Best 200 Grain Hunting bullet for 300 WBY (Berger)?

[mmacfive]

200 Noz Partition
200 Speer HC
200 Sierra BT
200 Accu

I would say 90% of my rifle loads are compressed.

 

[pttp]

How come no one has mentioned Swift A-Frames? I do not have any experience with them, but they are highly recommended by big game hunters. Maybe too much for deer, but seems they would be good for elk.

 

[mmacfive]

How come no one has mentioned Swift A-Frames? I do not have any experience with them, but they are highly recommended by big game hunters. Maybe too much for deer, but seems they would be good for elk.

Great bullet. Bad BCs.

 

[dogz]

SAF would be another darn good idea, plenty of BC to get to 500 with no issues

 

[MZmoose]

190 gr ABLR. My friends used that bullet to take 2 bulls each with one shot. One was in a 308 Win and the other an 06'. Both shots were about 325 yds. Out of a Roy it should be even better way out there. I would try the 210gr but sounds like you might have OAL issues. If it's a powder compression issue, change powders.

 

[One Hole]

I like Bergers for deer sized game and smaller but for elk, bear and moose I use Barnes TSX or TTSX. I experimented with Partitions and Accubonds but have come back to Barnes. I never got great accuracy with Partitions and have had some issues Accubonds expanding on soft targets (heart, lungs..) A TSX or TTSX at 2500+ fps is absolutely devastating and I have never lost an animal.

 

[Gravel Road]

You can get fancier bullets with better BC, but I have never, ever had my 300 Weatherby loaded with a 200 gr Partition fail on any animal since I bought the rifle in 1992. What more can I say...

 

[mmacfive]

I agree. But we are in a long range hunting form. That why I chose the AB.

 

[Gravel Road]

I agree. But we are in a long range hunting form. That why I chose the AB.

Yeah, the emphasis on these would be hunting, not shooting, but they do okay. I did manage to shoot a Kodiak island blacktail at 600, which is plenty far for me.

 

[BPollard]

You can get fancier bullets with better BC, but I have never, ever had my 300 Weatherby loaded with a 200 gr Partition fail on any animal since I bought the rifle in 1992. What more can I say...

I hear ya I shoot 180 partitions in my 300 WBY however I just did a ladder test with the 205 Burger Hunter elites showing promise. showing promise

 

[Lahunter76]

What about the 200.20x Berger’s, basically a 215 hybrid just in a 200gr pill vs the 215.
I was originally going to load them fir
My 300roy but having rifle re-barreled to a 30 Nosler and had the chamber cut specifically for the 215 Bergers. Can’t wait to get my rifle back this next month

 

[Never ffp]

The 200gr terminal ascent has been doing great for me .1/2” or better groups with a 608BC and sofar all bullets have exited and no animal has taken a step

 

[trhall]

A friend I was with just shot a nice bull at 650 yards quartering away with a 300 RUM and a 200gr AB at 3200 fps. He broke its femur and penetrated into the vitals. It went about 20 yards. I’m not sure I’d attempt that with a Berger???

Nothing wrong with a stnd accubond at that range and under but there's been a bunch of elk killed at that range and much further with Berger's, especially the 215 in 30 cals. 12 days ago I killed a cow at 859 with a 215 and punched right through the far side shoulder with a golfball size exit.

 

[WEATHERBY460]

Anyone know how much H1000 is used for the Bergers in 200 Grain on the 300 WBY?