Heavy 300 WM Bullet/Load Recommendations

[K1SSRSS]

Hello all, after testing numerous factory loads, I have found that my rifle really likes the Barnes Precision Match with the 220gr Match Burner OTM.

1. Does anybody happen to have load data to mimic that particular load and;

2. Does anyone have recommendations on a heavy hunting bullet that may be a good place to start building on to get close to the performance of the Match Burner OTM?

 

[Mountain Sloth]

I settled on 200 grain eldx but my plan when I started loading was to try the 220 eldx, during the dark times this was an available bullet compared to the 200 or 212. Once I'm out of that I'll be trying staball HD as it seems to be a decent choice for heavy for cal loads.

 

[K.E.C. Darkside]

Howdy,... 300WM. Love it.

Berger 215 Hybrid, pushed with H-1000.
Berger has a big selection of bullets in this weight category.
Sierra 200gr #2231. And Sierra has a good
Selection in this weight range.
Hornady as well.
Powder selection is pretty good.
What is the intended purpose and distance.

 

[K1SSRSS]

Howdy,... 300WM. Love it.

Berger 215 Hybrid, pushed with H-1000.
Berger has a big selection of bullets in this weight category.
Sierra 190 #2231. And Sierra has a good
Selection in this weight range.
Hornady as well.
Powder selection is pretty good.
What is the intended purpose and distance.

Awesome, she didn't seem to like the 200gr ELD-X factory loads which I was hoping to be her favorite since my other rifles like it.

The hunting rounds will be mostly for elk and maybe moose if I ever get lucky enough for a moose hunt.

It will be used on steel pretty often, but with performance so far, I don't see moving from the Barnes Match Burners for target shooting.

 

[bamban]

75.5 H1000. 79.0 N570 pushing 215 Berger Hybrids worked well in any of my 300WMs

 

[Matt Gilbertson]

76.5 h1000, 212 ELDX, 26" barrel

 

[Upsidedownjack]

Awesome, she didn't seem to like the 200gr ELD-X factory loads which I was hoping to be her favorite since my other rifles like it.

The hunting rounds will be mostly for elk and maybe moose if I ever get lucky enough for a moose hunt.

It will be used on steel pretty often, but with performance so far, I don't see moving from the Barnes Match Burners for target shooting.

K1SSRSS , I've been shooting the 300 WM for a number of years hunting mainly Elk in Colo! Have shot,Harvested every year using the 180 gr nozler SPBT "type" bullet. Have all been one shot, one kill, from some 75 yds out to Aprox 800! Military did a comparison between the 300 WM. & the 338 Lupa Mag. Out to and Past 1000 yds, the 300 WM using the 180 gr SPBT, found that there was no real life difference between the two out to Aprox 1200 yds. So, shoot what you and your Rifle like and shoot Straight. Remember! One shot, one Kill!
PS: Good luck hunting!

 

[FEENIX]

Hello all, after testing numerous factory loads, I have found that my rifle really likes the Barnes Precision Match with the 220gr Match Burner OTM.

1. Does anybody happen to have load data to mimic that particular load and;

2. Does anyone have recommendations on a heavy hunting bullet that may be a good place to start building on to get close to the performance of the Match Burner OTM?

Use this as your baseline, and slowly work up to it. 175 Match Burner BT is also available at Barnes website Load Data section.

Or contact Barnes directly for a recommendation. Good luck!

 

[LongRangeRookie]

My Ruger Precision in 300WM seems to like the Hornady 225 ELDM, which I understand was actually intended for the Hornady 300 PRC, the PRC has a longer throat which accepts the longer 225 ELDM design better than the standard throat in the 300WM from my understanding.
My Ruger Precision has a fairly long throat and magazine which allowed me to push the 225 ELDM out more - I am .020 from the lands and the round still fits in the magazine. From there I can run 74gr of H1000 and after testing for pressure signs that seems to fill the Lapua cases to almost 100% and my velocity shows 2750 fps.

 

[bballard]

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I have 3 different 300 win mags. I shoot the same load in all of them and they all shoot this load 1 MOA or less. The load is a 200 grain Nosler Accubond over 72.5 grains of Reloader 22. (MAX LOAD! Start lower and work your way up). I chose the 200 grainers over the 180's because the 200's have a higher BC and fly flatter. This load has taken bull caribou, bull moose, and whitetail deer. Only recovered a couple bullets from the moose. He was shot right in the shoulder and the bullets were found just under the hide on the opposite side from where he was shot. They were perfect mushrooms! I will probably be changing up this load real soon as I don't believe RL22 will be available again? I have had good luck using IMR 4831 in other loads that I used RL22 with and they have been great. Never had temp sensitivity isssues where I live, hunt, shoot, etc.

 

[K1SSRSS]

Thank you all for the help, I'll get started with these recommendations.

 

[FireFlyFishing]

Sierra has a 220 SMK.

 

[LongRangeRookie]

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I have 3 different 300 win mags. I shoot the same load in all of them and they all shoot this load 1 MOA or less. The load is a 200 grain Nosler Accubond over 72.5 grains of Reloader 22. (MAX LOAD! Start lower and work your way up). I chose the 200 grainers over the 180's because the 200's have a higher BC and fly flatter. This load has taken bull caribou, bull moose, and whitetail deer. Only recovered a couple bullets from the moose. He was shot right in the shoulder and the bullets were found just under the hide on the opposite side from where he was shot. They were perfect mushrooms! I will probably be changing up this load real soon as I don't believe RL22 will be available again? I have had good luck using IMR 4831 in other loads that I used RL22 with and they have been great. Never had temp sensitivity isssues where I live, hunt, shoot, etc.

2 reasons I picked the 225 ELDM for the 300WM - One; the BC was very good (.777) and two; I already had them on hand for another project which fell thru. So the price was right....