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Howdy, you will never regret rebarreling back with 300. Just have it threaded for a muzzle brake. With the right brake, shooting it would fill like a 243 or maybe a 7-08. You can load bullets from 110gr. to 225. With the right bullet you can shoot anything in North America from ground hogs to grizz.
Howdy, you will never regret rebarreling back with 300. Just have it threaded for a muzzle brake. With the right brake, shooting it would fill like a 243 or maybe a 7-08. You can load bullets from 110gr. to 225. With the right bullet you can shoot anything in North America from ground hogs to grizz.
Very good, I forgot to say also, your Dad will be smiling. I hope I'm not out of line with that statement.There's also something to be said about sentimental value if you're that type of guy. I have a Model 7 in 308win that took me a long time to save up for years ago. Since I had it I've killed 18+ deer with it along with a ton of squirrel using cast loads. That rifle fed my growing family during our hardest years. I always had a pressure issue with the barrel though. Now that I'm a riflesmith, after finishing up a project I decided to pull the barrel on my trusty Model 7. Low and behold Remington chambered it with a cant. Yes, a cant... Not only that but the chamber was generously large. It's a wonder it shot at all!
With a wide range of reamers at my disposal the only thing I could justify turning the rifle into.... was a 308win. It just seemed right. She started that way. Served me well. And will finish that way. Except this time I'll chamber it with zero runout and perfect headspace.
If you decide to keep your dad's rifle as a 300 Weatherby you'll never feel like you did wrong by it or him. It served him well and it will serve you well if not for anything, but the memories.
So which Hammer bullet 'heavy' would you recommend for the 300 weatherby 1in9 twist 26 inch barrel? It will be used mainly for hunting.
How is your magazine room? The 199g Hammer Hunter would be the heaviest that will run in the 9" twist. The 181g Hammer Hunter would be fun, but might be too long in the nose. The 199g Hammer Hunter is actually a bit shorter nosed than the 181g Hammer Hunter.
I can get the 181 Hammer Hunters in my Mark V Box and you are correct about the fun part, will be doing some flesh with it in 2 weeks, and with the muzzle break its like shooting the 257Bee without a break, pretty quick 30 call round.
I'm going to run the factory blind box. Although the book calls for a max OAL of 3.560, I have loaded a dummy round to 3.710 and it feeds and ejects good. I'm thinking that I will use the factory reamer to chamber and it has a .361 freebore. Thats a huge jump. How tolerant are your bullets in a long freebore?
They certainly don't mind jumping. 3.7" will give you plenty of room.
Weatherby has a few options if you rebarrel.
