Thread: Moving up in calibre - 300 Win, 300 WSM, 7mm RM or there?

Just read your first post properly haha
270 will do everything you need.
Good accurate ammo, practice and a reliable scope is all you need.
Back in the day a couple of mates I hunt with use to shoot out to 500 with ease with a basic leupold vx2 4 -12 and range find binos. They would know how many inches the pill would drop and just use the hold over method.
Old school aye but they didn't often miss

just saw you using factory ammo only, in that case id go one of the PRC's if you want to step up. not much ammo available for them but at least what you do find is usually set up for long range

But honestly, if you want to move away form the 270 and you don't reload and don't want a 308 that btw can do the ranges you anyway then the most sensible pic for the range you want to shoot id say actually a 6.5 creedmoor.

Or just buy the sst superformance, hornady precision hunter for your 270 and go hunting.

Yea the reason for parting with the 270 is that its an older rifle that isn't quite as accurate as I want. I figure if I am buying a new rifle then it's a good time to change calibre and future proof myself as I get more into longer range shooting

Originally Posted by jpurdon

Yea the reason for parting with the 270 is that its an older rifle that isn't quite as accurate as I want. I figure if I am buying a new rifle then it's a good time to change calibre and future proof myself as I get more into longer range shooting

If I was you and only because you are running factory ammo stay with the .270 or Creedmoor or 7-08 the 300 mag and PRC are a massive jump in horse power.
I've just sold my 7prc and are sticking with my 6.5 Creedmoor which will handle everything I hunt out to 600M.

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The 280ai is a absolute ripper, sold my Rem mag after getting it. Pushes the 162's just as fast as the 7mmRM did with less powder and recoil. Definitely a calibre to look at if you're looking at a new rifle. If you have alot of 270win brass you can fire form those to 280ai.

I went down this path years ago. Started with a 308 went to 300wsm. Had a WSM for close to 20yrs. Shot deer from 20m to 750m. A great caliber to own, my favorite was 200g eld x. I have now gone back to a 308 as I wanted a change again. I can still shoot to 500m comfortably.

wonder how the factory hotter ammunition would go in longer faster twist barrel..... would sure be interesting to know..Im picking it would be nipping on heels of other cartridges more usually used longish range.

Wait for tikka to release the 7prc.

If I was doing it again I’d get 300wsm and have the throat modified for heavy bergers.

If you're not reloading I'd go one of the PRC cartridges. These are optimized for modern heavy for calibre ELD type projectiles and will have a better selection of factory offerings going forward. Not to say the older cartridges won't do the same job but it's often a case of reloading to get the results you need.

Jeez this could go on forever!
But hey
I'm here now so.......
7mm PRC.

Less recoil than the 30 cal variants, accurate, with good factory ammo available.
The 6.5's will get you where you want now, but if you want to reach out further later with any breeze, the 7mm will help.

All 3 cartridges you've described will be more than adequate along with several others. Pick the cartridge you like the look of, you don't tip ugly strippers.

6.5PRC is more than capable at the distances you mention but with a lot less recoil

With the development of modern slippery bullets and faster twist barrels on factory rifles I can see the writing on the wall for the big magnums in all but specialised use.

There's a general trend of people trading down from raw oomph rather than up and going to faster twist .243's and the likes and sticking decent glass on them.

This ^^

The likes of 300WM/300WSM/7RM can be made to work incredibly well if your handloading / doing a custom rifle, but in factory form using factory ammo, with the larger cals your dealing with considerably more recoil for not a huge amount of gain. Not that im a huge fan of the 6.5PRC but its really not far behind a 7RM @ 500yd, with a lighter bullet and noticeably less recoil.

6.5 PRC Hornady Precision Hunter 143gr ELDX - 2248fps 1604ftlb @ 500yd

7 Rem Mag Hornady Precision Hunter 162gr ELDX - 2220fps 1772ftlb @ 500yd

300 WM Hornady Precision Hunter 200gr ELDX - 2157fps 2066ftlb @ 500yd

300 WSM Hornady Precision Hunter 200gr ELDX - 2106fps 1969ftlb @ 500yd

If I do it again I would stay either 300wsm or 300wm. I'm a suckered for 30 cals. Below is what the 200g ELD x was doing out of my rifle.