likes or dislikes?

I have the old 300 win mag. Looks to me like velocities are similar. Whats not to like if you can get a 180 grain bullet to go 3000 FPS?

Danny I have a wsm....short case short action I bought off a guy from church. Im absolutely crazy about it. Its a savage model 16 trophy hunter with accu trigger. It feels just like my old remington 700"s

I just wouldn't personally nowdays. Just an expensive lil deal..brass is hard to find ammo is like $60 a box
Other then it being a short action don't see much benefit over a .300 win mag.... Then again I'm not much of a 30cal plus guy.

Buddy has a sako 300wsm and just getting components to load the dang thing is such a chore. But I guess if you shoot less then 20rd a year though it

I really like mine in a Winchester model 70 classic. Brass is hard to find. Ammo about the same price as 300 win mag.

My wife won one at a RMEF banquet in 2009 the same year she drew a KY bull elk tag she is a small lady under five foot tall she was able to shoot it well with a torn rotator cuff that she had operated on after the hunt. The guide had another hunter close by that had a scope that was fogged up and asked if they could use her rifle in less than a half hour her rifle kill two KY elk.
She not taken anything else but she did like her 300 wsm rifle.

My Dad has a 12 year old ss A-bolt in 300wsm. He didn’t shoot it for a long time then his house burned and he lost his 30-06, he has bought another 30-06 but is still shooting the 300. It is a sweet shooting gun in that model at least, he has taken deer, elk, and hog with it and I can’t recall having to track down anything that he has shot. I’m not a fan of larger guns like that for where we hunt they’re over kill in my opinion, but I don’t have anything bad to say about it.

Just paid 24 a box...no biggie.

I have had a couple. Win 70 super grade and a Tikka T3x. Both shot very well and recoil was not bad.

I reload for everything and brass was easy to come by in this area. I still have a 325 WSM. Have enough brass to wear the barrel out.

No disrespect Mr. Wolfdog....

But a guy could buy a 300 WSM with three boxes of ammo and kill elk, moose, and deer for a year or two, for less money than you spent in the last month messing around with some weird caliber.

You are a paper puncher, no shame in that..... but some of us just want a rifle that kills what we point it at.

Good luck,

Pete

Plus- Short action. 3000fps with a 180gr bullet with a bc of .500 and higher = flat shooting.

Minus- one less bullet in the mag.

Mine is a Savage 11. I reload and have enough brass to out last me.
A friend has a Savage 16(?) 300wsm that he had to have re-chambered. It started having brass stick in the chamber after a hundred rounds or so. You could see a ring on the brass about a quarter inch below the shoulder. Even before it started sticking. This was with factory and reloads.

Wow,now that made perfect sense to me. Also no disrespect to wolfie.

I would add that most anything past 30-06 in size isn’t exactly pleasant to fire a bunch at the range.

My 300 WinMag and larger caliber rifles make me happy when they print an acceptable group in three shots, each season.

Ihave no problem with components, cept primers right now. I like the short action, heavy recoil if not using a brake or suppresor.

for me im looking at survival meat.....As Pete and Mike said...ditto!

I changed my Indiana legal .358 WSSM to a .300WSM when they changed our laws and it shoots 165 GN Barnes tipped TSX BT bullets very well and the recoil is not bad at all. I use a suppressor on it too. 300 yards is a guppie shot with it. I don't use it for plinking though.

Have you shot any rabbits with that new rig? I'd like to see how that turns out. And, believe it or not, i have a new phone coming my way today. I might even charge it up.

Lol you DONT!!!! By the way b...does it come with a hand crank?

I have a Tikka 300 wsm. Shoots great, very effective on deer. I shot it for years, my go to deer rifle. I noticed I missed a couple of pretty easy shots and thought I must have knocked my scope off. Shot it at paper and it was still dead on. Went hunting again and missed another one I thought I should have hit. The only thing I can figure is I am flinching anticipating the recoil. It sits in the safe now.

I have a browning A-Bolt 300 WSM with a composite stock and even though it is pretty light it is real easy to shoot. I love the gun and have used it on deer, elk and bear, never a problem. I reload and you can't get anything around here in a store, but I've never had a problem finding components on-line or catalogue. The one draw back is I only get about 5 or 6 shots out of a case before the neck splits.
I used to use a 7mm rem mag in savage 111C. It's a great gun but the 300 WSM kicks less, weighs less and gets the job done. I'm not sure how it can kick less and weigh less but it does.