Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Gunsmithing Re chamber to 300 Weatherby ???

Instead trade in that entry level design for one with more features.

Features such as CRF, three position wing safety that controls the firing pin, solid attached bolt handle and bolt face, strong extractor and a quality look. The caliber will be wrong as marked on the barrel also.

Such makes are Mauser, M70, Ruger 77, Kimber etc.

Also the 300 Win mag is plenty big enough and more popular.

Broken 700 extractor in push feed.

You're still an idiot....

Yes, He sure is.

When building a rifle the 700 Remington action is my first choice .

+1

"When the debate is lost insults become the tool of the LOSER

Were these your bolts that broke or just some that you saw a photo of? No doubt the brazed on handles require some skill to assemble leaving room for failures but you can't fault the design for accuracy and safety.

I own and reload for both rounds and have owned both for several decades.

I think reaming the 300 Win chamber to 300 WBY is an exercise in futility.

In actual performance there is little difference between the two rounds when loaded to the same pressure in the same length barrel and zero difference that will be seen in the field.

Much more performance gains can be seen from bullet choice. With the higher BC bullets and powders available today the 300 Win can be loaded to deliver much more velocity and energy downrange than factory 300 Weatherby rounds.

It's also easier to find more sources of 300 Win brass.

Investing any money into a $10 Remy barrel except to replace it is a waste of money...if I take off a Remy barrel it gets recycled.

To all of you guys saying that removing a barrel is somehow required for a quality job....................hogwash!
I have and do many rifle re-chamberings without removing the barrel from the action, belted magnums being the easiest, generally.
The OP, the Weatherby chambering will completely clean up a Winchester chamber, the headspace will stay exactly the same if whoever does the job measures correctly, it should be .220" from the base to the forward section of the belt.

Cheers.

Best fit I found for the 300 wby is the sako L61 R.