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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: riflehunter on July 18, 2016, 10:23:38 PM

Title: 300wsm help
Post by: riflehunter on July 18, 2016, 10:23:38 PM: Looking for a good load for a 300 wsm with 180gr hornady interlock sp using imr 4350. Please help
Title: Re: 300wsm help
Post by: wazzu99 on July 19, 2016, 03:54:02 PM: Are you sold on shooting the interlock? I have shot a 300 WSM for years and started with the 180 Interlocks only to have them blow up and not penetrate on elk. Basically going too fast upon impact and can't hold together. Switched to 180gr Nosler AB and they haven't given me a reason to switch.... Shoot everything from deer, bear, and elk with it now and have had no fails.

Wazzu
Title: Re: 300wsm help
Post by: Buckblaster on July 19, 2016, 04:07:09 PM: I sent you some loads in PM.
Title: Re: 300wsm help
Post by: riflehunter on July 19, 2016, 06:37:22 PM: So interlocks don't work well what about sst. Or are nosler abs just so far superior
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Post by: riflehunter on July 19, 2016, 06:44:43 PM: What about sst's or are nosler abL's just that much better then the rest
Title: Re: 300wsm help
Post by: baker5150 on July 19, 2016, 06:52:46 PM: I've had really good success with Nosler partitions and 4350

Shoots great, within an inch @100, but haven't used them in the field yet
Title: Re: 300wsm help
Post by: riflehunter on July 19, 2016, 07:32:55 PM: Cool thank you. Any kind of group past 100 like 2 or 3?
Title: Re: 300wsm help
Post by: Bushcraft on July 19, 2016, 08:00:26 PM: Try 168 grain Barnes TTSX over 66 grains of H4350 seated to Barnes specs. Shoots lights out. Work up of course.
Title: Re: 300wsm help
Post by: klikboom on July 19, 2016, 08:20:22 PM: I had a laser beam killer load for barnes tsx 180gr and imr 4350, loaded at recommended COAL, it's killed a smattering of animals for me but for some reason I got tired of easy shooting and decided to switch to accubonds (180gr). It took me waaaay more work to find a load that is dialed for AB's but Ya I do have a load that is sub 1/2 moa. This will be my first year of hunting with the ab's. I switched to noslers because all the TSX kills I had the bullet had a small to no blood trail... Of course it left the animals dead within 50 yards but still, so I decided to try accubonds.

I also have like 200 nosler etips 180gr 30 cal Seconds from Nosler I could let go cheap if you want to try.
Title: Re: 300wsm help
Post by: Reidus on July 19, 2016, 09:27:47 PM: Quote from: Bushcraft on July 19, 2016, 08:00:26 PM
Try 168 grain Barnes TTSX over 66 grains of H4350 seated to Barnes specs. Shoots lights out. Work up of course.

Great load!! I get real consistent velocity with h4350 and federal LR primer. Near single digit es and great accuracy.
Title: Re: 300wsm help
Post by: riflehunter on July 19, 2016, 09:48:32 PM: Yea I've just always shot 165's in my .30-06 so now I want to try 180gr in my .300w
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Post by: huntnnw on July 19, 2016, 09:54:14 PM: I shoot 180 gr Accubonds they shoot incredible out of my gun
Title: Re: 300wsm help
Post by: carpsniperg2 on July 19, 2016, 09:55:36 PM: Imr 4350 with 180 grain accubond in mine.
Title: Re: 300wsm help
Post by: riflehunter on July 19, 2016, 09:57:45 PM: Can you get a good grouping out at distances like 400?
Title: Re: 300wsm help
Post by: riflehunter on July 19, 2016, 09:58:26 PM: Thank you everyone really like all the information. Always hard buying and switching guns
Title: Re: 300wsm help
Post by: carpsniperg2 on July 19, 2016, 10:05:51 PM: Quote from: riflehunter on July 19, 2016, 09:57:45 PM
Can you get a good grouping out at distances like 400?

Accubonds have always done great for me. I see 1/2 to 1 moa out of pretty much any of my cartridges I run.

I will run my 300 wsm with the 180's out to 750y. To still maintain my preffered KE for big game and also stay at 1800fps which is the minimum recommended impact velocity on the accubonds.
Title: Re: 300wsm help
Post by: Buckblaster on July 20, 2016, 04:59:10 PM: You might want to try 165 gr bonded bullets since you can get a bit more velocity and flatter shooting than 180's. I hunt everything from deer to moose with them, they mushroom nicely at nearly all velocities, and hold together well when hitting heavy bone. Hornady InterBond, Nosler AccuBond and Swift Scirroco's are all good choices, just depends on what your rifle likes. I can send you some loads for those if PM me with your email address.