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300. wsm vs. 7mm rem mag.
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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 25294" data-source="post: 1510661"><p>Oh man this is great! An oldie but a goodie..</p><p>The 195's weren't around at the time but run the numbers today with the 300wsm shooting a 215 Berger, and a 7mm shooting a 195...</p><p> </p><p>there is virtually no difference other than less wind drift with the 195, and slightly better penetration with a bullet that weighs 20 grains more. </p><p></p><p>The argument of displacement between .308 and .284 just cracks me up!</p><p>Does .o24" really create that much bigger of a wound channel?? </p><p>I'll argue wound channel size is influenced more by velocity at impact which creates expansion, than by diameter before expansion.</p><p></p><p>We can play with numbers and velocities from all sorts of configurations between the 7's and 300's. </p><p>As others have said what really matters is shot placement, and if a person shoots the begeezes out of a lighter recoiling 7mm, then my bet is that person will by much much much more lethal than a guy who is getting punished while practicing with hard recoiling heavy .300 loads. </p><p></p><p>Of course a guy could build a heavy .300 to lighten the recoil, but that creates all sorts of other disadvantages. </p><p>For example I've killed my last three bulls from 200 to 940 yards with my 6.5 saum, not because it hits harder than my magnum.. </p><p>but because it's super light and I usually take it way back there where the elk are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 25294, post: 1510661"] Oh man this is great! An oldie but a goodie.. The 195's weren't around at the time but run the numbers today with the 300wsm shooting a 215 Berger, and a 7mm shooting a 195... there is virtually no difference other than less wind drift with the 195, and slightly better penetration with a bullet that weighs 20 grains more. The argument of displacement between .308 and .284 just cracks me up! Does .o24" really create that much bigger of a wound channel?? I'll argue wound channel size is influenced more by velocity at impact which creates expansion, than by diameter before expansion. We can play with numbers and velocities from all sorts of configurations between the 7's and 300's. As others have said what really matters is shot placement, and if a person shoots the begeezes out of a lighter recoiling 7mm, then my bet is that person will by much much much more lethal than a guy who is getting punished while practicing with hard recoiling heavy .300 loads. Of course a guy could build a heavy .300 to lighten the recoil, but that creates all sorts of other disadvantages. For example I've killed my last three bulls from 200 to 940 yards with my 6.5 saum, not because it hits harder than my magnum.. but because it's super light and I usually take it way back there where the elk are. [/QUOTE]
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