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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 281779" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>Welcome Chad,</p><p> </p><p>I also have a 300 WSM and think it is a great cartridge. It has some reach and will give you very good barrel life and the recoil is very managable. I can shoot all day using a slip on recoil pad and in the field you wont feel a thing.</p><p> </p><p>A lot of good advice so far and I'll try to add to it if I can.</p><p> </p><p>Check ebay, gunbroker, local paper, gunshows, and right here in the classified forum, for good used equipment.</p><p> </p><p>Reloading equipment and components:</p><p> </p><p>-Press, It's hard to go wrong with a Rock Chucker, Redding makes some good presses also.</p><p> </p><p>-Dies, I like the Redding neck sizer and compititon seater. You can probably get by with the regular seater. I think most will agree that Redding dies are probably a little better than RCBS. I like the idea of *not* FL sizing my brass because fired brass fits the chamber precisely so I neck size only. With some cartridges, when you neck size only, the brass will sometimes get a little too tight for the chamber after a few firings. When this happens, you can use a body die to shrink it back. I have fired some my brass up to 5 times with no problems other than an occasional snug case that needs a little extra bolt force to chamber.</p><p> </p><p>-Primer seater, the Rock Chucker and some other presses have this capability but I like using a simple hand held one to feel the seating of my primers. I have a RCBS and it works great.</p><p> </p><p>- Primer brush and pocket uniformer.</p><p> </p><p>- Calipers, this tool is a must. Cabella's offers a SS dial caliper for $22.</p><p> </p><p>- Tumbler, I recommend a vibrator type.</p><p> </p><p>- Case trimmer and neck turner. This is something you will want to invest in for greater consistancy and accuracy, but you can live without it.</p><p> </p><p>- Scale, get a good ballance beam scale. I have the RCBS 10-10 and like it.</p><p> </p><p>- Deburring tool.</p><p> </p><p>- Powder trickler, makes precise measuring a lot easier.</p><p> </p><p>- Powder funnel.</p><p> </p><p>- Case lube, I used to use RCBS case lube that was a jelly like substance you spread on a pad and rolled the cases on it. Draw backs... 1) getting too much lube could bind up your die/press, 2) somewhat messy, 3) I would retumble my brass after sizing, 4) dirt, tumbling media, powder flakes, etc would often find its way on to the pad and the cases. I now use Hornady One Shot case lube. Wayyyyyyy easy. Give the brass a couple of quick shots from different dierctions and your done. No fuss, no muss, no mess, no additonal tumbling.</p><p> </p><p>- Run out guage, optional but very useful for accurate reloading.</p><p> </p><p>- Brass, I use Norma. It's about the best for 300 WSM.</p><p> </p><p>- Bullets, there are a lot of opinions on this. I'm a monometal fan so I like E-Tips and TTSX/TSX's. My priority though is accuracy. I recommend staying away from lead tipped bullets that deform for LR accuracy. Some ones to consider for the 300 WSM...</p><p> </p><p>180 E-Tips</p><p>165/168 TSX/TTSX</p><p>180 TSX/TTSX</p><p>180 AB</p><p>168/178/208 AMax</p><p>190/210 Berger/JLK VLD</p><p> </p><p>- Powder, H4350 is a popular 300 WSM powder. RL17 is a new powder that has shown some good results in the 300 WSM. This last Sat I shot some 180 E-Tips @ 3193 fps which is about 200 fps faster than what I was getting out H4350.</p><p> </p><p>Hope this helps and good shiooting,</p><p> </p><p>MR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 281779, member: 11717"] Welcome Chad, I also have a 300 WSM and think it is a great cartridge. It has some reach and will give you very good barrel life and the recoil is very managable. I can shoot all day using a slip on recoil pad and in the field you wont feel a thing. A lot of good advice so far and I'll try to add to it if I can. Check ebay, gunbroker, local paper, gunshows, and right here in the classified forum, for good used equipment. Reloading equipment and components: -Press, It's hard to go wrong with a Rock Chucker, Redding makes some good presses also. -Dies, I like the Redding neck sizer and compititon seater. You can probably get by with the regular seater. I think most will agree that Redding dies are probably a little better than RCBS. I like the idea of *not* FL sizing my brass because fired brass fits the chamber precisely so I neck size only. With some cartridges, when you neck size only, the brass will sometimes get a little too tight for the chamber after a few firings. When this happens, you can use a body die to shrink it back. I have fired some my brass up to 5 times with no problems other than an occasional snug case that needs a little extra bolt force to chamber. -Primer seater, the Rock Chucker and some other presses have this capability but I like using a simple hand held one to feel the seating of my primers. I have a RCBS and it works great. - Primer brush and pocket uniformer. - Calipers, this tool is a must. Cabella's offers a SS dial caliper for $22. - Tumbler, I recommend a vibrator type. - Case trimmer and neck turner. This is something you will want to invest in for greater consistancy and accuracy, but you can live without it. - Scale, get a good ballance beam scale. I have the RCBS 10-10 and like it. - Deburring tool. - Powder trickler, makes precise measuring a lot easier. - Powder funnel. - Case lube, I used to use RCBS case lube that was a jelly like substance you spread on a pad and rolled the cases on it. Draw backs... 1) getting too much lube could bind up your die/press, 2) somewhat messy, 3) I would retumble my brass after sizing, 4) dirt, tumbling media, powder flakes, etc would often find its way on to the pad and the cases. I now use Hornady One Shot case lube. Wayyyyyyy easy. Give the brass a couple of quick shots from different dierctions and your done. No fuss, no muss, no mess, no additonal tumbling. - Run out guage, optional but very useful for accurate reloading. - Brass, I use Norma. It's about the best for 300 WSM. - Bullets, there are a lot of opinions on this. I'm a monometal fan so I like E-Tips and TTSX/TSX's. My priority though is accuracy. I recommend staying away from lead tipped bullets that deform for LR accuracy. Some ones to consider for the 300 WSM... 180 E-Tips 165/168 TSX/TTSX 180 TSX/TTSX 180 AB 168/178/208 AMax 190/210 Berger/JLK VLD - Powder, H4350 is a popular 300 WSM powder. RL17 is a new powder that has shown some good results in the 300 WSM. This last Sat I shot some 180 E-Tips @ 3193 fps which is about 200 fps faster than what I was getting out H4350. Hope this helps and good shiooting, MR [/QUOTE]
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