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300wsm for long range hunting out to 700 yards
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<blockquote data-quote="TexSavage" data-source="post: 1741908" data-attributes="member: 6245"><p>Rick here is my experience. I use a standard 10 round MTD .308 magazine, which will only load 7 rounds of the 300 WSM. My rifle is a short action Savage model 12 in an Oryx chassis, previously in a McMillan A% adjustable. The only mod I made to the magazine is adjusting the steel lips for proper feeding. My COAL does not exceed the standard max length of 2.860". I was using a longer COAL before I went to the chassis, but I have seen no excessive pressure changes nor any group size/performance issues since shortening the COAL, about 250 rounds to date.</p><p></p><p>My experience is over 4 different brands of brass, approx. 270 cases. They are WW Nickel plated, Fed Nickel plated, WW Brass, and Nosler brass. All of the nickel plated brass and 20 rounds of the WW Brass brass have 10+ reloads in addition to the original factory load. I have now shot 750 to 1,000 rounds of the Berger 215. The other 100 rounds of WW brass only have two firings. Not a single case failure for over 10 years of use.</p><p></p><p>The Nosler has 5 firings, all Berger 215's. My Nosler brass loads have a velocity of 2800 and ES of 9. The other brands of brass have ES's of 23-43 as well as being 40 fps slower than the same loads in the Nosler brass. Hence I am now in the process of culling and replacing all non-Nosler brass.</p><p></p><p>THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE IN MY RIFLE. YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARRY, PROCEED WITH EXTREME CAUTION.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexSavage, post: 1741908, member: 6245"] Rick here is my experience. I use a standard 10 round MTD .308 magazine, which will only load 7 rounds of the 300 WSM. My rifle is a short action Savage model 12 in an Oryx chassis, previously in a McMillan A% adjustable. The only mod I made to the magazine is adjusting the steel lips for proper feeding. My COAL does not exceed the standard max length of 2.860". I was using a longer COAL before I went to the chassis, but I have seen no excessive pressure changes nor any group size/performance issues since shortening the COAL, about 250 rounds to date. My experience is over 4 different brands of brass, approx. 270 cases. They are WW Nickel plated, Fed Nickel plated, WW Brass, and Nosler brass. All of the nickel plated brass and 20 rounds of the WW Brass brass have 10+ reloads in addition to the original factory load. I have now shot 750 to 1,000 rounds of the Berger 215. The other 100 rounds of WW brass only have two firings. Not a single case failure for over 10 years of use. The Nosler has 5 firings, all Berger 215's. My Nosler brass loads have a velocity of 2800 and ES of 9. The other brands of brass have ES's of 23-43 as well as being 40 fps slower than the same loads in the Nosler brass. Hence I am now in the process of culling and replacing all non-Nosler brass. THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE IN MY RIFLE. YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARRY, PROCEED WITH EXTREME CAUTION. [/QUOTE]
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