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Reloading
.300 win mag: pursuing 4000 feet per second.
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<blockquote data-quote="jarnold37" data-source="post: 2271934" data-attributes="member: 29241"><p>Several years before the 30-378 became a legitimate factory round, I started shooting it as a wildcat. I ordered two reamers one for 125 grain loadings and the other for 180 and bigger loadings. Both reamers were ordered to cut with no freebore, so I could touch the riflings for better accuracy. With several barrels and twists with actual field performance I eventually determined that the 125-130 grain bullet with 14" twist and bullet basically touching riflings was my favorite combination delivering 4050fps and less than 1/4" grouping at 100 yards. Even though I had program out to 1000 yards my shots were usually between 4-6 hundred yards. I even preferred this over another chambering, 338-378 with 300 grn bullets in a heavy gun that gave no recoil allowing perfect view of hits. I have chambered other high capacity cartridges but still after all these years prefer 125 grn 30 caliber at over 4000 fps. In a 20 lb. gun, muzzle brake, with no recoil, 20z trigger and 12-42 scope it is my most enjoyable gun. I never shoot at a deer without a rest, so this gives me my cake and eat it to</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jarnold37, post: 2271934, member: 29241"] Several years before the 30-378 became a legitimate factory round, I started shooting it as a wildcat. I ordered two reamers one for 125 grain loadings and the other for 180 and bigger loadings. Both reamers were ordered to cut with no freebore, so I could touch the riflings for better accuracy. With several barrels and twists with actual field performance I eventually determined that the 125-130 grain bullet with 14" twist and bullet basically touching riflings was my favorite combination delivering 4050fps and less than 1/4" grouping at 100 yards. Even though I had program out to 1000 yards my shots were usually between 4-6 hundred yards. I even preferred this over another chambering, 338-378 with 300 grn bullets in a heavy gun that gave no recoil allowing perfect view of hits. I have chambered other high capacity cartridges but still after all these years prefer 125 grn 30 caliber at over 4000 fps. In a 20 lb. gun, muzzle brake, with no recoil, 20z trigger and 12-42 scope it is my most enjoyable gun. I never shoot at a deer without a rest, so this gives me my cake and eat it to [/QUOTE]
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