McCraggen,G'day lads,
I have recently got a 300 win mag with a sporter barrel. Im just wondering if its possible to get it to shoot reasonable hunting groups without too much load development?
The action isnt bedded and its a thin 24 inch barrel.
Cheers.
McCraggen,
The Howa , SAKO and TIKKA rifles dont have very generous magazines as far as COAL goes so standard magazine length is about it.
It will definitely test your "shooting off a bench" skills. I suggest, and this is just a suggestion, that you shoot a couple boxes of factory loads, a few at a time to practice your form, trigger squeeze,etc. and keep ypur targets. then, use that fired brass for your test loads, and don't try to get less than 1.5", at first. A consistent 1.5" to 2" five shot group ( shot very slowly, a few minutes apart) from a light magnum rifle is very good! Time and skill will tighten that up ( though you can kill everything in the mountains with a 2" rifle!) Good luck to you.