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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: seth macduff on January 15, 2009, 03:35:53 PM

Title: knock down power
Post by: seth macduff on January 15, 2009, 03:35:53 PM: the 300wsm does it have the knock down power and long range shooting as the regular 300 mag. ? the reason I'm asking is cause I'm looking at buying a new gun after getting my first elk this year with my 270. and thinking about moving to Montana i just want the knock down power and the distance.
Title: RE: knock down power
Post by: 270Shooter on January 15, 2009, 03:40:04 PM: 300 win and 300WSM are basically identical ballistically. How did your .270 do on the elk?
Title: RE: knock down power
Post by: seth macduff on January 15, 2009, 05:08:39 PM: well at a hundred and twenty yards threw the back of the head it did real good...
but i didn't have confidence at four hundred yards to put the animal down there was to much drop in power and luckily after tracking her for five miles i got a good shot in
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Post by: Red Dawg on January 15, 2009, 05:13:08 PM: no real difference other than you get a shorter lighter rifle with that set up. that is all.
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Post by: demontang on January 15, 2009, 06:35:50 PM: basicly the same but it feels like the 300wsm as a ligher kick. :dunno:
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Post by: Huntbear on January 15, 2009, 08:24:32 PM: My nephew on here, shot his last year with a 300 wssm. 400 yards, dropped him in his tracks, like he was poleaxed.
Title: Re: knock down power
Post by: jdb on January 15, 2009, 10:13:15 PM: unless your flinging boulders at them the term knock down powers is quiet the misnomer
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Post by: jeepasaurusrex on January 15, 2009, 11:27:34 PM: I would concentrate on shot placement. The .270 has a better flight path and will be more accurate at longer ranges. You could be shooting a cannon, but if the point of impact is not in a kill zone, the result could be a lost animal.
Title: Re: knock down power
Post by: JoshT on January 16, 2009, 06:21:24 AM: Quote from: jeepasaurusrex on January 15, 2009, 11:27:34 PM
The .270 has a better flight path and will be more accurate at longer ranges.

Dude....
Title: Re: knock down power
Post by: GoldTip on January 16, 2009, 06:57:34 AM: :yeah:

Seriously Jeepasaurusrex? A better flight path and more accurate at longer ranges?
Title: Re: knock down power
Post by: jeepasaurusrex on January 16, 2009, 08:34:33 AM: I have to totally check myself here....

I was half asleep when I posted that. I misread the original post and for some reason had .308 in my head.

I stand retarded. :chuckle:
Title: Re: knock down power
Post by: GoldTip on January 16, 2009, 08:48:52 AM: I figured you must have misread that. :chuckle:
Title: Re: knock down power
Post by: Curly on January 16, 2009, 08:57:28 AM: If you already have a .270 Win, I'd suggest you get a .338 Win mag for a dedicated elk rifle.

Back to the point though, the 300WM and 300WSM are pretty close ballistically, although the 300WM has a slight edge in velocity.
Title: Re: knock down power
Post by: Huntbear on January 16, 2009, 10:54:38 AM: Quote from: Curly on January 16, 2009, 08:57:28 AM
If you already have a .270 Win, I'd suggest you get a .338 Win mag for a dedicated elk rifle.

:yeah:
Title: Re: knock down power
Post by: JoshT on January 16, 2009, 02:12:43 PM: Quote from: Curly on January 16, 2009, 08:57:28 AM
If you already have a .270 Win, I'd suggest you get a .338 Win mag for a dedicated elk rifle.

If you already have a .270 Win... I'd suggest you pocket the money you'd spend on another rifle... and use it for an out of state hunt... that way you could clobber two elk!
Title: Re: knock down power
Post by: bobcat on January 16, 2009, 02:55:35 PM: JoshT, now that's good thinking right there! I'd take an elk hunt over another rifle any day.
Title: Re: knock down power
Post by: ICEMAN on January 16, 2009, 05:55:38 PM: Quote from: JoshT on January 16, 2009, 02:12:43 PM
...If you already have a .270 Win... I'd suggest you pocket the money you'd spend on another rifle... and use it for an out of state hunt... that way you could clobber two elk!

He's got a point there.... :dunno: