Which Factory 300 would you pick?

[Dosh]

I'd give the tikka t3 a look... I just had my 270 out today and she was dumping .3 to .4 moa groups. I doubt the rifle weighs 8# scoped.

Lefty, good to know. Just bought a T-3 for my grandson in.270.

 

[Gord0]

IMO Bear hunter good looking rifle but 300wm performance will suffer from 21" barrel.

In savage line long range hunter is good choice
Remington American Wilderness Rifle
Tikka t3x with B&C stock
Howa 1500 300wm cerakote barreled action combined with HS precision stock
Bergara B14

Didn't even realize that it was a 21" barrel! Yeah a 300 would definitely be a bit of a flamethrower in that. It would probably make the 7lbs though.

 

[Lefty7mmstw]

Lefty, good to know. Just bought a T-3 for my grandson in.270.

p.m. me if you want load data... this rifle was EASY to tune and has multiple sub moa loads

 

[orangediablo]

Why not look at Sako A7? they are on sale now at Cabelas for $1000. Stainless, under 7#, no floor plate, but a mag instead. Accuracy shouldn't be a concern.

 

[middleofnowhere]

I asked a similar question on rokslide and built a matrix Decison: New 300 WM LOL

I abandoned the idea of a win mag and ended up getting a ridgeline in 30 nosler because of the price for 10 boxes of ammo at Midway. I was looking real hard at the Mesa, Montana and Extreme Weather. Nice rifles.

 

[MudRunner2005]

My suggestion... Any rifle but a Savage, Weatherby, or mid-2000's and newer Winchester would be your best bet.

My personal opinion is go buy a Rem 700 5R Milspec 26" .300 WinMag... You won't find a more accurate out-of-the-box rifle. The only downside is the newer Remington trigger suck, and you will want to replace it immediately with a Jewell, Timney, Trigger-Tech, etc...

 

[ohiohunter]

Useless without pictures.

 

[MudRunner2005]

Useless without pictures.

If you're talking to me, then I have posted pictures on this site many times of my 5R rifles (I have 2, a .308 Win and .300 WInMag) accuracy.

Here's the .308 Win with a 1.286" 24-shot group, and a .313" 3-shot group... I don't have any pics for the .300 WinMag.

The 1.594" measurement was before the final correction by subtracting .308, so it was actually 1.286"...

 

[ohiohunter]

I know the 5r's reputation, they are running a sale on them plus $150 rebate. $650 for the 308 after rebate. I was talking about the ridge line 28 nos.

 

[middleofnowhere]

I know the 5r's reputation, they are running a sale on them plus $150 rebate. $650 for the 308 after rebate. I was talking about the ridge line 28 nos.

The 30 Nosler will have a green stock. It's supposed to be to me before end of July. I'll post pics and weight when I get it.

 

[ohiohunter]

The 30 Nosler will have a green stock. It's supposed to be to me before end of July. I'll post pics and weight when I get it.

Just googled it. Wow, that is an attractive price tag.

 

[MH WASH]

Thanks for all the input fellas. Today I picked up a slightly used Winchester Extreme Weather. Looking forward to working up loads for it.

 

[smithjasona1978]

Weatherby.
The QC is great. I have a new one and looked at several. They were all perfect. Triggers are good too.

 

[Nomosendero]

I know the 5r's reputation, they are running a sale on them plus $150 rebate. $650 for the 308 after rebate. I was talking about the ridge line 28 nos.

Who has them on sale ?