Thread: Do i need a 300 win mag?

hell im buying it

Originally Posted by Carlsen Highway

Of course you need a .300 Win Mag.
But, well, if its got a suppressor on it, then it will have a shorter barrel than a .300 Win Mag needs, which means you are just buying a .30/06. I'm sorry but somebody had to say it. Your paying a lot of money for something my .30/06 can do.

how much barrel do you think it needs?

Originally Posted by muka88

hell im buying it

Told ya.

Originally Posted by muka88

how much barrel do you think it needs?

Its a big cartridge with a lot of powder, 24 imches minimum and many factory versions in this chambering are 26 inches. There is little point in having a short barrel on a magnum calibre.

Cut it to 14" and put a muzzle brake and limbsaver on it.

The short answer is yes buy it, the 300 Win Mag is like a 3006 on steroids. It is super efficient near and far. I have a Tikka in 300 Win Mag and if I could only own one rifle that would be it. My current load is a 200 gr ELD X at 2900 fps and it's accurate. Mine isn't suppressed but has a limb saver pad on it and it is fine to shoot, probably a bit much for a big range session but to sight in and hunt with no problems.When you place a bullet in the right place the animal will go nowhere but down.

Originally Posted by Mooseman

When you place a bullet in the right place the animal will go nowhere but down.

But isn't that with all calibers?

If money and safe space is not an issue then yeah why not haha

Originally Posted by Carlsen Highway

Its a big cartridge with a lot of powder, 24 imches minimum and many factory versions in this chambering are 26 inches. There is little point in having a short barrel on a magnum calibre.

To a point. A 20 inch 300mag will still outperform a 20 inch 30 06. In fact it will likely outperform a 24inch 30-06, but in a shorter barrel.

Hence the point of a shorter barreled magnum

Well, sure. But that's sort of like saying Gareth Morgan wouldn't have a speech impediment if he didn't talk funny.

My .30/06 with a normal barrel and his .300 Win Mag with a 20 inch barrel and a suppressor and you are still going to need hearing protection to shoot both of them. Anyway, we are speculating about the length of his barrel. It may not be short.

No. You do not need a 300 Win Mag.


However, if you WANT a 300 Win Mag and can SHOOT IT EFFECTIVELY then go farken hard.

Personally wouldn't but who cares really, it is your choice alone. Fuck the calibre battles, none are better than any other. They simply do what they were developed to do within the limitations of the design.

Originally Posted by Carlsen Highway

Well, sure. But that's sort of like saying Gareth Morgan wouldn't have a speech impediment if he didn't talk funny.

My .30/06 with a normal barrel and his .300 Win Mag with a 20 inch barrel and a suppressor and you are still going to need hearing protection to shoot both of them. Anyway, we are speculating about the length of his barrel. It may not be short.

Yeah but the one with a suppressor does way less damage to you hearing when shooting without earpro. Horses for courses, each to their own.

And yeah it could be a 26incher plus a can, in which case it will be fast, quiet and a pig to carry ��

Buy it and shoot it. If it’s hits we’re you aim keep it if it doesn’t shoot sell it.

I had a dose of the 300 magnum bug in the 90s in SA. Didn't last long. Even after I'd got on top of the recoil, I found the shooting experience became an ordeal rather than fun. Having shot animals with .243 as a youngster, then various Mauser action cartridges, and the usual .308s, .270s etc, I couldn't detect any tangible difference to the way the animals fell over when shot with the magnum. Primarily because I couldn't see them after the shot, too busy trying to control the muzzle flip.

Like big loud live axle V8s, short piped Harleys, screaming rotaries, death metal and Tannerite Exploding Rifle Targets, a 300 Win Mag is fun for a while, then it becomes kinda meh.

Sure, buy it, shoot big loud heavy kicking bangs and have some fun, but my bet based on my experience and that of my rellies & mates around the world, is that you'll end up selling it. At a loss!