300 win is a good choice
Which 30 cal?
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You have any 300RUM brass?
Is yours saami spec?Theres a great article about this very dilemma on Rokslide.
Battle of the 30 Cals
What is the "best" 30 cal magnum? Let's compare the 300 Winchester Mag to the 300 PRC and the 30 Nosler with 215 grain Bergers.www.rokslide.com
I was going through this as well last year. Not sure why the 300 PRC is so great when its just a redesigned, better advertised 300wm. The whole belt debacle i think it largely overplayed. The 30 Nosler has identical case capacity as the 300 Weatherby with much better brass options and a more efficient powder column. With a longer throat for big bullets you can get ballistics close to a RUM and burn 20 grains of powder less per shot. Though all 3 you're comparing are relatively close and will equate to spinning a turret a few more or less clicks at distance.
My 30 Nosler that was just finished is pushing a 225 ELD-M at 2875 with a low pressure load and a new barrel and thats creating 4100ft/lbs at the muzzle.
platapus
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ADG is what I shoot now but will be anxiously awaiting Lapua with wallet in hand.
ADG is good brass dont know why you would get rid of it for Lapua there pretty much on par from everything I've been around between the two.
No it is throated for longer bullets and had a wyatts extended box magazine so it's not a single shot.
I belive the max COAL with 215 bergers is 3.615"
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If I could do it all over again, I would go with a 300 Ackley, it is a 300 H&H blown out to 40 deg shoulder. There are several versions of this now days, some are based upon the 8mm Rem Mag / 7mm STW case.
When I did my m700 re-barrell in '84, I went with the 300 WBY with a 27.5" bbl.
Have fun.
philip Armour
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Anybody shot a 30 Gibbs?
RAGGED EDGE
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Why do we have so much trouble staying on topic? The OP asked a specific question. Let's respond with usable opinions. He obviously has a magnum bolt face. Sorry, just my opinion.
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Is the 300 RUM an option? Between 30 nosler and 30 rum I'd choose the rum. The 30 nosler doesn't have all that much more than the win mag. And since I'm a whipper snapper (relatively young guy) I don't like belted cases. I love the 28 nosler, but for 30 caliber I really like the RUM. Everything a 30 nosler does, RUM can do better, other than being able to fit in a shorter mag well.
if rum isn't an option, I'd go PRC. It's basically a beltless win mag. When you get into the heavies I've heard that the win mag slightly beats the PRC anyways, but not by much. So if you shoot 230gr or heavier, win mag. 180-225 I'd go PRC. Brass will be available soon enough, we have to remember it's a fairly new round.
if rum isn't an option, I'd go PRC. It's basically a beltless win mag. When you get into the heavies I've heard that the win mag slightly beats the PRC anyways, but not by much. So if you shoot 230gr or heavier, win mag. 180-225 I'd go PRC. Brass will be available soon enough, we have to remember it's a fairly new round.
This is absolutely not correct, anytime you can run a 215 Berger at 3050- 3100 in a 300WM let me know with the same length barrel
Do you know how much longer?
