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300 Weatherby or 300 RUM???
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<blockquote data-quote="Peregrine82" data-source="post: 1488704" data-attributes="member: 82440"><p>300 Weatherby is much more efficient and is nicer on barrels. I think for the .30 Caliber magnums, 300 Weatherby is the furthest you can go before you get diminishing returns on performance. I have a Mark V that my father gave me. It does have a 30" Douglas barrel on it now. I shoot 168's at 3550 fps, 180-grain bullets at 3375 fps, and 210-grain bullets at 3150 fps. I use about 80 grains of powder or slightly less to achieve this. 300 RUM will do maybe like 25-50 fps more but at the cost of 20 more grains of powder. To me, it's not worth it. Others may feel differently. I still find it funny that a cartridge designed in 1944 is still one of the top dogs in performance to efficiency.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peregrine82, post: 1488704, member: 82440"] 300 Weatherby is much more efficient and is nicer on barrels. I think for the .30 Caliber magnums, 300 Weatherby is the furthest you can go before you get diminishing returns on performance. I have a Mark V that my father gave me. It does have a 30" Douglas barrel on it now. I shoot 168's at 3550 fps, 180-grain bullets at 3375 fps, and 210-grain bullets at 3150 fps. I use about 80 grains of powder or slightly less to achieve this. 300 RUM will do maybe like 25-50 fps more but at the cost of 20 more grains of powder. To me, it's not worth it. Others may feel differently. I still find it funny that a cartridge designed in 1944 is still one of the top dogs in performance to efficiency. [/QUOTE]
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