavy gun where you shoot 7 to 8 sighters in a 6 minute period and when the record comes up I shoot 10 shots in 30 seconds. So this is really hard on barrels because of the heat. The barrel wear is comparing 3 years of stats with both calibers. The Baer is very close to what you would shoot in a 300 WIN. I shoot the bullets 10 in so I check the marks on the bullets every time I load and write the OAL from base to ogive in my book. These are actual movements of my throat. You can get about 2850 to 2900 with a 210 VLD with 4831 SC or H4350. If you shoot the 230 and 7828 SSC you can get 3000 if your throat is long enough. The brass is really strong and thick so it lasts. All the advantages I see is going to the WSM. Matt [/QUOTE]
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