300 win mag

[LastResort]

Thinking about getting one. Anybody here own one? A friends old man has one for sale kinda mulling it over...

[mightymanx]

Nice "big" round but they eat barrels. They are toast after about 1k rounds but most people never shoot that much anyway nor are they good enough to notice that the barrel is shot out.

I would say it depends on what you want to do with it.

[LastResort]

Good to know. The gun is mint, less than 100 rounds have been through it. I'll be using it primarily for moose, and maybe deer. I know I wouldn't be putting more than a doezen rounds through it per year.

[Awoke]

Get it if it's a good price. I know multiple hunters who swear by them.

[Dogman]

Good to know. The gun is mint, less than 100 rounds have been through it. I'll be using it primarily for moose, and maybe deer. I know I wouldn't be putting more than a doezen rounds through it per year.

Well if you are any good, you can bag 900 + moose with it, before needing a barrel change! Depending how many sight in shots you take too zero the sights!

One shot = One moose!

;D

[mightymanx]

If it were a good price I would get it as well.

I don't shoot anything near the ranges capable of that rifle other than paper.

I hunt in muzzleloader country, If needed my trusty 45-70

[steyr_m]

6.5×47mm Lapua. It'll give you some good performance, longer barrel life, and a shoulder that won't flinch.

[Tumbleweed]

I lost a lot of hearing in my left ear because a guy I was guiding hunting antelope fired one several times on my left side. He had a muzzle brake that directed the blast to the side. My ear rang like hell for several days but the hearing didn't come back.

[horseshoe3]

I think it's overkill for just about everything. But, there's really nothing wrong with that. Gives you that much more margin of safety and confidence that can translate into calmer, better shots. I have one but don't shoot it. The expense and recoil are more than I care for.

My favorite is a 6.5x55 Swedish. It's not huge, but the Europeans swear by them for moose and elk sized game. I've never shot anything that big, but it is impressive on whitetails. Extremely long 140g bullet at 2800fps yields good results with mild recoil and low cost to load.

[mightymanx]

I think it's overkill for just about everything. But, there's really nothing wrong with that. Gives you that much more margin of safety and confidence that can translate into calmer, better shots. I have one but don't shoot it. The expense and recoil are more than I care for.

My favorite is a 6.5x55 Swedish. It's not huge, but the Europeans swear by them for moose and elk sized game. I've never shot anything that big, but it is impressive on whitetails. Extremely long 140g bullet at 2800fps yields good results with mild recoil and low cost to load.


Yep I understand it sitting around my "Big" go to gun when I was into hunting with modern firearms was a 7mm rem mag,
is a 300 win mag over kill for most NA game?

Probably but the best thing about overkill is, you can't have to much overkill.

[steyr_m]

I think it's overkill for just about everything. But, there's really nothing wrong with that. Gives you that much more margin of safety and confidence that can translate into calmer, better shots. I have one but don't shoot it. The expense and recoil are more than I care for.

My favorite is a 6.5x55 Swedish. It's not huge, but the Europeans swear by them for moose and elk sized game. I've never shot anything that big, but it is impressive on whitetails. Extremely long 140g bullet at 2800fps yields good results with mild recoil and low cost to load.

Yeah, that might be better than the 6.5 x 47 Lapua I mentioned. More common, so there's more ammo and rifles. The Lapua will probably beat it out in long distance shooting.

[steyr_m]

I lost a lot of hearing in my left ear because a guy I was guiding hunting antelope fired one several times on my left side. He had a muzzle brake that directed the blast to the side. My ear rang like hell for several days but the hearing didn't come back.

Sorry to hear about that dude. If I see a guy shooting with a brake, I go behind him. Even with ear-plugs, it can still be loud.

[LastResort]

I had to buy it. Paid a pretty fair price for it. It is going to be a bit overkill, but a guy I hunt whitetail with uses a 300 weatherby. Thats overkill...LOL:) Hes never really done damage to any meat though. The wait till next fall is going to be even longer now though...:( Thanks everyone for your input.

[Dogman]

I had to buy it. Paid a pretty fair price for it. It is going to be a bit overkill, but a guy I hunt whitetail with uses a 300 weatherby. Thats overkill...LOL:) Hes never really done damage to any meat though. The wait till next fall is going to be even longer now though...:( Thanks everyone for your input. Do you reload?

[LastResort]

Do you reload?

No I don't. Not near enough hours in a day to get into that. I won't be firing many rounds through it so expensive ammo shouldn't be an issue.

[Awoke]

Seriously, you hit it in the vital chest cavity, who cares how much damage it causes? All that goes to coyotes and birds anyways. Just don't hit anywhere else, or you'll lose meat! LOL