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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: GEARHEAD on December 04, 2008, 09:21:59 PM

Title: 300 WSM Reload Q:
Post by: GEARHEAD on December 04, 2008, 09:21:59 PM: tinkering with thoughts on a lighter load for my 300 wsm. i want to reduce the felt recoil abit for deer sized game. been shooting 180's but don't like them. the rifle is customized abit and very light, and has a 24" bbl. i'm thinking of a 150 or 165 accubond, i also want to slow it down to to 3000 fps. everyone wants warp speed, but i just like 3000 fps for some reason. anybody else out there going light "AND" slowing down that 300wsm?
Title: Re: 300 WSM Reload Q:
Post by: Intruder on December 05, 2008, 09:19:01 AM: Reducing your bullet weight to 150 should do a good job reducing your recoil. Hell with a good bullet like an accubond, a 150 going 3000 will kill the crap out of anything you want to hunt. I'd probably just develop 1 load for everything. Buddy of mine shoots 150 TSX out of his for everything. He's killed a ton of plain's game in Africa with it too.
Title: Re: 300 WSM Reload Q:
Post by: fishing is for fools on December 08, 2008, 06:14:05 PM: I have a T3 300 wsm and I went to the 150 core-lokt, I found that they work great out of my gun. I've hit targets at 450 :hunt2:
Title: Re: 300 WSM Reload Q:
Post by: shag on December 08, 2008, 08:33:30 PM: 165 partitions at 3000fps for me.
Title: Re: 300 WSM Reload Q:
Post by: C-Money on December 08, 2008, 08:54:34 PM: After seeing what my 30-06 did to my elk with a 150 interlock @ 3000fps, Spur_Ride slowed his 300wby to 3000fps and uses a 150 nosler partition. It did a great job on his big Muley this year. and is shoulder friendly!
Title: Re: 300 WSM Reload Q:
Post by: dbllunger on December 08, 2008, 09:00:10 PM: If I wanted slower then I would go back to my .308 or 30-06. Ballistics are Ballistics regardless of what gun they are shot out of. Personally I love my daughters 165's at 3400 out of a 22" barrel.
Title: Re: 300 WSM Reload Q:
Post by: GEARHEAD on December 08, 2008, 10:15:36 PM: thanks guys. gonna experiment with 150 and 165's at 3000 fps. just dont need that high speed.
Title: Re: 300 WSM Reload Q:
Post by: Caretaker on April 23, 2009, 01:05:40 AM: Dbllunger, would you share your load data? 165's @ 3400 is smoking. Thx.
Title: Re: 300 WSM Reload Q:
Post by: HawkenBob on April 23, 2009, 06:01:56 AM: My 300 wsm is shooting 180's at 3300 and dosent hurt a bit. It's a Browning BLR lightweight stainless and has the factory pad. I think you just need a better pad on the stock.

If I want slower I pick up the BAR in 06.
Title: Re: 300 WSM Reload Q:
Post by: GoldTip on April 23, 2009, 06:45:38 AM: Quote from: HawkenBob on April 23, 2009, 06:01:56 AM
My 300 wsm is shooting 180's at 3300 and dosent hurt a bit. It's a Browning BLR lightweight stainless and has the factory pad. I think you just need a better pad on the stock.

If I want slower I pick up the BAR in 06.

3300fps with a 180gr bulletfrom a 300wsm? WOW, that is smoking fast for the 300wsm, I haven't seen any load data anywhere that will produce that kind of speed with that gr bullet for a 300wsm. I'd be thrilled to hear what your loads are so that I could load up something like that for my buddies 300wsm.
Title: Re: 300 WSM Reload Q:
Post by: JoshT on April 23, 2009, 07:28:50 AM: Quote from: HawkenBob on April 23, 2009, 06:01:56 AM
My 300 wsm is shooting 180's at 3300 and dosent hurt a bit....

... untill the bolt dislodges and ends up sticking out of your skull.

You either need a new chronograph, a new scale, or a good health insurance plan.
Title: Re: 300 WSM Reload Q:
Post by: whacker1 on April 23, 2009, 07:32:43 AM: Yes, 3300 is a quite fast for 180 grain out of WSM. These sound like numbers from a 300 RUM or 30 - 378 Weatherby Mag.

JoshT comments would be accurate in my opinion
Title: Re: 300 WSM Reload Q:
Post by: JoshT on April 23, 2009, 07:49:34 AM: Hogdon (which includes IMR and Win.) doesn't list a single load for a 24" barreled .300 WSM breaking 3000 with a 180. Nosler lists a couple loads that'll go a shade over 3000. Alliant, Vit, and Ramshot are in the 3k neighborhood too.

I can get 3300+ out of a 180 in the RUM... but it takes 90-100 grains of powder. For the record here... most .300 RUM loads list a 180 in the 3200 range! It takes 100 grains of Retumbo and a 26" barrel to get 3350 out of my rifle.

The commonly accepted formula is this:

Velocity in creases at a rate of 1/4th the increase in capacity.

Soooo, to get an additional 10% in the velocity department (3000 up to 3300)... you'd need about 40% more capacity (like the RUM case)... or a coresponding increase in pressure. For the record... that would be about 91,000 PSI in the WSM case (65000 + 40%). I don't want to be next to you on the range when your touching those off.
Title: Re: 300 WSM Reload Q:
Post by: thinkingman on April 23, 2009, 09:55:17 AM: I am slow and heavy....200gr at 2600 is accurate and deadly in western WA elk ranges.
I would consider lighter bullets and not worry about the diff btw 2700 and 3k.
I have not experimented but would think it's fun.
I'd go lighter than 150gr unless the target weighed more than 150lb.
Title: Re: 300 WSM Reload Q:
Post by: HawkenBob on April 23, 2009, 12:24:15 PM: I may be a bit off. :dunno: Im going off memory and after being hit with as many bolts as I have in the head you can understand why. Ill check the data again tonight.
Title: Re: 300 WSM Reload Q:
Post by: JoshT on April 23, 2009, 12:26:34 PM: I just wear a helmet around all the time, figured I screw up so much stuff... it'd just be easier that way... :P