Thread: 300 Win Mag or 300WSM?

First question “what is your main intended use?”
And 2nd questions ....
Hunting ? Bush or tops ? Or mix? Multi day missions ? Truck hunting ? Target species ? Reds? Tahr? Fallow ? What range are you expecting to shoot on animals?

If mostly using for hunting and you plan on lugging it around the hills on foot then go WSM. You can buy or build a light weight shorter bbl wsm that will cover most hunting situations out to sensible ranges ( 600 - 700 yds). However you need to bear in mind recoil and muzzle blast with any 300 magnum and your ability to shoot accurately in that scenario, and more so with light weight set ups.

The WM comes into its own with the heavy weight high BC pills now available but to get the best from these you need a 26in bbl and reload. The weight and length of the WM to me makes it pretty unattractive to hump around the hills, let alone bush bashing with it.

Have owned both but now only WSM. Recoil and muzzle blast on WSM is more tolerable, but for either you need a good can or brake. Brake better for taming recoil but ups the noise and blast. The recoil on WSM is shorter/sharper but still preferable to the WM in my experience. The muzzle blast on most WMs I’ve been close to when fired is “unpleasantness”
I run 180 Berger EH in my WSM with Hyb100V doing 3040 fps 24in bbl, that will cover everything out to 800 yds or more if you wanted.

Have you thought about the good ol 3006?