I’ve been browsing the net looking for a Ruger all weather Skeketon stock in .300 Win Mag for Elk and possibly Moose. Haven’t seen one in .300 Win Mag but there are a few .338 Win Mag for sale. This has me thinking......
How do you compare these two? Would you choose one over the other? Ammo availability / price? Recoil comparison?’any and all info is we scones. I have no experience with either caliber. Thanks!
Haven't priced factory ammo but there are lots of good factory loads for both.
I shoot both a .300WM and .338WM in skeleton Ruger stocks. The .300 has a 24" barrel, the .338 a fluted 22" barrel. Weight is about the same to my hands, don't have a scale to weigh them on but assume about 8.3lbs with scope..
Recoil for a .338"/225g/2766fps AB with 70.0g H100V calculates to be 34.6 ft-lbs @ 16.4fps. A .308" /3033fps/180g TTSX with 70.0g H4350 calculates to be
29.2 ft-lbs @ 15.1fps. The extra recoil of the .338 is very noticeable, even with a LImbsaver pad on the .338.
The .300 will do for elk, easily, based on personal experience. Have never been on a moose kill, let alone shot one, but a .300WM should do them easily too.
