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AR15/10 Rifles
300 Ham'r Velocity Not Up To Expectations
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<blockquote data-quote="Batsin" data-source="post: 3025714" data-attributes="member: 126867"><p>A couple of decades ago I thought that the 300 Whisper would be the perfect low recoil 30 cal, basically an updated 30 Carbine. For some reason, 223 holes just looked too small in targets (why, 22 cal is the same as a pellet gun, for goodness sake!). I knew it was optimized for heavy subsonic bullets and didn't think that would have any effect on accuracy with lighter ones. Once the 300 BLK came out I kept reading that many people found that accuracy was OK but not great for most supersonic loads. The Rifleshooter.com website even had an article entitled "[h3]<strong><a href="https://rifleshooter.com/2016/08/300-blk-accuracy-maybe-it-isnt-you/" target="_blank">300 BLK accuracy problems? Maybe it isn't you…</a></strong>[/h3]<p>". </p><p></p><p>Bill Wilson seems to have taken shooting hogs with a AR15 to the level of "art form". I occurred to me that after shooting a bunch with 223, he thought "OK, but not GREAT" and eventually developed the 300 Ham'r. TBH, I think he just wanted a little better hunting round than the 30 BLK. For a while he standardized and sold a version of Kurt Buchert's 7.62x40, but decided to push it just a little but and ended up with the 300 Ham'r. My guess is that if he had waited a couple of years, he might have used the slightly bigger 350 Legend Case (.3900" dia case vs .3759) to goose it a little more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Batsin, post: 3025714, member: 126867"] A couple of decades ago I thought that the 300 Whisper would be the perfect low recoil 30 cal, basically an updated 30 Carbine. For some reason, 223 holes just looked too small in targets (why, 22 cal is the same as a pellet gun, for goodness sake!). I knew it was optimized for heavy subsonic bullets and didn't think that would have any effect on accuracy with lighter ones. Once the 300 BLK came out I kept reading that many people found that accuracy was OK but not great for most supersonic loads. The Rifleshooter.com website even had an article entitled "[H3][B][URL='https://rifleshooter.com/2016/08/300-blk-accuracy-maybe-it-isnt-you/']300 BLK accuracy problems? Maybe it isn't you…[/URL][/B][/H3]". Bill Wilson seems to have taken shooting hogs with a AR15 to the level of "art form". I occurred to me that after shooting a bunch with 223, he thought "OK, but not GREAT" and eventually developed the 300 Ham'r. TBH, I think he just wanted a little better hunting round than the 30 BLK. For a while he standardized and sold a version of Kurt Buchert's 7.62x40, but decided to push it just a little but and ended up with the 300 Ham'r. My guess is that if he had waited a couple of years, he might have used the slightly bigger 350 Legend Case (.3900" dia case vs .3759) to goose it a little more. [/QUOTE]
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