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Posted: 7/4/2018 6:19:48 PM EDT
[Last Edit: rakkasan1187]
Hey guys Im looking to buy a Tikka T3x Tactical 300 win mag rifle. It has a 23.7" barrel with 1:11 twist according to euro optic. What would be some factory loads that would give me a full powder burn, giving me good accuracy, and great ballistics for hunting? I don't reload. I was eyeing up the Hornady 200gr ELD X ammo.
Ive read some articles that 22" barrels lose no velocity over the longer barrels when using faster burning powders. I will be using this mostly for hunting, including some long range hunting, and target shooting 1000 yards and beyond. Im new to this and wanted to see what the experts recommend. Thanks! |
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Posted: 7/4/2018 10:03:03 PM EDT
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Honestly you'll just have to buy a bunch of different stuff and get a chronograph to decide what will be the most efficient.
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Posted: 7/5/2018 1:54:19 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By rakkasan1187:
Hey guys Im looking to buy a Tikka T3x Tactical 300 win mag rifle. It has a 23.7" barrel with 1:11 twist according to euro optic. What would be some factory loads that would give me a full powder burn, giving me good accuracy, and great ballistics for hunting? I don't reload. I was eyeing up the Hornady 200gr ELD X ammo. Ive read some articles that 22" barrels lose no velocity over the longer barrels when using faster burning powders. I will be using this mostly for hunting, including some long range hunting, and target shooting 1000 yards and beyond. Im new to this and wanted to see what the experts recommend. Thanks! The problem is you don't use faster powders with 300WM loads especially with the heavier bullets. Most of those articles are worked to make it look great but when loading as a 300WM should you do lose velocity but that said it's still moving plenty fast enough with a 24" barrel. As mentioned though you need to buy the ammo and chrono it in your rifle as no one here can tell you what the ammo will do in your rifle. The Hornady load you mentioned though is a good place to start. Also the 195 ELD load would be a good target load for practice if you didn't want to use the 200grn load on paper and steel. BCs between the two are close. |
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Posted: 7/28/2018 2:40:09 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ballisticxlr]
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Easy, look for light-ish bullets and if they'll let you handle a round, shake it. High energy fast burning powders will be used in smaller doses. If you shake a round and can tell there's powder shifting around in there (like quite a bit) then you know they've not got that much in there. Look for around 125-150gn (for CPX2 type game) bullets. You should not experience much in the way of velocity loss over a 24" pipe either way (much meaning some huge number, there will be some loss but it won't matter at hunting ranges, even at LONG range hunting distances, they're still not that far away).
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Posted: 8/23/2018 1:42:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ballisticxlr:
Easy, look for light-ish bullets and if they'll let you handle a round, shake it. High energy fast burning powders will be used in smaller doses. If you shake a round and can tell there's powder shifting around in there (like quite a bit) then you know they've not got that much in there. Look for around 125-150gn (for CPX2 type game) bullets. You should not experience much in the way of velocity loss over a 24" pipe either way (much meaning some huge number, there will be some loss but it won't matter at hunting ranges, even at LONG range hunting distances, they're still not that far away). |
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Posted: 1/31/2019 3:01:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BoxofRox:
You're suggesting he use 125gr to 150gr bullets for hunting with his 300wm? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BoxofRox:
Originally Posted By ballisticxlr:
Easy, look for light-ish bullets and if they'll let you handle a round, shake it. High energy fast burning powders will be used in smaller doses. If you shake a round and can tell there's powder shifting around in there (like quite a bit) then you know they've not got that much in there. Look for around 125-150gn (for CPX2 type game) bullets. You should not experience much in the way of velocity loss over a 24" pipe either way (much meaning some huge number, there will be some loss but it won't matter at hunting ranges, even at LONG range hunting distances, they're still not that far away). |
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Posted: 2/4/2019 12:02:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BuschLatte:
Not sure why you are suprised by this, no one mentioned what kind of hunting and people hunt elk with 6.5s that have bullets in that range. I personally don't, but some do. Especially antelope, coyotes, wolves, deer. I wouldn't have a problem with it at all. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BuschLatte:
Originally Posted By BoxofRox:
Originally Posted By ballisticxlr:
Easy, look for light-ish bullets and if they'll let you handle a round, shake it. High energy fast burning powders will be used in smaller doses. If you shake a round and can tell there's powder shifting around in there (like quite a bit) then you know they've not got that much in there. Look for around 125-150gn (for CPX2 type game) bullets. You should not experience much in the way of velocity loss over a 24" pipe either way (much meaning some huge number, there will be some loss but it won't matter at hunting ranges, even at LONG range hunting distances, they're still not that far away). ie: 6.5 CM with a 143 ELD-X, 30-06 with 165 or heavier bullet etc etc |
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