Thread: 300wsm heavies

Originally Posted by ANTSMAN

hows those 130 ttsx work on amimals inside 200?

This is a .30 cal 150TTSX @ 300 yds. 3150 fps. They work just fine up close.

In the vid it looks like I hit it a bit back but I was angling for where I wanted the bullet to go. It went right through it and was lodged in the off shoulder (see the pic).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iovPBtIdvRA

Originally Posted by Tahr

This is a .30 cal 150TTSX @ 300 yds. 3150 fps. They work just fine up close.

In the vid it looks like I hit it a bit back but I was angling for where I wanted the bullet to go. It went right through it and was lodged in the off shoulder (see the pic).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iovPBtIdvRA

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wow thats cool !

Originally Posted by Pommy

On that point about brass life... Norma WSM brass is soft as shit and I fuckin wish Lapua would step in and do it properly for them. You'll get ejector stamps the moment you even think about using Norma for a warm load.

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Have you tried Winchester brass Pommy? It's good and hard, and tolerates some warm/hot (over ADI book) loads for my 270WSM. It's borderline too hard though, and I get the odd split neck unless I anneal every 3 firings or so.

Relatively inexpensive too, which is a bonus.

Grant

@hispeedlodrag, that's really good to know. I've not tried it. Cheers

Sound advice cheers, it's a 1:10 barrel so should be good for stabilizing but I like to have mag fit ammo. Wondering if the 175tmks or 178eldms are a better option. They will be seated deep being a remington and not a tikka theres no simple bolt stop and mag mod

You can get a Wyatt extended mag box for your 700. I got Gunworks to grind the bolt stop back. I’ve fitted them to my .284 and 7 saum, mag length is 2.990 now from memory.

I load for my nephews 300 WSM which is a Rem 700. COAL for his rifle for mag fit is 74 mm. I load 69 grs of RL 26 with the 200 gr ELD X for a speed of 2957 fps out of the 24 inch barrel. This load is accurate shooting an inch or less at 100 yds depending on the shooter. It is a excellent killing load nothing moves far after a good hit.

Originally Posted by Mooseman

I load for my nephews 300 WSM which is a Rem 700. COAL for his rifle for mag fit is 74 mm. I load 69 grs of RL 26 with the 200 gr ELD X for a speed of 2957 fps out of the 24 inch barrel. This load is accurate shooting an inch or less at 100 yds depending on the shooter. It is a excellent killing load nothing moves far after a good hit.

That's bloody impressive. Certainly food for thought. I didnt know if anything that big would mag fit so really good to know.

We verified that load at 400 yards, according to the Ballistic chart there would be 17 inches drop and that was what we got so the velocity must be about right. We have also shot this load out to 625 yards on my gong and at 3 liter milk bottles with a good consistency of hits. I don't think I would like to be trying to many shots on animals, it's a long way.

200gr ELD X with 61.5gr RL17 has it doing 2940fps with my WSM. Wicked projectile. Longest shot so far is 690mtrs on a goat, collapsed in a big heap.

Originally Posted by 300wsm for life

200gr ELD X with 61.5gr RL17 has it doing 2940fps with my WSM. Wicked projectile. Longest shot so far is 690mtrs on a goat, collapsed in a big heap.

What length barrel mate? That's bloody impressive

It's a browning A bolt so I think the are 22inch.

If you are limited in Mag length I would look at running a 178 ELD-X or another 180gr
Im using 178gr seated at mag length in one of my wsms and using 208gr ELD-M seated long in the other.

Hornady manual has a load listed for 178gr and Superformance with a max of 69.6gr and +-3100 FPS

Originally Posted by Cooper

If you are limited in Mag length I would look at running a 178 ELD-X or another 180gr
Im using 178gr seated at mag length in one of my wsms and using 208gr ELD-M seated long in the other.

Hornady manual has a load listed for 178gr and Superformance with a max of 69.6gr and +-3100 FPS

Good to know, will be trying this powder. I have 178 eldms and 175tmks to try at present with superperformance and 2209.

Originally Posted by cameronjackwhite

Good to know, will be trying this powder. I have 178 eldms and 175tmks to try at present with superperformance and 2209.

@cameronjackwhite hey mate I've got a handfull of 195 TMK's and 190 Targex projies you can have to try.
PM your address if you want them.