weatherby 300 mag question

[dave300wby]

hello,

i have a 300 wby vangaurd mag. i had a leupold 6.5x20 50 mm scope mounted.
anyone know the best bullet for long range shooting? if you have a 300wby how does it do in the long range field? if so how accurate were the groups you shot and what was the yardage?

[handloader1]

I think I would try Federal 180 gr. Sierra GameKing BTSP's, or Rem. 190 gr. PSP boat-tail's. Good luck.

[diyj98]

You'll have to do some testing to determine the best long range bullet for your particular rifle. Those 180's handloader1 mentioned are probably a good place to start, but don't fail to try a few different bullet weights as well.

[eldeguello]

ORIGINAL: dave300wby
hello,
i have a 300 wby vangaurd mag. i had a leupold 6.5x20 50 mm scope mounted.
anyone know the best bullet for long range shooting? if you have a 300wby how does it do in the long range field? if so how accurate were the groups you shot and what was the yardage?

Hey Senor, you didn't say if you were a handloader or not. If you are, the best long-range bullets for a magnum, like the .300 Weatherby are the 200-grain spitzers like the Nosler Partition, or perhaps even better today would be the new Nosler 200-grain Accubond! It has the same ballistic poroperties as the Nosler Ballistic Tip bullets, but with the bonded core, will hold together much better. So even at magnum velocities at close range it will not blow up like other non-bonded bullets. If your gun will shoot them accurately, that's the bullet I'd choose!

If your rifle is as accurate as most Vanguards, it should be fine as a long-range rifle!

If you don't handload, find a custom ammo maker, and have him develop a load for you with the 200-grain Accubond!!

[cherokee_outfitters]

Dave,

In the weatherby class of velocity I would use a heavier bullet like the 180gr. Push it around 3000fps or a little more and your have a nice flat shooting gun and it won't be so fast that you are just blowing through the animal. I'm a tragectory kind of guy but there is a such thing as too fast for hunting bullets. Stay in the medium and it will preform just fine.

What comes to mind in what you want would be the 190gr boattail. Pick a few up and see how your rifle likes them.

I have just found a very sleek bullet that is perfect for 300Mags. I have a few nice loads for my 300RUM, but think I have found my do it all bullet. 180gr barnes TSX. Will stay together on just about any velocity. has a BC around .5 or greater. The new ones fouls less than my 180gr partitions. Very easy to handload due to uniform lengths.

Only draw back so far is they changed the recipie a tad. Instead of 3 rings they have 4 and moved the Ogive out further. So now my .7" groups with 88gr of RL25 turned into 2" groups at 200 yards. I am still working on the load.

With this you can target shoot, and use the same load for Elk, Moose or whatever and never have to worry about the bullet failing on you with very little fouling.

[Worc]

Dave, I use the Weatherby brand ammo as I'm not a hand loader. The most accurate round for me has been the 165 gr. Nosler Ballistic Tip. Two other good ones that I've tried are the Nosler Partition (180 gr.) and Barnes-X (180 gr.) I don't have my records on hand as to any groups. If my memory serves me right. The last time I shot I had just under a five inch group (3 shot) at 400 yards off the bench. It'll shoot sub MOA all day at 100 yards. I have a Weatherby Mark V Deluxe with 26" barrel and no brake.

The gun and ammo will lay down better groups than I can.