Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats 300 win mag or 300 whby mag?

I am building a custom and im considering these to calibres and was wandering what everyones thought were between the two. I will mostly be using this gun for bear and elk. thx

If your building one I would ask the riflesmith your using. I have had both and the one I have now is a WBY built by Rich Reilly at HT Custom in Colorado (IIRC) and it's a shooter but my old 300WM was on a Ruger MKII with a Shilen CM tube and it shot as well but 100fps slower. Pretty much same-same.

Winny is cheaper for brass and uses a little less powder. It is also known to be accurate. PS- Don't listen to the folks who say the neck is too short on the Win Mag or the guys who say the freebore in the WBY makes it inaccurate.

Dave

Neither, do a .308 Norma...

I have both which just shows I could not make a rationale decision.So, I have no opinion worth listening to; listen to Daveh.....

If you want more than the Win. Mag., you might as well go Ultra Mag.

I just got my 300 Weatherby finished and couldnt be happier. Very accurate and easy to load for!!

Thx guys, I think Im going with the 300 whby

Load for both. Every rifle I've ever owned in either is very accurate....The Weatherby costs more in powder and brass. Personally I would go with the Win as it's more than enough.

Robert

oulufinn: Maybe true; but I like the name "Weatherby" better

the Wby flies flatter and hits harder. not much, but it does.

BBerg

My problem is nothing is ever enough. lol

depends on what action your using. some arnt long enough for the weatherby

rem 700

I'd get both!

To me the 300 wby begs for 200 grain bullets. So if you are going to shoot heavy bullets I think the wby is the answer. If not you will give up very little by shooting the win. However,I like blargon's idea of the 308 Norma/30-338.

I have both and both are great.

If selling one, I would probably keep the Weatherby, an improved .300 H&H. I like the Weatherby because if in a bind I could shoot H&H ammo in the rifle. And...if in a real bind, I would shoot .300 Win. ammo in rifle, which would result in a fire-formed .300 Weatherby case with a really short neck (though, I have never done this nor would I make it a habit).

This is mostly my line of thinking. I played with a 300WM A-Bolt for awhile, lengthening the throat, using a 375 H&H magazine, long OAL in quest of 'max MV.' I had fun but wound up with my present small group of 300 mags instead: a 300 WSM-light, powerful enough, accurate; a 300RUM- carries the freight, esp with 200 grain bulets-if I need something bigger than the RUM I'll use a medium not another 300 Mag; and a 300H&H - no rational explanation of virtue except an emotional attachment to tradition any rifleman would understand. The 300 WM IMO is a good compromise for a handloader and a great one for someone who only shoots factory ammo.

I love my 300 win.

My handload is:

200gr. Accubond
26" bbl
73.5gr of RL22
FED Match Mag LR primer
(Ogive touching Lands)
.4-.6" groupds
3020fps
No pressure signs.

Great choice! To quote a good buddy "...Roy got it right the first time..."

I am not fond of long heavy big game rifles. Now they are fine if they are a 'truck' gun and used nearby or a varminter.

It seems that I lug the heavy rifle all over the place and a shot never comes or so it seems.

I would look at a lighter gun in 300 WSM and get a better cartridge case that way for handloading too.