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Talk me out of a 20 inch 300 Winchester magnum… or not.
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<blockquote data-quote="1894C" data-source="post: 1988990" data-attributes="member: 114886"><p>I won't try to talk you out of a 20" 300win. What I would do and I assume a lot more members here would do is try to talk you into handloading for it. </p><p></p><p>to avoid excess powder going into your can I would try to shoot the fastest burning powder you can. In factory ammo you're going to get loads developed for 26" barrels. Your can is not going to appreciate this. I've never understood the idea of having to have $35 a box off the shelf ammo in a fully custom rifle. Nobody puts a cheap set of tires on a Lambo. Why would it be different in a high performance rifle?</p><p></p><p></p><p>a 20" 300win is going to give up a couple hundred FPS. With handloads you can possibly shrink that gap a little bit but factory ammo that 300win is going to be severely handicapped. Given your needs I would lean closer to a 30-06 with factory loaded 185 bergers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1894C, post: 1988990, member: 114886"] I won’t try to talk you out of a 20” 300win. What I would do and I assume a lot more members here would do is try to talk you into handloading for it. to avoid excess powder going into your can I would try to shoot the fastest burning powder you can. In factory ammo you’re going to get loads developed for 26” barrels. Your can is not going to appreciate this. I’ve never understood the idea of having to have $35 a box off the shelf ammo in a fully custom rifle. Nobody puts a cheap set of tires on a Lambo. Why would it be different in a high performance rifle? a 20” 300win is going to give up a couple hundred FPS. With handloads you can possibly shrink that gap a little bit but factory ammo that 300win is going to be severely handicapped. Given your needs I would lean closer to a 30-06 with factory loaded 185 bergers. [/QUOTE]
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