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<blockquote data-quote="Hugnot" data-source="post: 2340366" data-attributes="member: 115658"><p>Never will be equal in velocity but other aspects like buying brass need to be considered. Found some 300WM brass at Grafs, $159.99, for 100 Lapua brand, $348.99 for 250 Peterson long type (head space on shoulder). Both about 40% -50% less than comparable quality .300WBY that has extremely limited selection. </p><p></p><p>The .300 WM was handicapped by its designers in that it was intended to fit in a standard 06 length magazine resulting in long pointy bullets reducing powder capacity. The .300 WBY, "Tomorrows Rifles Today", <u>never</u> was burdened by that thinking, like modify the rifle to make it work vs. modify the cartridge to make it work. Extending the COAL of a .300WM to 3.6 from 3.34 provides a substantial increase in velocity & capacity. Seating bullets long in a .300 WBY would only provide extra space in the neck portion of the cartridge and a certain amount of bullet needs to be inside the neck. Increasing the COAL of the .300WM gets the bullet out of main body of the case allowing for a greater gain in capacity.</p><p></p><p>Roy Weatherby should have designed the .300 WM and Winchester, Remington, Ruger & others should have made their rifles with longer magazines. Rifle magazines may be easily modified to feed shorter cartridges.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hugnot, post: 2340366, member: 115658"] Never will be equal in velocity but other aspects like buying brass need to be considered. Found some 300WM brass at Grafs, $159.99, for 100 Lapua brand, $348.99 for 250 Peterson long type (head space on shoulder). Both about 40% -50% less than comparable quality .300WBY that has extremely limited selection. The .300 WM was handicapped by its designers in that it was intended to fit in a standard 06 length magazine resulting in long pointy bullets reducing powder capacity. The .300 WBY, "Tomorrows Rifles Today", [U]never[/U] was burdened by that thinking, like modify the rifle to make it work vs. modify the cartridge to make it work. Extending the COAL of a .300WM to 3.6 from 3.34 provides a substantial increase in velocity & capacity. Seating bullets long in a .300 WBY would only provide extra space in the neck portion of the cartridge and a certain amount of bullet needs to be inside the neck. Increasing the COAL of the .300WM gets the bullet out of main body of the case allowing for a greater gain in capacity. Roy Weatherby should have designed the .300 WM and Winchester, Remington, Ruger & others should have made their rifles with longer magazines. Rifle magazines may be easily modified to feed shorter cartridges. [/QUOTE]
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