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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: head hunter on June 27, 2010, 02:43:11 PM

Title: 300 weatherby
Post by: head hunter on June 27, 2010, 02:43:11 PM: picked up a (weatherby Acumark mark V ) in 300 weatherby. And topped it with a zeiss conquest Z-600. This set up is awsome second time to the range and shot a three shot group inside an inch and a half at 200 yds. 165 spire point.
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: MuleySniper on June 27, 2010, 02:57:24 PM: Great gun! You should try throwing some 180 grain partitions down the tube and see what ya think.
MS
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: ing on June 30, 2010, 10:08:28 PM: I have the same gun and love it. It shoots just as good with factory ammo as my other rifles shoot with reloads.
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: Tony 270 on June 30, 2010, 10:17:22 PM: Nice gun, but think you may have some issues with the Z600 reticle and the big 300's trajectory. Better matched up for the 800.
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: littlemac on June 30, 2010, 10:35:12 PM: Love my Mark V 300, since 1992. I shoot the 180 Partitions as well.
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 01, 2010, 12:21:25 AM: I just restocked and rescoped my dad's old 1960's era .300 Wby. I need to get out and spend some time at the range with it. Planning to take it hunting in MT with me this Nov.
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: littlemac on July 01, 2010, 08:10:43 AM: Quote from: Pathfinder101 on July 01, 2010, 12:21:25 AM
I just restocked and rescoped my dad's old 1960's era .300 Wby. I need to get out and spend some time at the range with it. Planning to take it hunting in MT with me this Nov.

My kid (in orange) dropped this Montana mulie at 407 yds with my 300 Wthrby and 180 gr Noslers, from a prone position after quick shots at shorter distance but less solid rest. We're zeroed at 300 for the Montana trips.
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 01, 2010, 11:15:36 AM: Quote from: littlemac on July 01, 2010, 08:10:43 AM
Quote from: Pathfinder101 on July 01, 2010, 12:21:25 AM
I just restocked and rescoped my dad's old 1960's era .300 Wby. I need to get out and spend some time at the range with it. Planning to take it hunting in MT with me this Nov.

My kid (in orange) dropped this Montana mulie at 407 yds with my 300 Wthrby and 180 gr Noslers, from a prone position after quick shots at shorter distance but less solid rest. We're zeroed at 300 for the Montana trips.

I was going to load up some 168 gr Bergers. I'll only be hunting mule deer there, and was figuring for faster speeds in the open country. Do you think 180 grains are a better choice?
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: littlemac on July 01, 2010, 11:51:52 AM: Better is certainly open to discussion.

180's in my gun shoot a very tight group and I prefer to have the additional weight when hunting open country and the large deer you find in Montana.

The Berger's would undoubtedly do the job. See how they shoot in your gun, the choice is up to you.

I like the 180 as a universal round and have taken elk, deer, and black bear with it. The only time I changed my zero was when I knew I was hunting bears and the shot would definitely be under 100 yds. Otherwise I leave it zeroed at 300 yds and know I can spend some time at the range each year to make sure it is on and then take it for whatever I am hunting around the west.

I do use a 340 Wthrby with 210gr Partitions when hunting elk only in New Mexico though.
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 01, 2010, 04:10:45 PM: hmmm.... good point. It was pretty windy there last year. 180s would hold their accuracy in a stiff wind better... Thanks for the food for thought.
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Post by: buckhorn2 on July 01, 2010, 04:45:30 PM: I have a 300 accumark and we shoot 180 grain accubonds by nosler.
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: MuleySniper on July 01, 2010, 04:51:50 PM: Yeah that's why I suggested the 180's. Pretty efficient all around bullet for really any game here in WA. I have a .270 wby mag for the 165's :chuckle: You got to love how a .300 wby kicks though!
MS
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: littlemac on July 01, 2010, 05:33:53 PM: Kick? What kick :chuckle:

Check the Weatherby Accubrake chart on the link here, to see what the felt recoil energy is. I don't have the Accubrake on most of my Weatherby rifles but I did put it on my .378 Wtherby Mag., 71 foot lbs was a bit much.

The 300's 39 foot lbs is acceptable for me.

http://www.weatherby.com/product/accubrake (http://www.weatherby.com/product/accubrake)
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 01, 2010, 09:56:15 PM: Well, you guys are monsters then. It bugs me. I didn't install a muzzlebrake yet (don't want to ruin my dad's vintage gun), but I sure as hell put a synthetic stock with a limbsaver recoil pad on it. That helped some.
Nothing like spending $3 and getting the $#@ knocked out of you every time you touch the trigger... :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: littlemac on July 01, 2010, 10:17:12 PM: I hear you. Don't get me wromg, I know they kick. Just another reason once it's set, I just run a couple rounds through it before each hunt.
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: buckhorn2 on July 02, 2010, 07:20:14 AM: We have the beartrap in our 300;s and it makes a big difference in recoil.
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: buckhorn2 on July 02, 2010, 07:26:55 AM: Click on google and put beartrap recoil reducer and it will show you what they are. We had 338;s that were identical and one had a beartrap one did;nt and there was a huge difference. I just don;t like muzzle breaks I know they work and have had them but the noise and blow back of dirt bothers me more than recoil.
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 02, 2010, 07:48:04 AM: I'll check out the Beartrap thing and see what it is. I had a Muzzlebrake on a .300 Win Mag I used to own. It did a good job with the recoil, but I just about went deaf shooting it.
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: buckhorn2 on July 02, 2010, 08:09:27 AM: I had Dave at harbor gun do ours it;s like the brake probley not for everyone but we like them. It just goes in the stock and is epocyed in. Lot of trap shooters who shoot the money shoots with big loads use them or put shot in a garden hose and put them in the butt to lessen the recoil it all helps.
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 02, 2010, 08:32:40 AM: Quote from: buckhorn2 on July 02, 2010, 07:26:55 AM
Click on google and put beartrap recoil reducer and it will show you what they are. We had 338;s that were identical and one had a beartrap one did;nt and there was a huge difference. I just don;t like muzzle breaks I know they work and have had them but the noise and blow back of dirt bothers me more than recoil.

OK, I googled it, but can't find anything useful. I found a forum that talked about them (removing some hexnut or something), a gunsmith that offered to install one for $95, and a website that had all kinds of recoil reducers, but nothing by beartrap. Evidently, Bear Trap doesn't have their own website (?) :dunno: WHat exactly are they? I even tried to Google Image it, but just came up with thumbnails of (you guessed it)...bears... and traps...
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: buckhorn2 on July 02, 2010, 08:38:35 AM: It;s a mercury switch that they put inside the butt of the gun. It looks like a little co2 cylinder they just remove the butt pad and epoxy it in and put the pad back on. I have a 300 ultra mag that had the plastic stock that had a bad recoil and Dave put one in and it;s nice to shoot now.
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 02, 2010, 08:39:49 AM: Quote from: buckhorn2 on July 02, 2010, 08:38:35 AM
It;s a mercury switch that they put inside the butt of the gun. It looks like a little co2 cylinder they just remove the butt pad and epoxy it in and put the pad back on. I have a 300 ultra mag that had the plastic stock that had a bad recoil and Dave put one in and it;s nice to shoot now.

Sounds great. How the hell do you find/buy one?
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: WDFW-SUX on July 02, 2010, 08:41:06 AM: Shooters emporium in Portland does them.
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: buckhorn2 on July 02, 2010, 08:45:06 AM: Daves Harbor Gun has done a lot of them for guys around here. He has a gun shop about half way between aberdeen and westport.
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 02, 2010, 08:53:07 AM: I am in Walla Walla, I may have to buy one and install it myself. ANy idea who sells them?
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: littlemac on July 02, 2010, 08:57:48 AM: Here's the site for info and description. Order online:

https://beartrapusa.com/Home_Page.html
Title: Re: 300 weatherby
Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 06, 2010, 11:57:11 AM: Quote from: littlemac on July 02, 2010, 08:57:48 AM

Here's the site for info and description. Order online:

https://beartrapusa.com/Home_Page.html

Very cool. I added it to my list of "stuff to buy" (along with a Chuckler Bugle, a new spotting scope, new rain gear, new broadheads, some Kennetrek Boots...well, you get the idea... it's a long list.... :chuckle: )