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

[Deleted member 115360]

Sorry Lance I was actually butchering that bull and didn't really read your comment.

This is one place we will just have to disagree. If you have the right bullet/gun combination breaking the femur, or shoulder, and driving into the vitals is not a poorly placed shot. It is a viable option. It's one of the reason I like stout bullets.

I am often accused of carrying too much gun. If you can't penetrate a femur and plow into the vitals, then you didn't bring enough gun. That is literally the standard by which I choose which gun I carry on a hunt.

 

[slikmrc]

I've got a 300 WBY 200 gr. AB load using 84.0 gr. H1000 @2980 fps 10' from the muzzle. load COAL of 3.570, this is not a compressed load. This load has a 9 ES and shoots .75 moa. Barrel is a 26 inch 6 groove.

 

[Backcountry sports]

When I load 79.0 of H1000, I noticed the powder is compressing with 215 Bergers. Thinking I should shoot a shorter bullet like a 200 grain. Any advice what I should use on big deer - elk sized animals?

Berger all the way

 

[WEATHERBY460]

What other Berger besides the 215?

 

[4xforfun]

Just my opinion, but really...there is NOTHING wrong with a compressed load.....Unless it is EXTREAM and pushing the bullet back.

 

[mmacfive]

Berger all the way

curious....would you have taken the shot above at the quartering away elk with a Berger?

 

[FEENIX]

What other Berger besides the 215?

Berger 205 (https://bergerbullets.com/product/30-caliber-205-grain-elite-hunter/)

 

[BPollard]

When I load 79.0 of H1000, I noticed the powder is compressing with 215 Bergers. Thinking I should shoot a shorter bullet like a 200 grain. Any advice what I should use on big deer - elk sized animals?

190 LRX. I shoot it in my 300 Weatherby 300 WinMag and 300 Saum

 

[Wolf76]

like others have said, seat your bullet longer, don't worry about a Little compression, and how's it shooting?
your 300 bee had so much freebore, its impossible to load to mag length and touch the rifling.

 

[1894C]

200 Accubond for sure.

 

[FEENIX]

200 Accubond for sure.

200 NABs (and NPs before that) used to be my go-to bullet until I transitioned to Bergers.

 

[1894C]

200 NABs (and NPs before that) used to be my go-to bullet until I transitioned to Bergers.

All around bullet I greatly perfer Accubonds to Bergers. Just yesterday I shot a 182# white tail through the last rib and it existed like this. Zero chance a berger made it through on this angle. And I love Bergers but they are a 400+ bullet for my useage. And I kill on average 70 deer a year with Bergers and eldm etc at long range.

 

[FEENIX]

All around bullet I greatly perfer Accubonds to Bergers. Just yesterday I shot a 182# white tail through the last rib and it existed like this. Zero chance a berger made it through on this angle. And I love Bergers but they are a 400+ bullet for my useage. And I kill on average 70 deer a year with Bergers and eldm etc at long range. View attachment 234667

All it matters is a humane harvest. I still have a few loads of 200 NABs on one of my .300 WM and 225 NABs on my .338 WM. Congrats, and enjoy some good eats.

 

[MOBE]

208 ELDM