No problems here with the 300 Win but the "Weatherby rifles, free bore, Wby ammo, and dreaded 'belt'" comment is all red herring as to the capability of the 300 Wby itself which is what the thread is about. But I understand--often times cartridges and rifles are inextricably married. But here is where no-fault divorce truly comes in.
You really don't gave to deal with any of those (other than the belt) to have the 300 Wby; the Wby brass, yes, but a hundred pieces will get you a long ways down the road as long as you can work a press. And you could get Rem 300 Wby brass at one time; not sure about that presently.
There were and still are other makers who chambered for this big 300 and at this "build-of-the-month" site, there really is not much trouble to cobbling one up even on the cheap.
After some forty years of shooting both standards and magnums based off the old H&H, for the life of me, I have never figured out how the magnum's "belt" was some sort of gremlin.
