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30 Nosler vs 300WM vs 300PRC
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<blockquote data-quote="greenejc" data-source="post: 2359795" data-attributes="member: 60453"><p>There are a lot of 30 caliber magnums out there, but you might consider availability of brass, ammunition and ease of reloading, along with the amount of data available, and barrel life with the loads/cartridge when you decide. You might also consider when and what is 'good enough'. I find as I get older that I don't need the fastest cartridge. I get about 3050fps from a Sierra or Speer 180 grain, and the same from the Nosler BT in a 300 win mag with a 24" barrel, and 3100 fps from a 26" barreled Rem 700. I got about that from the Hornaday 178 grain Amax, too. Since that lets me shoot flat enough for shots to 1,000 yards, I'm pretty happy with the Winchester Magnum. Also, I have several manuals for recipes with the 300 win mag which make it quite versatile. If I were going to give you a recommendation, it would be the 300 Win Mag. The 300 Win Mag ammunition is also ubiquitous. You can get it anywhere, which means when brass is unavailable, you can get factory loads, shoot them and have brass. But I don't shoot the 300's as much as I did, because I hunt most of my big game with a 35 Whelen, which is also supersonic to 1100 yards, and accurate to that distance, also. It hits harder, with a 250 grain bullet which launches from a 26" barrel at 2750+ from the 26" 700, and 2680fps from the 24" one. I get over 4,000 ftlbs from it with this load, and well over 3700 ftlbs from the 225 grain Sierra Gameking with either rifle. Since I generally hunt in Colorado, at 7,000 feet or higher, both projectiles stay supersonic past 1,000 yards, and have a trajectory about the same as a 30-06 with a 180 grain hunting bullet, which makes it easy to calculate hold-over, since I cut my teeth on the -06 lo these many years ago. Velocity with the 225 grain .358 bullet exceeds 2730 fps in the 24" and 2800 fps in the 26" rifle. 5 shot groups are less than 0.8" at 100 yards. You might like a Whelen with some of the powders listed in the Speer manual.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenejc, post: 2359795, member: 60453"] There are a lot of 30 caliber magnums out there, but you might consider availability of brass, ammunition and ease of reloading, along with the amount of data available, and barrel life with the loads/cartridge when you decide. You might also consider when and what is 'good enough'. I find as I get older that I don't need the fastest cartridge. I get about 3050fps from a Sierra or Speer 180 grain, and the same from the Nosler BT in a 300 win mag with a 24" barrel, and 3100 fps from a 26" barreled Rem 700. I got about that from the Hornaday 178 grain Amax, too. Since that lets me shoot flat enough for shots to 1,000 yards, I'm pretty happy with the Winchester Magnum. Also, I have several manuals for recipes with the 300 win mag which make it quite versatile. If I were going to give you a recommendation, it would be the 300 Win Mag. The 300 Win Mag ammunition is also ubiquitous. You can get it anywhere, which means when brass is unavailable, you can get factory loads, shoot them and have brass. But I don't shoot the 300's as much as I did, because I hunt most of my big game with a 35 Whelen, which is also supersonic to 1100 yards, and accurate to that distance, also. It hits harder, with a 250 grain bullet which launches from a 26" barrel at 2750+ from the 26" 700, and 2680fps from the 24" one. I get over 4,000 ftlbs from it with this load, and well over 3700 ftlbs from the 225 grain Sierra Gameking with either rifle. Since I generally hunt in Colorado, at 7,000 feet or higher, both projectiles stay supersonic past 1,000 yards, and have a trajectory about the same as a 30-06 with a 180 grain hunting bullet, which makes it easy to calculate hold-over, since I cut my teeth on the -06 lo these many years ago. Velocity with the 225 grain .358 bullet exceeds 2730 fps in the 24" and 2800 fps in the 26" rifle. 5 shot groups are less than 0.8" at 100 yards. You might like a Whelen with some of the powders listed in the Speer manual. [/QUOTE]
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