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300 Win Mag???
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<blockquote data-quote="Hugnot" data-source="post: 2318972" data-attributes="member: 115658"><p>I have a 50 year old plus .300 WM, FN bench rest single shot (no magazine) with a 26" Hart, 10 twist #5 barrel. Receiver ring trued & lugs lapped in. Except for the metal work I did much of the work on this rifle myself.</p><p></p><p> I load my ammo at up to 3.6" COAL depending on bullet. Right now, I am using 71 grains or so of Alliant PP 4000MR with 178 Hornady ELDM bullets at a comfortable 3,100 plus fps. The heel of bullet shank & boat tail is just above junction of shoulder & neck. Head-space on shoulder, CCI 34 primers. I would guess that my load capacity with this combo is about 93%. The rifle shoots 200 ELDX -208 (old stash AMax) grain bullets real good with IMR7977 (impossible to find). I seat my bullets with an antique Vickermann die.</p><p></p><p>I don't shoot it very much because of barrel wear & expense, lots of powder & pricy bullets. It hits steel much harder than any of my 6.5's. American walnut thumb hole stock. The whole works, rifle, scope, sling weights about 11 pounds. I am looking into getting a biathlon double shoulder sling for my old body to transport this rifle.</p><p></p><p>If I had to do it again I would get a Rem 700 long action, stock it as a single shot, with a #5 high quality SS 10 twist barrel, square up receiver ring & lap lugs, throated for ammo depending on bullet over 3.5" COAL. I would use a reasonably good MRad scope having a max power of 14X to 18X with a priority on it being relatively compact. Except for scope it might come in at just under $1,200, provided I did most of the stock work myself.</p><p></p><p>It don't kick as nearly as bad as my .375.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hugnot, post: 2318972, member: 115658"] I have a 50 year old plus .300 WM, FN bench rest single shot (no magazine) with a 26" Hart, 10 twist #5 barrel. Receiver ring trued & lugs lapped in. Except for the metal work I did much of the work on this rifle myself. I load my ammo at up to 3.6" COAL depending on bullet. Right now, I am using 71 grains or so of Alliant PP 4000MR with 178 Hornady ELDM bullets at a comfortable 3,100 plus fps. The heel of bullet shank & boat tail is just above junction of shoulder & neck. Head-space on shoulder, CCI 34 primers. I would guess that my load capacity with this combo is about 93%. The rifle shoots 200 ELDX -208 (old stash AMax) grain bullets real good with IMR7977 (impossible to find). I seat my bullets with an antique Vickermann die. I don't shoot it very much because of barrel wear & expense, lots of powder & pricy bullets. It hits steel much harder than any of my 6.5's. American walnut thumb hole stock. The whole works, rifle, scope, sling weights about 11 pounds. I am looking into getting a biathlon double shoulder sling for my old body to transport this rifle. If I had to do it again I would get a Rem 700 long action, stock it as a single shot, with a #5 high quality SS 10 twist barrel, square up receiver ring & lap lugs, throated for ammo depending on bullet over 3.5" COAL. I would use a reasonably good MRad scope having a max power of 14X to 18X with a priority on it being relatively compact. Except for scope it might come in at just under $1,200, provided I did most of the stock work myself. It don't kick as nearly as bad as my .375. [/QUOTE]
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