Yes the one currently on it is a newer replacement. I was looking for a beater to cut down for him and a Fire member offered me the one on it already cut and wearing a pad. I still have the original with the aluminum butt plate and no checkering that will go back on someday.
It’s really too heavy for him but he insists on using it and shoots it well off sticks. So we load moderate charges of 4895 under plain old 150gr bullets and it seems to work great. Of course all I use in any of my other 300s is plain old 150s at moderate speed and they’ve always worked great for me too.
