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Everybody loves the WSM, so why are brass companies ignoring it?
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<blockquote data-quote="rpierce" data-source="post: 2893401" data-attributes="member: 20643"><p>Ive built quite a few 300 wsm's for customers since ADG came out with the brass. Fortunately I got several thousand pieces in already and a bunch more coming in soon. Ive built two for myself and building a 3rd that will be strictly for f class. My 300 wsm hunting rifle is the most consistently accurate magnum, if not rifle, that Ive ever seen. It legitimately holds 1.5-2.5" vertical consistently at 840 yds. This is based on the last half dozen targets Ive shot with it. The smallest group of them was a 3 shot group that measured 1.07"@840 yds. This is off a bipod with a 23" Benchmark and a NF ATACR 4-20 on it. Theyve all shot the same load with 215 bergers. Im only pushing it at a very mild 2685 FPS. But its a es of around 10 fps for 10 shots consistently. I just shot two 1.9" groups at 840 yds with a buddies 300 WSM I just finished up. Identical setup as my rifle. Same exact powder charge as my rifle now that his barrel has settled down. Seating depth is only a couple thou different. Same speed and ES as mine. The other two groups I just shot with his rifle were 1-2" vertical as well but the wind opened the groups up to 4" at 840 yds. These are just some of the 840 yd groups. I built a 300 wsm for a fclass customer on the national team. His ladder test showed 3 nodes at 600 yds. Each could be covered with a quarter for the 3 shots in the node. He took it to tryouts and cleaned house. Other team members have told me they were amazed at how well it shot. </p><p></p><p>Plugging in the 215 @ 2685 fps I still have enough energy for elk and expansion at 900 yds where we usually hunt. The difference in wind drift between the other magnums out there is so minimal you cant shoot the difference. Especially since this wsm will shoot inside any other magnum Ive seen as far as groups go. Theres no recoil as the reticle hardly leaves the target in my setup with a suppressor. Peak barrel life will be well over 2000 rounds since the barrel never gets warm. And since its a mild load I fully expect to get 20 firings out of the ADG brass. Im two gr under any pressure signs with a suppressor. I can go 75 rounds between cleanings with a suppressor and the velocity doesn't climb. However I like cleaning every 40-50 rounds as it doesn't get as much buildup in there. If I wasn't running a suppressor I could easily go 100 rounds between cleanings. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]489954[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]489955[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]489956[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]489957[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]489958[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]489959[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]489960[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]489961[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]489962[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]489963[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rpierce, post: 2893401, member: 20643"] Ive built quite a few 300 wsm's for customers since ADG came out with the brass. Fortunately I got several thousand pieces in already and a bunch more coming in soon. Ive built two for myself and building a 3rd that will be strictly for f class. My 300 wsm hunting rifle is the most consistently accurate magnum, if not rifle, that Ive ever seen. It legitimately holds 1.5-2.5" vertical consistently at 840 yds. This is based on the last half dozen targets Ive shot with it. The smallest group of them was a 3 shot group that measured 1.07"@840 yds. This is off a bipod with a 23" Benchmark and a NF ATACR 4-20 on it. Theyve all shot the same load with 215 bergers. Im only pushing it at a very mild 2685 FPS. But its a es of around 10 fps for 10 shots consistently. I just shot two 1.9" groups at 840 yds with a buddies 300 WSM I just finished up. Identical setup as my rifle. Same exact powder charge as my rifle now that his barrel has settled down. Seating depth is only a couple thou different. Same speed and ES as mine. The other two groups I just shot with his rifle were 1-2" vertical as well but the wind opened the groups up to 4" at 840 yds. These are just some of the 840 yd groups. I built a 300 wsm for a fclass customer on the national team. His ladder test showed 3 nodes at 600 yds. Each could be covered with a quarter for the 3 shots in the node. He took it to tryouts and cleaned house. Other team members have told me they were amazed at how well it shot. Plugging in the 215 @ 2685 fps I still have enough energy for elk and expansion at 900 yds where we usually hunt. The difference in wind drift between the other magnums out there is so minimal you cant shoot the difference. Especially since this wsm will shoot inside any other magnum Ive seen as far as groups go. Theres no recoil as the reticle hardly leaves the target in my setup with a suppressor. Peak barrel life will be well over 2000 rounds since the barrel never gets warm. And since its a mild load I fully expect to get 20 firings out of the ADG brass. Im two gr under any pressure signs with a suppressor. I can go 75 rounds between cleanings with a suppressor and the velocity doesn't climb. However I like cleaning every 40-50 rounds as it doesn't get as much buildup in there. If I wasn't running a suppressor I could easily go 100 rounds between cleanings. [ATTACH type="full" alt="840 yds pic 5.jpg"]489954[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="840 yds pic 1.jpg"]489955[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="840 yds pic 2.jpg"]489956[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="840 yds pic 3.jpg"]489957[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="840 yds pic 4.jpg"]489958[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="840 yd 4 shot.jpg"]489959[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="840 yds 4 shots.jpg"]489960[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="367449908_1004834584044170_7902750818759911231_n.jpg"]489961[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="370645754_991145098767779_2133279718906846999_n.jpg"]489962[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="371101268_313707367714005_1225512004136131465_n.jpg"]489963[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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