Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Practically speaking is there anything a 300 WBY Mag can do that a 7 Rem Mag can't?

I keep looking at the Weatherby Accumark in 300 WBY Mag in the back of my safe. I haven't carried it since 2003 and I don't think I ever will again. I have a T3 SS in 7mm Rem Mag that gives me 3000 ft/sec with a 160 Accubond and close to MOA accuracy. In practical terms would I be giving anything up by selling the Weatherby and retaining the Tikka?

I hunt elk, deer, antelope, maybe bear. Farthest shot is around 450 yards, 500 if I practice like I should.


P

I'd take a 7 Rem Mag over any 300 straight up but thats just me. 162 A-max's are your friend. Good luck.

[quote=Pharmsel I haven't carried it since 2003 and I don't think I ever will again. [/quote]

I think you answered your own question.

I would always pick a .300, but my pals would always pick a 7 mag.. I could hunt the rest of my days with a big 7, but my old .300 and I have been on lots of hunts in lots of places.. I have great faith in it.. I owned one of the first 7's in our country, and one of the first .300's the 7 is long gone, but the .30 is still here..

But as I said, I could hunt with my 7's the rest of my career and it would be just ok..

I'd take the 7mm Rem Magnificent personally.

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I love the 300 WIN M and the 7 RM....

I shoot both so it'd be a harder decision for me.


I agree w/ Smokey

Jerry

300 WBY Mag, not Win Mag, but that doesn't change much, practically speaking.



P

I Know !

Same principle & application.

Doesn't change the situation.

7mm all day and twice on hunting days.

I've got a 300 WBY and 300 Win setting my safe along with a 7. I pulled the scopes off of the 300s a couple of years ago. The 7 will be here when the 300s are long gone.

Only thing I can think of that a 300 will do that a 7mm will NOT do is



the 300 will shoot a 30 caliber bullet.

And for the record, I too agree with Smokey - I think you answered your own question. If your 300 is a safe queen, sell or trade it for something you don't have now!

I have had guys tell me that the recoil from a 338WM is more
manageable than a 300WBY, but I have never been a magnum person
to begin with.

Hunted with a 7mm RM for 20+ years and always wondered if I had made a mistake by not buying a .300WM instead. Finally got a .300WM and it killed elk just as dead but no deader or quicker.

But I'm not getting rid pf either one as I hope to have many more years in which I use them.

I do think the 7mm RM is the more versatile of the two for my purposes, which includes occasional varmints, antelope, mule deer and elk.

A 300 WBY can shoot 200 and 220 grain bullets. A 7 mag cannot. That sells it for me. I just like bigger bullets than what a 7mm has to offer.

It depends on where you start your scale and where the increments that make a difference lie. For example, if I initially grab one of my 7 mags but think no, this isn't enough, then I'm likely to reach past my 300's and grab my 338 full of 250 Noslers.

The 300 Wby will make it much harder to place your shots well.

For 'some' people !

Mornin Rin.




Jerry

Same here, except I stuff my .338WM with 225g AccuBond bullets.

The primary reason to grab my .300WM instead of my 7mm RM is the .300 has a Ruger Zytel semi-skeleton stock, which is impervious to the weather in which I hunt. (I don't know how it would do at -30F but having experienced same I'll never hunt in such weather either.)

Not necessarily as much depends on the individual loads used and the fit/style of the rifles in question.

But, continuing with your line of thought, a .338WM should make accuracy still harder to achieve. The groups shoot with my .338 are not noticeably larger than those I shoot with my 7mm RM and the longest shot and kill I've ever made, an elk at 487 lasered yards, was with the .338.

C H - YES -

Recoil is Recoil

People are different..

STOCK FIT is of UTmost importance.