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Quest for a Mile- 300 Win Mag
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<blockquote data-quote="Beardeddeer91" data-source="post: 1455446" data-attributes="member: 105926"><p>I, and I would think everyone thus far, would agree that a 300 WM is far from an ideal 1 mile cartridge (as I stated in my post). As you pointed out it takes a substantial cartridge/rifle/shooter to have any semblance of an "ideal" mile cartridge. I also completely agree that there is a big difference ballisticly between a bullet traveling 1000-1200 yards and 1760 yards and that a larger powder charge would make the same bullet much more capable at 1 mile (just going to a 300 RUM would be a significant increase).</p><p></p><p>However, the OP said he was going with a 300 WM and simply was asking</p><p> 1. If he could get to 1 mile with a 300 WM, as it was a goal of his to hit at that distance, and he would later be using that barrel at a more 300 WM appropriate distance (not that he was building ELR/"mile" rifle). He seemed to recognize that it wasn't an ideal round. AND</p><p>2. What it would take to get there with a 300 WM.</p><p></p><p>IMO the OP can certainly build a 300 WM capable of ringing steel at 1 mile in a fairly consistent manner. Ideal wind/weather conditions would certainly help with this task (as Bravo 4 points out shooting in ideal conditions at a mile will limit the amount a shooter will learn during that experience). As far as the second aspect of the OPs question, there have been several good responses on that within this thread (and people on this forum much more capable of answering that question than myself).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beardeddeer91, post: 1455446, member: 105926"] I, and I would think everyone thus far, would agree that a 300 WM is far from an ideal 1 mile cartridge (as I stated in my post). As you pointed out it takes a substantial cartridge/rifle/shooter to have any semblance of an “ideal” mile cartridge. I also completely agree that there is a big difference ballisticly between a bullet traveling 1000-1200 yards and 1760 yards and that a larger powder charge would make the same bullet much more capable at 1 mile (just going to a 300 RUM would be a significant increase). However, the OP said he was going with a 300 WM and simply was asking 1. If he could get to 1 mile with a 300 WM, as it was a goal of his to hit at that distance, and he would later be using that barrel at a more 300 WM appropriate distance (not that he was building ELR/“mile” rifle). He seemed to recognize that it wasn’t an ideal round. AND 2. What it would take to get there with a 300 WM. IMO the OP can certainly build a 300 WM capable of ringing steel at 1 mile in a fairly consistent manner. Ideal wind/weather conditions would certainly help with this task (as Bravo 4 points out shooting in ideal conditions at a mile will limit the amount a shooter will learn during that experience). As far as the second aspect of the OPs question, there have been several good responses on that within this thread (and people on this forum much more capable of answering that question than myself). [/QUOTE]
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