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Posted: 1/8/2002 12:35:40 PM EDT
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I'm wanting to locate some accurate factory .300 WinMag loads. What? & Where? I saw 190gr Federal Gold Medal Match on Ammoman's web site. What does the military or LE use ??? THX |
There are very few (a lot less than .308) match rounds for the .300WM. The Federal is one of the few. I believe that Black Hills load is a good one also. If your guess is correct about the twist, it will probably do fine with the 190s. I really doubt if it will stabilize the 220s enough for good accuracy and it is almost certain that it will not shoot the 240s well. For matches, the military uses a 240 gr. Sierra BTHP MK. I have not seen any official .300WM military anti-personnel round, but I have seen the sniper school guys shooting the Federal 190s on the range. I suspect that the LEs use whatever the department gets approval for. Eric probably has the best price around on the Federal 190 Match. Hope this helps. |
5subslr5: It has been a long time since I had mine built, but that was the ammo they set it up to shoot. They had me get the barrel from Jack Hart, and told me to just tell him who wanted it, and he would send the right one. I believe that it is a 1x9", but I will have to drag it out and measure for you, if I can't find the receipt from Hart. It won't shoot any factory ammo worth beans, because the knuckleheads chambered it with a VERY long throat for the 240s. I have slapped some 190s out and reseated them at the proper length and it does okay with them, but nothing like the 220s and up. Believe it or not, with 240s, that rifle has put 10 rounds into just over 4" at 1000 yards. I have also put 10 220s into 1/4" at 100 meters. Just one barely ragged hole from a shooting machine (the rifle, I was just having a lucky day). |
SF, don't go to the trouble of measuring. It's got to be between 1:7 and 1:9 as that's a pretty heavy (long) bullet to stabalize. 4" at 1,000 - both you and your rifle got lucky !! 
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Long bullet? No lie. Before the public got the 240s (they were initially secretly built by Sierra for the military), the closest you could get was a 250. That damned thing looked even more like a stubby pencil. I'd rather be lucky than good, any day, but that rifle is the closest thing to a guarantee I've ever seen. |
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You can try Hornadays 178gr Tap ammuntion. It did well out of my PSS. 3 shot group of .454 at 100yds and thats with the scope whacking me in the head with every shot. I've changed to a scope with more eye relief now. I have a handload for the same bullet that shoots just as well too. I'm going to work on the 190gr SMKs next. |
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