200gr plus 300 Win Mag loads

DustThroughaFan said:

What are the details on your chamber, and how far are you jumping the 215 ?
Nice looking rifle.

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I dont remember the details on the chamber.
I am jumping them 10-15 thousand if I remember right.

200 grain Partitions w/ IMR 4350, not a 1000 yd load, but good for what I do.

The problem I run into is seating at 3.703 I can't feed them from the bdl bottom metal, I need to upgrade to a cip length bottom metal and run 3.850 mags.

$74/50 at Hammer Bullets

What range do you plan as your practical limit?

I know a lot of folks seem to like the 215 Bergers, particularly over at LRO. Interestingly I was just in Alaska on a Caribou/Grizzly hunt. In base camp there were 4 guides, the owner (former guide) and the camp manager/cook/guide, 6 total. To a man they all said that they have seen more animals lost using Bergers than all other bullets combined. These guys guide Caribou, Bear, Goats, Sheep, Moose, Blacktail in Alaska and Elk, Mule Deer, Sheep etc in the lower 48 and have collectively been in on 1000s of kills. I report you decide.

Best all around 300WM is the 200gr Federal Terminal Ascent. The only problem is you can't find it in component form.

Edit - I do load the 215s for my 300PRC and use them at the range. The bullet is very accurate and easy to load for. I have not used them on game so I can not personally say one way or the other on the terminal effectiveness. I have used the 156 Berger out of a 6.5PRC on deer to great effect. For hunting in the 300PRC I have been using the 200gr CEB Lazer. Unless you have a custom throated 300WM this bullet would be too long to use in a 300WM.

quandary said:

What range do you plan as your practical limit?

I know a lot of folks seem to like the 215 Bergers, particularly over at LRO. Interestingly I was just in Alaska on a Caribou/Grizzly hunt. In base camp there were 4 guides, the owner (former guide) and the camp manager/cook/guide, 6 total. To a man they all said that they have seen more animals lost using Bergers than all other bullets combined. These guys guide Caribou, Bear, Goats, Sheep, Moose, Blacktail in Alaska and Elk, Mule Deer, Sheep etc in the lower 48 and have collectively been in on 1000s of kills. I report you decide.

Best all around 300WM is the 200gr Federal Terminal Ascent. The only problem is you can't find it in component form.

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This year it's 300 yards. I plan to stretch it to atleast 500 on aoudad with this very rifle.