Thread: 300 Win Mag-150gr vs 180gr

Dive deep, I have a rifle at my house that will out shoot anybody you put behind it. Te only deviation you get with it outside of atmospheric conditions is the human error.

The weapon is probably 1% of the equation. All you have to do is have the right weapon for the situation. Where I make my point is on the general crappy quality of the abilities of the shooter. As with anything, there may be the rare "natural." But for the rest of us mere mortals, it is all about time spent sending lead down range. My rule of thumb has ALWAYS been that a hunter should NEVER take a shot at a distance he has not put a significant amount of time shooting at. I'd say the overwhelming amount of folks in the woods go to the range once a year. They shoot half a box getting sighted in at 100 yards from a sandbag rest on a table and then wonder why they missed that "buck of a lifetime" at 250 yds in the rain with the wind blowing 20 mph from a climber with no rest. Call me crazy but I used to go after season was over and shoot from my climber - especially to my offside. I'd say that over 40 years of deer hunting, I can count on one hand the number of deer I've just flat missed. But then, I'm also prone to pass on marginal shots - another thing a lot of folks don't do.

Kinda like this - give Mickelson a set of off the rack clubs and he's still gonna shoot in the '70s. Give me a set of $3,000 custom fit clubs and I'm still gonna shoot 95-100.

Put a few rounds down range this weekend. Didn't take but a few rounds to dial it with it being bore sighted. 3 of us shot it at all shots were within a 1 1/2" group. At 100yds it's shooting about 1"-1 1/2" high and dead on at 200yds. The rifle shot about as accurate as you could ask for. Has a pretty good recoil but easily toloreable. Probably won't put any 150gr through it this year unless something dictates otherwise.

PNG....as a reloader I realize I have options....if you do decide to go with 150 grain I would sure get something with bonded bullets. That extra velocity can cause bullet blow ups at close range. The 180 grain sierra is one of the most accurate bullets around. I think federal offers a factory load with them. If I were going to try a lighter load it would be the 165 grains. Lots of choices in that weight.

DD...hunting the bean fields of East Arkansas regularly presents us with 300 and 400 yard shots. With an accurate gun shooting an appropriate bullet with a good rangefinder, it really isn't that tough. But we shoot at that range so we know what the drop is and what a crosswind does. Most of all we shoot with a good rest. Practice does help extend ones ethical hunting range.

Sorry, I wrote before I read the whole thread.....

"Kinda like this - give Mickelson a set of off the rack clubs and he's still gonna shoot in the '70s. Give me a set of $3,000 custom fit clubs and I'm still gonna shoot 95-100."

Yep, that sums it up. Even most entry level factory rifles these days will outshoot the human holding it.
Everyone else has given good advice, so I will leave it at that.

Yea Rich that was one of the things I had heard about the 150s. I may expierment with a few rounds after this season.

PNG, I have a Tikka T3 Lite in .270 and it is very accurate. I don't reload but have found that mine likes Hornady Custom factory rounds. I shoot 130 gr. pointed soft points, and it groups 1" at 100 yds. from my Lead Sled.

Originally Posted by TUCK

PNG, I have a Tikka T3 Lite in .270 and it is very accurate. I don't reload but have found that mine likes Hornady Custom factory rounds. I shoot 130 gr. pointed soft points, and it groups 1" at 100 yds. from my Lead Sled.

I almost went with the 270 but I have a Rem 700 in 270 so I went with the 300. With all the reviews I read on the rifle the thing that stands out is the accuracy. Although I hadn't put too many rounds through it yet, it shoots pretty nice. Very smooth action too. Hopefully I'll be able to put a hole in something and see the results.

Tuck, any complaints with yours?

I had a Savage Model 110E in .270 that was a tack driver with just about any 140 grain factory round. I sighted it in 2" high at 100 yard, under 1" groups, and could shoot dead on out to 200 yards, which is the longest I ever shot a deer anyway.
Right now I shoot a 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser still in full military condition (I even have the bayonet), its 93 years old and still shoots one hell of a group at 100 yards even with the open sites!

I shoot Hornady Superformance 150gr GMX out of my Ruger .300 win mag. The bullet is a solid copper alloy with a polymer ballistic tip. This is by far the flattest shooting and most accurate round I have ever encountered in anything I've ever owned. I sight in with a Caldwell lead sled ratchet strapped to the bench. My 3 round groups consistently touch at 100 yards from the bench. I have a tripod on the edge of a corn field where I see deer to my left at 200 yards, to my right at 500 yards, and down the ridge in the woods at 50 yards-all at the same time. This round will deliver more than enough energy to make a clean kill on a deer at the longer ranges. The best price I found was Sportsmans Guide and I bought them when they had free shipping. I would go to a 180gr for muley's or elk.
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