Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters 300 Win mag vs 300 WSM

Mudhen, what powders are you looking at with the 200 gr. Accubond?? I use Re 22 with the 200 grain Part., but haven't shot the Accubond in the Win.. I have a good load for it for my 300 Wea... I have hundreds of excellent elk bullets, and only plan on hunting elk a few more years.. May have to have an elk bullet sale..ha ha..
Sharp looking rifle, but I am a wood man, and too old to change..

Wyo, I am going to start with RL 22 and H4831. The loads in the latest Nosler manual look promising. I used IMR 7828sc in the .300 WSM, but I am just about out and haven't found any on the shelf anywhere lately.

This is my "bad weather, bad country" rifle--I will still have a wood/blue option with me in elk camp this year.

Ah, smart man, two rifles one for bad weather and one for good..
In bad weather I stay in camp and more.. Not always the case, but now with all season off it is more enjoyable.. Hope this one is a real shooter..

mudhen I am anymore a sissy when it comes to recoil; can manage it but mostly don't like getting slapped around too much any more. That 8 pound+ 300 I had was comfy to shoot and not hard to carry; I lugged it for elk in the mountains quite a bit....I was younger then.

But as a carrying weight 300 yours looks like it would be a good one.

Well, as everyone says, you carry them a lot more than you shoot them--when hunting, anyway...

I think if you don't already have a 300 and were looking for a hunting rifle it would be tough to beat the wsm. When I saw NAB 180's at close to 3100 out of a 24" tube from a friends rife - I wondered why I was burning all that extra powder in my 300 Wby. My rifle shoots better at less than Max velocity and shot better than the wsm - but there is not enough difference not to take advantage of the short action benefits.

Add a sling and rounds and thats a 8lb rifle, which is about perfect IMO. Mudhen, Nice rig! How long is the barrel?

Barrel is 24"--about as long as I like them to be.

Left to Right: .300 H&H Magnum, .30 Newton, .300 Weatherby Magnum, .308 Norma Magnum, .300 Winchester Magnum, .300 WSM, .300 Remington SAUM, .300 Remington Ultra Mag, .30-378 Weatherby Magnum

When I was in the self imposed great debate of which 30 caliber rifle to add to my hunting arsenal. I looked at all of these above plus the 30-06. Read many books & articles and talked to as many folks that I could. I'd already owned a 300WM & 06 in my past. And for sure was pleased with their performance in the field. And frankly after all of this information here on this thread coupled with everything I've heard from others and read. All of the 30 magnums are about the same in the field. Deer to elk don't know the head stamp of the cartridge that fires a 150 to 200gr bullets. They all seem to be die with a properly placed bullet.

I'd read where rag writers said the efficiency of the short fat new magnums were better than the others. But when it all came to my final choice of which 30 magnum I wanted for a hunting rifle in, it really boiled to history and likes.

I like my women tall and shapely, I'm not attracted to short and fat or women that have broader shoulders than I. I do like women that can wear a belt low on their hips. Not a big fan of short necks, I think, long slender necks are sexy.

Then we have history. The maturest of all listed, that wears a belt. She's known for her elegant accuracy, high efficiency, buttery smooth swagger to the chamber, and she doesn't kick you out of bed.

The other thing that I felt more important was the fact that I've been shooting a 375H&H Magnum exclusively for over a decade. Having a bolt throw similar made for common sense.

My choice was the one pictured far left, 300H&H Magnum. It'll do everything the WSM & WM and has been doing so for a very long time. The debate of which is better, will probably go on forever with different likes, thoughts and beliefs. As noted above there isn't a dimes worth of difference among them all.

No not much difference, but they are all wonderful!!!