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Wife's rifle build - looking for thoughts and experience
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<blockquote data-quote="IdahoCTD" data-source="post: 1772309" data-attributes="member: 13110"><p>I would bet a suppressed 300wsm or 300wm will have more recoil than your Norma mag and the barrel jump will be considerably more despite the 10+oz hanging off then end. Been down that road. Suppressors are nice to shoot but they aren't a good muzzlebrake. I'm honestly torn between a suppressor and a brake. I'm not sure the suppressors lack of noise is enough of a benefit to choose one over a brake. To get the same overall length you give up a good deal of velocity and you lose the ability to spot shots. Suppressor need covers to control the heat waves coming off the brake too which adds more weight.</p><p></p><p>If you build her a 300wsm with 215's at 2900+fps and run a brake it will be about like a 243 without a brake and spotting shots are relatively easy if you don't get too whimpy on the barrel contour. There is a noticeable difference in recoil between a 300wsm and 300wm so if your trying to keep the recoil down as low as possible that is something to consider. R-26 in a 300wsm will get you 300wm H-1000 velocity. Anything else will give up velocity in the 300wsm. Many of the BR guys are running R-23 now and it's kind of between H4350 and R-26 for velocity. My 26" 300wsm with R-26 and 215's runs 2960fps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IdahoCTD, post: 1772309, member: 13110"] I would bet a suppressed 300wsm or 300wm will have more recoil than your Norma mag and the barrel jump will be considerably more despite the 10+oz hanging off then end. Been down that road. Suppressors are nice to shoot but they aren't a good muzzlebrake. I'm honestly torn between a suppressor and a brake. I'm not sure the suppressors lack of noise is enough of a benefit to choose one over a brake. To get the same overall length you give up a good deal of velocity and you lose the ability to spot shots. Suppressor need covers to control the heat waves coming off the brake too which adds more weight. If you build her a 300wsm with 215's at 2900+fps and run a brake it will be about like a 243 without a brake and spotting shots are relatively easy if you don't get too whimpy on the barrel contour. There is a noticeable difference in recoil between a 300wsm and 300wm so if your trying to keep the recoil down as low as possible that is something to consider. R-26 in a 300wsm will get you 300wm H-1000 velocity. Anything else will give up velocity in the 300wsm. Many of the BR guys are running R-23 now and it's kind of between H4350 and R-26 for velocity. My 26" 300wsm with R-26 and 215's runs 2960fps. [/QUOTE]
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