Does anyone have any data for reduced loads in the 300wm?
I have a friend who bought one and it has turned out to be more than he can handle. He has had the rifle for several years and has fired it only 4 times. It beat him up and he has never shot it again. Instead, he hunts with a beat up old Marlin 336.
It is a real nice Ruger m77 with all the trim and he can not find anything equal to it in an affordable package today. He bought it when they were $300+- and when he saw prices on a new one he about croaked. Literally! I was there and he sputtered and choked a little bit.
I do not want squib loads, I simply want to take the performance down to about 30-06/308 level.
I only have one factory load available in any of my books and that one is still what would be termed a top level 30-06 load, and it still calls for a huge volume of powder. 60 grains of 4350 and a 150 gn bullet. That is still 10 grains above max in a 30-06.
I am thinking that even the bottom end loads in .300wm are going to be more than he can handle and I want to see if anyone else has developed a safe load down around 2600-2700fps level using a faster burning powder.
I am just hoping that this rifle is not like most that I own and wants top velocity for best accuracy. I have a couple that do not shoot their best until I exceed max.
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