.300 Winchester Magnum
Of all the varmint and big game cartridges
developed and introduced by Winchester, the 1963 vintage .300 Winchester
Magnum is the fifth most successful. Only the
.243,
.270,
.30-30, and
.308 Winchester
cartridges are more popular. This is saying more than you might think when
we consider that such cartridges as the
.22 Hornet,
.218 Bee,
.220 Swift,
.225 Winchester,
.307 Winchester,
.338 Winchester
Magnum, .348
Winchester, .356
Winchester, .358 Winchester, and
.375 Winchester
cartridges were all born with WW headstamps.
Among the various magnum cartridges available to American hunters, only the
7mm Remington
Magnum is more popular than Winchester's .300 Magnum. Some even
go as far to say that for all around use on North American game, the .300
is a more useful cartridge than the
7mm. Whether
or not that is true would be most difficult to prove with hard facts but
one thing is certain; The .300 Winchester Magnum is an excellent cartridge.
When loaded with bullets weighing 150 to 180 grains, it shoots plenty
flat for deer size game at long range, and when loaded with 180 to 200 grain
bullets it packs enough punch for cross canyon shots at elk and moose.
Probably the worst that could be said of the .300 Winchester Magnum is that
the recoil is a bit much for some shooters and it destroys a good bit of
venison when used on deer at close range. But nobody who has seriously worked
with the Winchester's big .300 has ever said that it is inaccurate. It is,
in fact, a favorite of competitive shooters who try to put them all in the
X-ring at 1000 yards.
Most hunters who use the .300 on deer and pronghorn prefer 150 grain bullets,
but a 180 grain spitzer shoots almost as flat and destroys less of the eating
part. The single best load for elk and moose may just be the 200 grain
Nosler Partition or 200 grain Speer
bullets pushed to 2984 fps by
H1000.
Source: Hodgdon Data Manual, 26th Edition
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