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Why .300 Weatherby ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 335109" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>I have had quite a bit of experience with the 300 wby over the past 35 years. I got my first 300 win mag in 1971. The 300 wby is a superior cartridge to the win mag in all respects. It is probably the best all around big game cartridge of the last 50 years. With the inherent accuracy and tremendous killing power only recently has it been challenged by the new high performance 300 magnums like the ultramag, lazzeroni and 30-378, etc. Many still say the 300 wby is still the best choice because it is still right there with velocity while retaining exceptional accuracy and much better barrel life than the larger big 30's. I have at least five 300 wby's right now but sold my 300 win mags through the years because they just didn't measure up to the 300 weatherby. Even now, fifty years later, it is still as good as anything out there when all facts are considered. Legendary cartridges are that because they stand the test of time and remain as good as it gets. The 300 weatherby is a legendary cartridge.</p><p></p><p>Do not compare any weatherby mags to other cartridges in loading manuals. The loads are typicaly very watered down for the wby's because of many custom barrels not having freebore. For liabilty reasons published loads are typicaly light. Where this is most noticable in comparisons is with the 7mm wby vs 7mm rem and 300 win mag vs 300 wby. Both wby's will considerably outshoot the 7mm rem and the 300 win but you will only learn this by owning and loading/shooting all of them regularly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 335109, member: 505"] I have had quite a bit of experience with the 300 wby over the past 35 years. I got my first 300 win mag in 1971. The 300 wby is a superior cartridge to the win mag in all respects. It is probably the best all around big game cartridge of the last 50 years. With the inherent accuracy and tremendous killing power only recently has it been challenged by the new high performance 300 magnums like the ultramag, lazzeroni and 30-378, etc. Many still say the 300 wby is still the best choice because it is still right there with velocity while retaining exceptional accuracy and much better barrel life than the larger big 30's. I have at least five 300 wby's right now but sold my 300 win mags through the years because they just didn't measure up to the 300 weatherby. Even now, fifty years later, it is still as good as anything out there when all facts are considered. Legendary cartridges are that because they stand the test of time and remain as good as it gets. The 300 weatherby is a legendary cartridge. Do not compare any weatherby mags to other cartridges in loading manuals. The loads are typicaly very watered down for the wby's because of many custom barrels not having freebore. For liabilty reasons published loads are typicaly light. Where this is most noticable in comparisons is with the 7mm wby vs 7mm rem and 300 win mag vs 300 wby. Both wby's will considerably outshoot the 7mm rem and the 300 win but you will only learn this by owning and loading/shooting all of them regularly. [/QUOTE]
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