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If this had been a 338 WM vs. 340 Wby. thread it would've been DRT.

First result from google:

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/96534/Re_338_mag_vs_340_wby_mag

Only 8 pages. Definitely more knockdown power with the .338 caliber pills.

AKbob: No there isn't! LOL!

How dare you diminish the opportunity to rebeat a dead horse.




(It seems no small irony to me that the 300 mag 'differences' get nitpicked to death while they "ain't enough difference between the 338 Win Mag and the 340" to warrant the bigger case - while the 338 case is substantially smaller than the 300 Win Mag case………..but we just lean hard on the 338 and all is good! )

About $20.00 per box!!! memtb

Man, I can't believe this!

Back in the 80's {I think}The invading Californicators into Colorado, all wore Bumper Stickers saying "If You ain't got a 280,You ain't got Schit"
[minus the C , of course]
Anyone remember that ?

This is one reason this thread still lives!!

Might as well turn this into a train robbery ,

280 - 160 gr - 55 gr 4350 - 24" bbl - 3000 fps = Elk Medicine

Since the first left hand 700 hit the market .

What's always interesting to me about these threads is nobody ever posts an instance where they shot at something with, say, a .300 Winchester Magnum and the animal ran off wounded because it wasn't shot at with a .300 Weatherby.

Or the shooter decides not to take the shot because he was only packing his .300 Winchester instead of his .300 Weatherby.

Or the elk laughs at him as it runs off over the mountain, hollering, "If you'd just been carrying a .300 Weatherby instead of the wimpy Winnie I'd be headed for your freezer and taxidermist!"

I'd be willing to bet that many many other calibers would do just the same...

Yup!

Bullet location and bullet performance count for everything. The former being most important.

But what would we do in without all of the possibilities? After all, we are loonies, and proud or it.

Steve

You pay for performance bud.

I took several elk with the 300 Win Mag. The first wast taken with 150 gr. Remington factory ammo because my reloads were in plastic aftermarket boxes and they would not ship my 200 gr. reloads in them. I got off the plane in Jackson Hole and the only factory ammo I could find was the mentioned Remington 150's. Hit said elk broadside thru the ribs and lo and behold the big SOB dropped. Found the very flattened bullet under the hide on the far side still containing some lead. Range 90 yards. The rifle has a 26 inch barrel, shoots mighty fine for the guy I sold it to (don't know why I sold it as I am building another) and he is very happy with his rifle that he uses for all his hunting with 150 gr. Remington factory ammo. Go figure. Would I prefer a Weatherby over the Winchester round, no.

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JB, these criteria should be the filter for every silly 'comparison' thread that comes along.

There has long been a shortage of animal categories to equal the perceived cartridge categories.

Couldn't give me another Weatherby anything.

I used to make fun of a friend who used the 300 Wby for deer, but if you are a one rifle hunter for many years it was the ultimate flat shooting hard hitting king.

Mine is a Vanguard with a 24" barrel and it shoots 180 ttsx's very well. Is it worth the extra powder and brass cost? Hell I don't know but I haven't been out pricing 300 winnys to save money. I paid less than $400 including adding a Timney trigger so I think I am money ahead.

My cousin has a relatively accurate 300 win and he thinks it would be nice to have the Weatherby. I think he sees the 600 yard gong getting hammered and assumes it is that extra 125 fps. The fact that elk haven't run off after being hit may play a role as well. I don't have the heart to tell him none of that matters. I never thought id own a weatherby but looking at ballistic tables as a kid I thought they were top of the heap. If I already owned any of the big or fat 300's it wouldn't be worth it to change.