NeedForSpeed
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Seekins precision in 300 wm 7 lb before scope
Which 300?
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Elkeater summed it up well with the idea 300WM Ammo is on every shelf.
Take a look at the Tikka T3. I have one with a limb saver recoil pad and love it. Light, and shoots very well. Affordable and guaranteed 1 Moa
Take a look at the Tikka T3. I have one with a limb saver recoil pad and love it. Light, and shoots very well. Affordable and guaranteed 1 Moa
JacoKalahari
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This is my experience from South Africa...
300WM will kill anything that you are willing to eat.
I will take anything with my Sako Suppressed FinnLight from Springbok to Big Eland bulls up2 about 350m with the large bodied antelope!
and I only use shelve ammo Nosler,Winch,Norma!
very very capable Cartridge!
they do however work you a bit with the recoil! but you can sort that out with a suppressor or brake!
300WM will kill anything that you are willing to eat.
I will take anything with my Sako Suppressed FinnLight from Springbok to Big Eland bulls up2 about 350m with the large bodied antelope!
and I only use shelve ammo Nosler,Winch,Norma!
very very capable Cartridge!
they do however work you a bit with the recoil! but you can sort that out with a suppressor or brake!
Jeffrey Van Zandt
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300wsm is used in F class matches some but in that weight amount I would do a 300 win mag from proof or just have one built big horn action and proof pre fit barrel with a AG cat stock in carbon fiber, brake it with a hollland red brake still would be around 6 3/4 -7 lbs with out scope
Sorry, but I would have to disagree with the WSM not being a long range elk capable rifle. It's very capable and if you review reloading manuals it's even faster. Looking in my most recent version of Hornadys 10th edition and the Hodgdon online recent version it's about 50fps per second faster shooting almost every bullet. 200 grain ELDX out of WSM at 2950fps and 300WM at 2900 fps. The WSM is a more efficient load and cheaper to load for. Components are very affordable. I run my WSM with a 180 Swift Scirroco Ballistic tip at about 3100 FPS. Anyways I own both, both are very capable of taking any North American game animal.
johnish
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I LOVE my 300 Weatherby. But my friends 300 RUM is also VERY nice. Both are on Remington Sendero rigs so don't match your weight goal. I prefer the weight for stability.
javman
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300 WSM in a Tikka should give you plenty of room to seat out bullets further or the longer sleeker high BC bullets.
VLD Pilot
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The 300 WSM will do almost what the 300 WM will do will bullets up to 180 grains. That seem adequate for elk size game out a ways. If I were looking at going to a LA cartridge, I'd bypass all and step into the 300 Norma Mag. I'd even make it a 40° Ackley. Only issue is you need a 338 Lapua bolt face. The 300 WSM is a great cartridge AND you will save some weight.
Tom Wright
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Both of those rounds will work excellent in my opinion. Although, do you by chance already have a 7mm Mag or thought about one of those? If you have one and want to step up in performance, have you considered a 338 magnum?
I currently have a 7 mm Remington Magnum. My hand loads are shooting 168 grain Berger VLD's, at 2900 FPS. This round carries 1500 pounds of energy out to 600 yards. Plenty of power to hunt whitetail, Muleys, and Elk. With this kind of performance, I have found that, in my case, jumping to a 30 caliber magnum will not yield that much in the way of difference for my needs. Moving to a 338 magnum would. I will be getting a 338 magnum within the next few months, allowing me the option to comfortably hunt just about anything in the future, including dangerous game. The offerings out there from Fierce, and Christensen are quite impressive in weight and accuracy. I have shot the 338 Lapua from Christensen. While shooting 300 grain Bergers at around 2900 FPS, it is close to a 308 in feel, and very accurate; consistently shooting well under MOA, (usually in the .5 neighborhood) and it weighs around 8.5 pounds without the scope.
I currently have a 7 mm Remington Magnum. My hand loads are shooting 168 grain Berger VLD's, at 2900 FPS. This round carries 1500 pounds of energy out to 600 yards. Plenty of power to hunt whitetail, Muleys, and Elk. With this kind of performance, I have found that, in my case, jumping to a 30 caliber magnum will not yield that much in the way of difference for my needs. Moving to a 338 magnum would. I will be getting a 338 magnum within the next few months, allowing me the option to comfortably hunt just about anything in the future, including dangerous game. The offerings out there from Fierce, and Christensen are quite impressive in weight and accuracy. I have shot the 338 Lapua from Christensen. While shooting 300 grain Bergers at around 2900 FPS, it is close to a 308 in feel, and very accurate; consistently shooting well under MOA, (usually in the .5 neighborhood) and it weighs around 8.5 pounds without the scope.
mindcrime
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300 WIN MAG. They are outstandingly accurate and ammo can be had about anywhere! My Second would be a 7mm REM MAG launching a heavy projectile. Third, my beloved 338 WIN MAG.
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I was a 300 win mag fan for years. I still am for that matter. A buddy of mine talked me into building a 30-338 win mag. I've got a m700 action that's been trued, 26" 1/10 twist Douglass barrel, hs Precision stock that's bedded, Leupold Mark 4 6.5x20, triggertech trigger, and run a Silencerco Chimera suppressor on it- the total weight with the can is just shy of 12lbs. I'm shooting a 208gr eldm at 2850 FPS. The recoil is very easy and it's very accurate -
