300 Weatherby know how...

[adk hunter]

I'd say to get the 300 Weatherby that you started off wanting. There used to be an old saying - If you need more gun than a 300 Wby then you need a lot more!!
Gary

This lol. There is a new 700 50th anniversary edition that is calling. Would be the first Remmy I played with with endless mounts, stocks whatnot available if I want to "improve" it. Always could parts it out or re-smith it...

 

[Wedgy]

This lol. There is a new 700 50th anniversary edition that is calling. Would be the first Remmy I played with with endless mounts, stocks whatnot available if I want to "improve" it. Always could parts it out or re-smith it...

Look for something with a faster than normal barrel twist so you can shoot the big heavies and monos; ie faster than a 10 twist for a .30 caliber

 

[ronstone09]

I just looked at the hammers. All the bullets you showed would be good I think except the accubonds. I had 2 bad experiences with them. I shot a huge bull elk in Canada with a 30 mag loaded with 200gr accubonds. A Manitoba elk is a bigger sub species. All the guides said my bull was over 1200 lbs. He was around a hundred yards away. lung shot to the opposite shoulder. It froze him up but I am a shoot until they are on the ground type. Next was a high shoulder shot. Knocked him down but he pushed himself back up with his front legs. Now I am gobsmacked. I couldn,t believe it. High shoulder shot again which knocked him over but still windmilling so a final in the brisket to the spine ended it. When we field dressed him the lung shot there was a hole through the size of your little finger with a bruise around it the size of a ping pong ball and that was it. hmmmmm In my opinion they were opening too fast and spent too much just getting inside. That is the last accubond I have ever used.

I've killed 7 Canadian moose with 180 gr accubonds from a 300 wsm and only one blew up and it dropped the moose on the spot ! Never had one go more than a few yards!

 

[GCarlton53]

Speed kills! I shoot a 7x375 ruger (160ab 3200fps)and a 8mm rem mag(160ttsx 3450fps) One i have to make, the other is almost non existant to buy. On the 8mm RM, i use Lance at Hendershot's. Their ammo is great if you dont want to hand load.

 

[GCarlton53]

Ps, go with your gut. If it tickles your fancy, get it! Life is too short to have regret about caliber choices. Any of the ones you are looking at will do the job..

 

[Buano]

I just looked at the hammers. All the bullets you showed would be good I think except the accubonds. I had 2 bad experiences with them. I shot a huge bull elk in Canada with a 30 mag loaded with 200gr accubonds. A Manitoba elk is a bigger sub species. All the guides said my bull was over 1200 lbs. He was around a hundred yards away. lung shot to the opposite shoulder. It froze him up but I am a shoot until they are on the ground type. Next was a high shoulder shot. Knocked him down but he pushed himself back up with his front legs. Now I am gobsmacked. I couldn,t believe it. High shoulder shot again which knocked him over but still windmilling so a final in the brisket to the spine ended it. When we field dressed him the lung shot there was a hole through the size of your little finger with a bruise around it the size of a ping pong ball and that was it. hmmmmm In my opinion they were opening too fast and spent too much just getting inside. That is the last accubond I have ever used.

Like you, I had an Accubond fail on a large bull elk. Shoulder shot was from a 7MM Rem mag at 9 yards. Bullet exploded on impact destroying the shoulder muscle and did not penetrate beyond that. THANKFULLY I already had one in his lungs! I'll never load Accubonds again.

 

[GCarlton53]

At 9 yds an elk shoulder has to be the equal of a steel plate. Wow.

 

[Buano]

Who would like to share their knowledge on the 300B? Comparing up and down the fast 30 scale real world results pretty please!! Having some good conversations with wilderness outfitters and most have suggested the titled cartridge. Crazy?!

I have a few years to play and can always stay down a comfort level with my .280AI's..

Favorite load (factory) suggestions. I am not looking for a light weight browsmasher. Reasonable weight to equal the laws of Newton! Also, I live in the terrible state of NY where some idiot passed a law at midnight so we can't buy ammo online. Here ammo on shelves runs some weatherby, mostly 300 win mag, 300wsm. Never but once seen 300rum. No 30 nosler, heck .280 AI is just starting to be "plentiful", Ugh!

Scope pairing if we don't get too far off track. Max range 5-800 for us woodchucks.

Thanks, Joe

I picked up a used Weatherby Alaskan in .300 Weatherby a few years back & LOVE it. It's nickel plated so it's rustproof. To date it has shot every factory load I've tried well under 1". Most loads shoot under 1/2". Full-sized Weatherby Mark v's handle recoil extremely well. You won't need a muzzle brake unless you buy an ultra-light or jump up to the .338/.378 Weatherby magnum class.

I mounted a Leupold 3-18x50 with a lighted reticle on it & it's a GREAT match.

If I was to buy a scope today for it I would pick up another discontinued Vortex Strike Eagle 4-24x50. These come with a lighted MOA reticle & I just got 2 of then for $299 each from eurooptic.com. The Leupold is great, but this scope seems nearly as good and is a lot cheaper.

 

[Buano]

At 9 yds an elk shoulder has to be the equal of a steel plate. Wow.

At 9-yards the velocity hadn't had a chance to drop. The Accubond may have worked well at 350 yards.

 

[Quintus]

I too am a 300Bee lover. I have had several, but have stayed with a Ruger #1B and an older Mark V Outfitter. Both are .5 to .75 MOA to 600 with several bullets. I mostly shoot the 165 Sciroccos out of both and they are absolutely perfect performers from 10 to 500 yards in my samples. TSXs and Partitions of several weights have also been consistent shooters and on-game performers. If the five 300 Weatherbys I have owned only one (a 700 Classic) gave any accuracy trouble and the one was fixed with pillars and a little bedding compound.

 

[D.Camilleri]

I like the big 30's and the big 338's for big animals. I have no gripes with the 300B, with the exception that sometimes a factory gun shoots well and sometimes they don't.
This is mostly due to the long throat. A buddy a 300B that he had a gunsmith accurize when it was new, I think he re cut the chamber with a shorter throat. That gun was very accurate with hand loads. One of his favorites was a 190 Berger. I am more partial to the 300 RUM though and there a lots of quality guns chambered in the 300 RUM and any gun shop could order you the ammo you want. I have one friend that shoots factory ammo from his 300 RUM and he shoots 180 gr swift scirroco's, not sure if remington loads these anymore, but his wife shot a dandy 6 point bull with this gun at 986 yards and had never shot his gun before! Most of my friends that shoot the 300 RUM shoot 215 Bergers and run them around 3050 fps. On my last 300 RUM, I shot mostly 180 gr accubonds and it was a hammer! When my barrel gave up, I built another 338 RUM still my favorite for big animals. When the animals are big, the 338 really shines.

 

[six pack]

Here's my 2cents worth on Accubonds.....they're a very good, accurate bullet but you have to use your common sense. My experience with them suggests to keep your muzzle velocity below 3000 and impact velocity below 2500 and avoid big bones if possible.

I shot a good sized whitetail quartering toward me in the shoulder with a 130AB out of a 270Win. He stumbled 3-4 steps and lights out. Found only fragments that went about half way through...but, hey, it worked.

Another time, I shot a large Aoudad at 325 lazered yardswith a 338 Lapua using factory Nosler ammo with the 225AB. First shot, he acted like he was gut shot and humped up. Second shot, he barely flinched them slowly walked about 10-15 yards and layed done under a pinion tree. He rolled back and forth like he had a bee sting for a few minutes and finally stopped moving. I found both bullets, perfectly mushroomed, about half way through his chest. Both had hit a few inches behind the shoulder and within a few inches of the other.

Many other times, I've taken whitetail to elk and African plains game behind the shoulder with complete penetration and no problems. You just have to use your head and choose shots wisely. They aren't Partitions, A Frames, or Monos (that have their own set of problems).

 

[Buano]

Here's my 2cents worth on Accubonds.....they're a very good, accurate bullet but you have to use your common sense. My experience with them suggests to keep your muzzle velocity below 3000 and impact velocity below 2500 and avoid big bones if possible.


I agree completely. My limited research on Accubonds showed failures were at high speed. (On my elk impact velocity was likely over 3100 FPS.) Since I shoot fast, flat shooting cartridges in all my hunting rifles & I know a close shot is always possible, I will no longer use Accubonds.

 

[usmc1383]

I just looked at the hammers. All the bullets you showed would be good I think except the accubonds. I had 2 bad experiences with them. I shot a huge bull elk in Canada with a 30 mag loaded with 200gr accubonds. A Manitoba elk is a bigger sub species. All the guides said my bull was over 1200 lbs. He was around a hundred yards away. lung shot to the opposite shoulder. It froze him up but I am a shoot until they are on the ground type. Next was a high shoulder shot. Knocked him down but he pushed himself back up with his front legs. Now I am gobsmacked. I couldn,t believe it. High shoulder shot again which knocked him over but still windmilling so a final in the brisket to the spine ended it. When we field dressed him the lung shot there was a hole through the size of your little finger with a bruise around it the size of a ping pong ball and that was it. hmmmmm In my opinion they were opening too fast and spent too much just getting inside. That is the last accubond I have ever used.

That was my grandfather's gun he hunted with the guy from wild kingdom he took more mini trips with him he said that was the only gun that you ever need to shoot I got some of his reload somewhere specs get them up today or tomorrow I'll send them to you also I still have his gun it's the weather be nothing special but it does have a 28-inch barrel on it and then a break on the end of it I rounded up to about 31 inches great shooting piece of equipment