Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles 300 Win Mag or 300 WSM

300 WM, because short and fat is no way to go through life...lol

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Early on when the 300 Win was newish (1960's) the recoil was as bad or sharper then the 338 Mag. The 338 was more of a push and not as sharp as the 300 Win. I went with the 338.
As far as 300 WSM, well the new SM are just a sales pitch. Can't see the need for the new Short Mags, other then desire for something different. And that is just fine.
The 300 WSM and the 300 Mag don't do much more than the 30-06 or the 300 H&H already do, maybe a few more yards for the same drop.

I identify with the old man gun thing. But the gain of these cartridges is minimal over cartridges that have been around for quite awhile. As far as the old man thing goes, I still shoot a 458 mag, 35 Whelen, 45-70, 338 Mag, 348 Win. Some old guys just get to be tough old boots.

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I see CDNN has several calibers of WSM ammo on sale for $25/box of 20.