Looking at both for a custom job. Want an all-around rifle, about 8 pounds, thinking of a compromise 25" barrel for portability (between 24" and 26").
Want to develop two loads- a 165-168gr and a 200gr. if a .300 Win. Mag. but maybe the .300 Wea. Mag with a 180gr load, given the extra velocity potential, would cover both bases? I'd use the 165-168gr. for sheep, deer and caribou (maybe a trip down south for Pronghorn, coues deer) and the 200gr. for elk, moose, black bear. What would you consider to evaluate the two? Is recoil that much more significant? How much would the .300 Wea. mag./ outperform the .300 win. mag. with a 25" barrel? Or how much more effective range would I get?
I had to make the same decision a couple of years ago when I had a 300 built. I was very close to going with the Weatherby,but in the end chose the 300 Win and am very pleased.I have owned a 300 Wea. before and the 300 WIN MY OPION is as good of a killer in the field. In fact my longest kill has been with the 300 Win.Read the post and pictures here:
http://precisionlongrangehunter.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/7011083821/m/9911043131 The accuracy of either can be quite good, check out these grops fred at 300 yatds wth my 300 win:
http://longrangehunting.com/ubbthreads/s...p;page=4#108976 If you want more than the 300 Win offers then step up to a 300 RUM as it offers about a 100 fps more than the Weatherby.The RUM and Weaterby both require a longer action than the Win does
