Thread: 300 Wby Loads

Originally Posted by bunji

I have used a 300 Wby Mag around the world as my go to LR hunting rifle for over 14yrs & on its second barrel .I never had any urge to get a 300 Wby Mag but a mate had just had a custom one built & had a stroke at 32yrs old & was selling it to pay medical bills so l brought it more to help his young family than anything ,it is now one of my favorite calibers that the advances in bullet design have really put new life into it , what is the velocity "seemed a little low" you are getting ??

You are using completely different components to me so not about to recommend what qty's etc to use, but l can tell you after years of experience in the field sticking holes in animals not paper ,for hunting here l find the Barnes bullets in 165gr/180 TTSX BT shoot great out of my gun .75MOA, but more importantly perform fantastic in the field when taking my preferred shoulder shot, aiming to take out the offside shoulder . Bone crunching is what they do best

The best velocity for them in the field l have found are the 165 doing around the 3250fps & the 180 a bit over 3100fps, working your loads up to around those levels as suits your rifle will see it performing well on everything we hunt here in NZ. Never found the need for using heavy for caliber bullet weights or seeing how big a flame l can get out the barrel on any of my rifles.

My number 1 hunting rifle for about 10yrs was a 300Wby, (Vanguard, wood blued 26") 165 Sierra Gameking Hp over a stout load of 2217 with 215 primer, shot 2 Tahr in line at 300yds and smashed all 4 shoulders once, both dead where they stood, have a vid of a rabbit shot at 30yds with it, rabbit wound up 2 meters up a tree, funny vid to those with a ghoulish sense of humour - one of the rifles I should not have sold! Some bloke out Springston way got it off me, if he was on here I would quite like it back! Nothing it got the trigger pulled on ever needed a second.