What bullet for 300wsm?

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[budlight]

208 ELDM or 208 LRHT would be my choice

Do you actually own and a shoot a 300WSM? The case volume isn't enough to push heavy bullets. Anything over 180 gr. becomes horibly slow. To the poster I tried about 10 differrent powders in the 165 to 175 grain bullets. The slowest powder was reloader 23. Things like Superformance, ramshot hunter, 4000 -MR, Leverrevolution, and hybrid 100. You are never going to get speed with powders as fast as Varget. You have to chrono your rounds because load data listings are often optimistic.

 

[Unastamus635]

185. Juggernaut. Nuff Said.

I will second this, 185 Berger Juggernaut's, my 300 WSM loves them, same hole at 300 yards! Smashed my muley at 385 yards, i'm very pleased with it. Alex Wheeler shot a couple elk with his 185's last year and it hammered them...

 

[Frank in the Laurels]

165 Nosler Partition sitting on top of as much H-4350 as your rifle can handle ignited by a Rem 9 1/2 primer will handle anything you care to harvest...a one cartridge for everything fer' sure..

 

[bigred1]

180 gr. Winchester factory ammo. I've tried several different reload combinations, but nothing has out performed the factory load. My Winchester 300 wsm has been my take it out and put meat on the table rifle for several years now.

 

[choprzrul]

I ran a pressure test with varget and I maxed out at 3200

How much jump to the rifling in your rifle (measured) did you have with that load?

 

[cabelasken]

I've used Barnes 168 TTSX over H-4350 at 3130 FPS on 5 elk and a few mule deer. Does a nice job on them. Full mushroom and complete penetration and not much meat damage with proper shot location, but enough to put em down on the spot.

 

[Huntnful]

Do you actually own and a shoot a 300WSM? The case volume isn't enough to push heavy bullets. Anything over 180 gr. becomes horibly slow. To the poster I tried about 10 differrent powders in the 165 to 175 grain bullets. The slowest powder was reloader 23. Things like Superformance, ramshot hunter, 4000 -MR, Leverrevolution, and hybrid 100. You are never going to get speed with powders as fast as Varget. You have to chrono your rounds because load data listings are often optimistic.

I guess it depends on your freebore. My hunting partner has one and shoots 208 LRHT's at 2950fps out of a 24" barrel. And another close buddy shoots the 208 ELDM at 2900fps out of 22" barrel.

Those are very good speeds for those bullets IMO. Maybe they're way into pressure? But I've sat next to them and seen them shoot them.

 

[grouse]

Do you actually own and a shoot a 300WSM? The case volume isn't enough to push heavy bullets. Anything over 180 gr. becomes horibly slow. To the poster I tried about 10 differrent powders in the 165 to 175 grain bullets. The slowest powder was reloader 23. Things like Superformance, ramshot hunter, 4000 -MR, Leverrevolution, and hybrid 100. You are never going to get speed with powders as fast as Varget. You have to chrono your rounds because load data listings are often optimistic.

I've used the 215 Berger with fantastic speed and accuracy

 

[Zen Archery]

My 19" 300WSM gas gun loves 135 Shock Hammers 3500FPS. Dropped a good 200lbs sow 300 yards. If you want speed with copper go lighter. Be curious what you'd get out of a 20-24 bolt gun.

 

[mbse20]

Berger 180 Elite. H4831sc. 2 different 300wsm rifles. Chronied at 2980 and 2960. Shoot amazing out of both rifles. Tikka and an old A bolt 2. My second choice would be to try 178eldx

 

[GSP814]

For you guys shooting the 185 Juggernaut's, how do they perform on game at extended ranges? Thanks!

 

[Mike D Texas]

185 Jugg
Or
200.20x Hyb

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Or if you are more of a traditional bullet guy, there are 200 grain Terminal Ascents available on Gunbroker.

 

[wvbearhunter]

168 grain ttsx is magic