Browning x bolt carbon fiber finish

[dirtboy]

I just got a browning X bolt carbon fiber finsh stock 300wsm.. great factory gun. I was surprised at the way that short, fat little shell crank a bullet out of the muzzle. I just had it boresighted haven't got it to the range yet but every shootable object in my yard from 50 to 100yrds has a hole in it..lol! Finally browning put a real stainless matt finish on the gun the carbon fiber model is a shot show speacil. The stock finish is dipped in carbon fiber. the stainless on the gun is a beadblasted dark finish the the normal stainless models. The barrel has some flutes in it which adds a little look to the gun. The 300wsm has a little jump to it but nothing bad recoils like my 30-06 the new reciol pads is a wonder. The gun weighs 6lb6oz by the book. the bolt throw is nice and short. I like being able to wrapped my fingers around the bolt with worrying about the scope. The clip is nice come out easy shell seem to cycle nice. Soon I will see what kind of groups this thing holds. Anyone shoot 300wsm. I'm wandering what I can run down the tube I seen 185 grain bergers. Any thoughts?

 

[crbrta]

Are you a hand loader or are you looking for factory loads? I'm having a .300 wsm built so I've been looking around at different options. If you're looking for factory loads I'd look at thehuntingshackammo.com. They have a good selection for 300 wsm anything from 155 to 210s I think (or there abouts). Federal also does a lot in the 300 wsm as does Black Hills. If you're a hand loader the sky's the limit. Anything in a 30 cal bullet will work in theory!

 

[dirtboy]

I'm just getting reloading stuff a little at a time now. I have a redding t7 sitting in a box, rcbs tumbler, redding 2400 case cutter some dies for my 30-378, so I'm going to be..lol! I was looking at the 210 bergers but I read the 300 wsm doesn't do to good with them fitting in the mag. if not no big deal 185 or 168 will be fine I'm sure. gun)

 

[Browninglover1]

I have a Browning X Bolt Composite Stalker in 300 WSM and with 185 grain Bergers and 61 grains of RL 17 it shoots around 1/2 inch at 100 yards and at 485 yards (furthest I've shot targets) it shot a 2 3/4 inch 5 shot group. For a rifle fully scoped and loaded weighing less than 8 pounds that's AWESOME in my book. We used it to shoot a cow elk a few weeks ago from 412 yards and she flopped faster than anything I've ever seen. When we opened her up there was nothing left in her chest cavity but mush.

 

[dirtboy]

@ Browning lover, Whats you coal for that load? and does it work well in the mag or do you load it for single shot?

 

[Browninglover1]

Dirtyboy I don't measure COL because of the inconsistency of the tips (meplats is what I think they're called) so instead I bought a Stoney Point gauge that measures to a certain point on the ogive. I used to it to figure out how far I could load the bullet out till the lands and then backed it of .015" and it shoots amazing. However if I go to .020" of the lands it goes from 1/2 inch groups to 1.5" groups.

The shells fit into the magazine but just barely so I loaded one extra long so it would scratch the inside of the magazine and show me the actual path the bullets take. Then I took a Dremel with a little tiny endmill and cut out a little relief along that line so that the bullets never touch the front of the magazine and it has functioned flawless for the last 100 rounds.

Yesterday I tried to load up and shoot some 190 grain Bergers and i could not get them to shoot accurately without loading them longer than my magazine would accept so I'll just stick with the 185 grainers.

 

[dirtboy]

Thanks for the tip, I guess the 210 bergers I bought will probably just get loaded in my 30-378... I have to go get some 185 and 175 to try

Thanks again....gun)