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Roger that. Can't wait !!!

There's your answer right there. Just feed it a premium bullet that it likes and you're away.

I don't worship at the alter of velocity. I own 4 Weatherbys and really enjoy them but I find the 30.06 is adequate for everything I ever wanted to kill in Africa. I have not hunted dangerous game and would pick a bigger round. On my last trip my son had 5 one shot kills with Fedral TTSX equipped ammo. They included Kudu and gemsbuck.
The best advice has been given when "Premium Bullets" were mentioned. The only bullet recovered on the last trip was a 180 gr TTSX which weighed 178gr
Use your Weatherby if you like it and shoot it well and have a life changing experience on your trip.

My first PH Andrew McLaren had a .300 WBY. I beleive he loaded it with the old 200 Partition Spitzer for everything.

If you can shoot the Weatherby accurately, go for it.

That is good to hear. I will however leave the muzzle brake at home. I agreed with the PH that it is too loud for the situation. Still shoots straight without it : )

I know its not a 300 ROY, but my WSM did an amazing job out there and I can only imagine the ROY would do a "better" job.

If you are wanting to buy a new rifle and your wife is reading the WBY .300 will not work at all. If not have fun with your WBY in Africa! Post your pics after your hunt!

I am always looking for another left handed piece. I will be sure to post some pics when we get back.

200 grain North Fork out of a 300 H&H Mag at 3000 fps, did my hunt in Zimbwawe stuplendous for Kudu, Waterbuck, Nyala and Sable

Over thinking the details is part of the fun. Your 300 WBY and 180 NPTs will perform quite nicely. Enjoy your trip.

Load your 300 WBY with 200 TSX to moderate levels and you will love it.

Not a flat as a 165 or 180 gr, but deadly when it gets there.

Thanks again to all for the input !!

This is very poor advice. If you shoot a .300 H&H in a .300 Wby it's going to shoot a foot or two low. The velocity would be even lower than if fired in a .300 H&H because the "chamber" is in effect so much larger.

Shooting a .300 Win. in a .300 Wby is downright dangerous. Your headspace would be 0.1" or so too big and you'd probably get a case separation.

Incidentally, I don't see why we keep plowing old ground on topics like this one. My father took a .300 Wby with Nosler 180s to Africa in 1960 and it worked fine on all plains game including Eland. I've got 14 consecutive one-shot kills with mine so far. What's to discuss?

Headspace, which is on the belt of all belted magnums, is the same for all. Location of the shoulder is of no importance for the first firing of new ammo. I have fireformed many, many pieces of 300ROY brass from the then more available 300H&H ammo back when the WBY stuff was harder to come by and much more expensive. Had a client use 300 Win ammo in his 300WBY with great effect. POI might be off a little when going from one to another but that is easily corrected, most scopes having adjustment turrets..... Been wildcatting and fireforming stuff for a long time, still doing it including forming 300 Belted Newton from 7mm RemMag brass as well as 348AI both of which are moving the shoulder forward quite a bit. I appreciate your knowledge of Africa and African game, you are a great poster here, but you are a tad out of your primary area of expertice on this one. Best bet is to have one's own ammo arrive with your rifle, but the H&H and WinMaAg stuff will work just fine, with perhaps a bit of scope adjustment, in a pinch. As I said before, not theory, but I have done it and quite a bit. In the wildcatting and AI world, all the time.

I always figured African Plains Game was one of the prime reasons the .300 Weatherby was developed. That, and making money.

I think the 300WBY Mag would be an outstanding cartridge, but
you would need to be very careful with what is behind your intended animal, though. If you are in a herd situation, be sure not to injure an animal behind it...it WILL pass through with a 180gn TSX!

Shoot a 168 TTSX and everything you hit (properly) will die in a hurry!

That's what I shoot in my '06, but I respectfully disagree for the 300 Wby mag.
That round is at it's best with 180-200gn bullets.

Youre right, the 180 would work fantasticly, but I see the 168 as a good meeting point. Since they retain most of their weight, they basically perform like a 180 (IMHO). I feel the 168 is a great choice as it combines a high BC, a high MV, and is a over all solid bullet and I would not hesitate at all to use it. Nor would I hesitate one second in using the 180 version.