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300WSM or 300 mag ?
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<blockquote data-quote="richhymas" data-source="post: 2338278" data-attributes="member: 43504"><p>Don't have the patience to read 8 pages of replies on a strictly opinion based question, but I'll give my own .02 on the topic. I own both. It depends entirely on what you want to get out of the rifle. My 300 WSM is extremely active shooting the 180 scirocco bullets at 2900 FPS. Excellent hunting rifle. Short barrel, I try to limit my hunting shots to 600 yards or so. Great short action rifle. If you want to limit your bullet weight to 200 grains or less the WSM will keep up with the win mag for the most part. When you start wanting to shoot the heavy sleek bullets over 200 you start to consume too much case capacity because there is not enough room in the mag to lengthen the bullet enough and a SAMMI spec chamber will limit the length as well. If you build a custom gun with a medium or long action and longer than SAMMI spec throat you can squeeze out a bit more with those longer bullets, but in my opinion that's a lot of effort and cost and time. At that point you might as well just shoot the 300 win mag or better yet the 300 PRC as the PRC SAMMI spec is designed specifically for those heavy for caliber bullets. </p><p></p><p>In short I like the WSM for compact guns with bullets 180 or less, the win mag for 180-215 grains, and the 300 PRC or even the 300 RUM for pills greater than 215 grains.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="richhymas, post: 2338278, member: 43504"] Don’t have the patience to read 8 pages of replies on a strictly opinion based question, but I’ll give my own .02 on the topic. I own both. It depends entirely on what you want to get out of the rifle. My 300 WSM is extremely active shooting the 180 scirocco bullets at 2900 FPS. Excellent hunting rifle. Short barrel, I try to limit my hunting shots to 600 yards or so. Great short action rifle. If you want to limit your bullet weight to 200 grains or less the WSM will keep up with the win mag for the most part. When you start wanting to shoot the heavy sleek bullets over 200 you start to consume too much case capacity because there is not enough room in the mag to lengthen the bullet enough and a SAMMI spec chamber will limit the length as well. If you build a custom gun with a medium or long action and longer than SAMMI spec throat you can squeeze out a bit more with those longer bullets, but in my opinion that’s a lot of effort and cost and time. At that point you might as well just shoot the 300 win mag or better yet the 300 PRC as the PRC SAMMI spec is designed specifically for those heavy for caliber bullets. In short I like the WSM for compact guns with bullets 180 or less, the win mag for 180-215 grains, and the 300 PRC or even the 300 RUM for pills greater than 215 grains. [/QUOTE]
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