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BC30cal's #1 is plenty "good-looking" enough for me!!

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Roll my own H&H. Have plenty of components on hand. Don't get out often. When I do, I put at least one box of cartridges in each piece of luggage. To-date, have never had to "go look" for ammo when I got somewhere.



Beautiful rifles. Did you do the stock work ? If not, do you mind sharing who did ? I like the open grip and the fact that the grain flows thru the wrist... Well done...
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I could go back to wood and blue, and never look back. Great looking rifles men.
Mickey Coleman worked his magic on this one and its a real shooter. I couldn't be happier�
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Krieger #5 at 24"

Top rifle is my favorite, and only, 300(H&H)Magnum. Working on putting a set of Stith mounts and either a Weaver 330 or K2.5 on it.

My favorite is the Rem LH SS 300 RUM

The .308 Norma is my favorite .300 Mag. I have two and they both shoot quite well. I like the long neck and they give up little to other .300's.

That said, I shoot my '06's and .338 a lot more at game. They are stainless and the Mauser and P-17 I have the Norma's on are blued. The Mauser is a darn pretty rifle. Maybe too pretty.

Dancing bear. I've always wanted a 308 Norma mag. Let me know if you ever want to sell the m1917 if it is indeed a 308 Norma.. I used to work in Portland, so we are almost neighbors

BC30cal,

I've been enjoying this thread thoroughly myself, The pictures of game and rifles have been amazing. Not the least of which was yours. I have a soft spot for 308 Norma's having had a 1903 Sporter so converted. I made all my ammo from 338 brass so initially I was shooting 30/338 until my brass grew.

Of all the .300 magnums you can't beat the Win Mag for ammo/case availability and cost or overall versatility. In terms of velocity some of the others struggle to keep up with the .300WM using barrels of the same length and even at best fail to add any significant velocity advantage. The more exotic magnums (Dakota, RUM, 30-378, etc., provide useful velocity gains but have their own unique drawbacks - ammo/case availability and cost, amount of powder required, barrel length required to burn that powder, additional recoil and so on.

With two .300WM rifles in the safe, if I was to buy another 300 magnum it would be a stainless .300RCM with a 20" barrel. If it didn't come in a synthetic stock it would soon get one. The price would have to be really right, too, as I already have a fairly lightweight 22" .30-06 in stainless/synthetic.

A 300 H&H that lives in an old pre-64 super grade.

Sorry Bob, The pics are of two different rifles. I don't think their owner had them built to later sell on the secondary market.



Thanks Orion, I built the stocks. Roger Vardy supplied the exceptional matched pair of blanks from Australia. I'm more than a little picky when it comes to what wood I work on. As you mentioned, grain flow through the whole stock is paramount.

I'm a big fan of the 300 H&H as it's a truly classic cartridge. Around here, even with a Cabelas it's been impossible to find any loaded ammo or brass in the Black Hills. Every store had 300 WinMag on the shelf. Here's a graceful 300H&H I built a few years back.

My personal elk rifle is a 30-338 Mag. Built on an 09 Argentine years ago in GSmithing school. Laminate stock, Devcon, freefloated tack driving workhorse. 180 gr @ 3150FPS will take care of anything I care to hunt here in the US. I don't get any calls to build similar though. My brother even sent back the 30-338 I built for him. Now he wants it rebarreled to 300 WinMag. After several years of goofing around with a wildcat, he just wants a "normal" cartridge capable of getting the job done. I got on a history kick in school at TSJC and wanted to build a 30 Newton. You know, the grandaddy 30 magnum designed in 1913. Since brass was hard to come by, I settled on the 30-338. Or 30 Belted Newton. I still can't figure out why the Newton never caught on. IMHO, it should be the standard classic cartridge available today at every sporting goods store and gas station that sells ammo.

The availability of the 300 WinMag is the reason It's my favorite 300 magnum. Does it make it better than the other options? Nope

My 300 JARRETT,pushes 165gr NBT'S AVERAGE 3508FPS.I shot 3 deer,1 hog and 1 elk with it and none have taken another step yet.

I have a 300 H&H in a pre-64 Win....all I need.

Like a great dog, there isn't anything that won't let you down like a 30-06. When there becomes a need for something more, nothing fills the bill like the 300 WBY mag.

After trying several 300's, I finally came back to the Weatherby. It seems to have the right balance of power, recoil and ballistics. I consider getting a 300 H&H in a pre-64 every once in awhile, but 2 big boomers don't fit the shooting I do, like varminting where even 14 guns may not be enough.

The question of ammo availability has never been a consideration as I have never gone anywhere hunting and needed to go to a store to buy ammo for my rifle. I certainly wouldn't base my decision to buy a caliber due to availability of ammunition at a store.

From antelope to elk and everything between, it would be hard to beat the 300 Weatherby magnum...

After 15 years of hunting elk with my .338 win mag, going to take a .300 win mag this year. Will know or not if it's my favorite 300 after elk season. lol

300 WSM. Has the power of a 300 Win mag (comparing 180m grain factory loads, handloader's can push the Win mag faster). My Savage Model 11 in 300 WSM is the most accurate rifle I've ever owned, it's killed antelope, deer, elk and moose. I can't find any fault with the cartridge or the rifle.

My fav .300 Mag.....

The barrel says 30-06 hmmmmm

My Savage 111 .300 WM.

JRG: My inquiry was mostly TIC and a visceral reaction of greed,wanting to own such a beautiful rifle. You did a great job on them both.

Can't blame a guy for trying though.

I'm real partial to my custom 300 rum built by Andy Hooker out of Texas.