i was windering about this gun.
I seen the 300. WSM in the store the other day and feel i love with it. LOL
I guess i will mayb be buying it sometime.

Here are some questions ?
1) Is the recoil on te 300.WSM wrost than a 7mm mag or less than that?

2)Are they a pretty good Deer rifle

3) Is ammo pretty easy to get for this one?

4) Tell me your opnions n this gun.

Well thanks for the help .

Thanks Travis H.

Travis - I don't really have any experience with the round yet, but I am excited about the possibilities. What I think I like most about the concept of the "short magnum" is that it allows a 24" barrel on a magnum gun that is only 1" longer than a .30-06 with a 22" barrel and 1" shorter than a comparable .300 RUM with the same 24" barrel.

I hear, but I don't know for sure, that the recoil generated by the .300 WSM is somewhat less than either the .300 Win Mag or the .300 Wby Mag in guns of the same weight. It is also supposed to be very accurate, and factory ammunition is readily available.

If these things prove to be true, the .300 WSM could prove to be an outstanding all-around North American big-game cartridge. Maybe even better than the predecessors it tries to emulate.

Good Dogwork and Good Hunting

I just bought a Browning Medallion A bolt on 300WSM for my Dad and delivered it last weekend. It has a BOSS so I would say the felt recoil was no more than a 30.06. Wow, does that critter ever bark!!
After bore sighting we got to 1" groups @ 100yds quickly and maintained them. The Winchesster Supreme Silvertips and Supreme Failsafes are available in 150 & 180 grain but be prepared to spend some serious change. $32-36 for 20 round box!Federal is supposed to have a round in the "Premium" brand but I haven't seen any yet.The reason I got him the 300WSM w/ the BOSS was to reduce the recoil as he ain't as young as he thinks he is and the old 300Mag really wallops him.

I have a Browning A-Bolt 300WSM, no Boss. Shooting 1" groups at 100 yards using the 150gr Balistic Silvertips which run $25 at Gander Mountain & Bass Pro. Recoil is less than that of a 7mm. My Brother has a 7mm w/ Boss and the recoil on mine is about the same, maybe a little less. It is definetly not as much as my shotgun with slugs.

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I bought one last winter and used it this weekend to take a 14 point buck, gross score 165 3/8. I bought a Savage, as they were the only company that offered a left-handed rifle in the .300 WSM. Debated the issue on this board with a lot of people before going with it. A lot of people warned me that the recoil couldn't be much less than the .300 Mag, and that a 30 06 would kick less, be just as effective, and have cheaper ammo. They were wrong about the recoil. I'd say it is about the same as an 06. I grew up hunting with a 12 guage for just about everything, and that old shotgun kicks more, so the .300 WSM recoil doesn't bother me at all. Is an 06 just as effective? Probably. My focus is whitetail. I needed a new rifle, as my son started hunting this year. A friend just moved to CO and wants me to come out to hunt elk. I thought I'd get something to use in CO as well. An 06 would've worked fine in CO for elk too, but I just couldn't overlook the ballistics I kept reading about in the magazines. THEY WERE RIGHT ABOUT THE AMMO! I've had trouble finding ammo. A lot of new 300 WSM out there, and between the need for more for target practice and sighting in new rifles, and the fact that most prople don't have ammo from seasons past for this new caliber, means less availability. And, it's more expensive. I've paid $32 for ballistic silvertips, although found them for $24 at Wal-Mart. Still, not cheap! I believe as the popularity rises, and I beleive it will, the ammo will become common, although I'm not prediciting a price reduction. Bottom line - don't be afraid of the recoil. Action variety is limited (if your interested in pump, semi-auto, lever, or left handed rifles, you may have a tough time finding them) although I believe that may change in years to come. Biggest problem so far for me is the price and availabilty of the ammo. I've found it, but you have to look behind the stacks of 06, 270, 308, and 30-30 shells to find them. Good luck!

Booche's

"mossbergnumbers"
If you are "in love",then you are in love and we can't talk you out of getting that lovley cannon no matter what we say.

When Rem came out with the .35 whelen in their 7600 pump I fell for it. Got one in my gun safe now. When I first layed eyes on the T/C Encore 209X50 muzzleloader I swooned. I am taking myn out on a date, to my deer stand, this afternoon.

Don't rush into it. Like I did with that Ruger ranch rifle. After I got her I found she wouldn't shoot the kind of groups I expected so I had to let her go.

The disire for a new gun often defies logical explanations. And perhaps it should be that way.

Robin

it has proper ballistics for taking deer and larger animals, so why not. im not a rifle person myself though i really want a 35whelen and a 45-70. love is a beuatiful things, and so are guns for that matter

propmahn
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