A friend of my dads is wanting to sell mea hunting rifle for a good price. Its a Ruger No.1 with a 3-9 Leupold scope on it. But its a .300 Weatherby not .300 Win Mag. What is the difference in th two calibers? What is a good price for the gun (its about 90% condition)? How hard is it to find ammo?

Its hotter than a win. and it would be a great rifle, buy or let me know I love to buy it. ammo is easy to get, it is higher than most.

I dont think he would sell it to anyone else. The price of the ammo dosnt matter. I would get it for bear hunting in PA. Is it more comparable to a .300 Ultra Mag then a .300 Wim Mag?

the spec data has the weatherby and rem ultra mag at the same fps.
They are both great rounds, as for me Im a weatherby man.

I just called my gunshop and asked what he would pay for one in decent condition and im getting it for alot less then he would give me for it. Im gonna call the guy tonight and go pick it up. I just wantede to make sure i was getting a decent cartridge that i can find. Thanks for the help.

What data is that? I reload for both, and no way you can get a weatherby to shoot a 200gr bullet at 3200fps. But you can with a RUM.

ReTaks:

Using Norma MRP I can pusha 200 gr. bullet 3150 f/s in my friends .300 Wby. Mag. I would not mind owning a .300 RUM or .300 Wby. Mag. Good luck.

I don't have a lot of data on factory ammo for the 300 Weatherby but I would have to say that power wise, it falls right between the 300 Win Mag and 300 RUM. I had one and didn't really like it. In the field, the only place it really beats the 300 Win Mag is recoil. JMO

What is your load? Even Norma does not say they can do that. Thats a rare weatherby. Mine couldn't do that.

Velocity

Bullet
B/C
Velocity (Feet per Second)

Wt. Grains
Bullet Type
Muzzle
100 Yds
200 Yds
300 Yds
400 Yds
500 Yds

150
SP
0.338
3540
3225
2932
2657
2399
2155

150
Partition
0.387
3540
3263
3004
2759
2528
2307

165
SP
0.387
3390
3123
2872
2634
2409
2195

165
BST
0.475
3350
3133
2927
2730
2542
2361

165
Barnes TSX
0.380
3330
3061
2809
2570
2343
2128

180
Accubond
0.507
3250
3051
2861
2678
2503
2335

180
SP
0.425
3240
3004
2781
2569
2366
2173

180
BST
0.507
3250
3051
2806
2676
2503
2334

180
Partition
0.474
3240
3028
2826
2634
2449
2271

200
Partition
0.481
3060
2860
2668
2485
2308
2139

220
Rn-Ex
0.300
2845
2543
2260
1996
1751
1530