Short barrel 300wsm

05 June 2012, 03:15

brent ebeling

Short barrel 300wsm

I am thinking of building up a 300wsm for some of my longer range hunting, to me that means out to 600 yards. Please no pissing matches about you should never shoot pass 100 yards.

I will probably slide. It into a bell and Carlson tactical or possibly and AICS 2.0. The bell weighs about 2# less. Was hoping to keep barrel length to 22" maz, maybe less if I could get by with it. I would shoot nothing more than a 169 gr Barnes TSX, which I currently shoot out of my win mag at 3165. I could possibly drop down to 130 gr in the cutting bullet raptors.

Anybody anything similar or have any idea if I can keep my speed a ove 3000 fps with a 168?

05 June 2012, 04:58

R Flowers

Why you would want a 300 WSM with a barrel that short kind of eludes me, but if that's what you want, go for it.

I own two Remington 700's chambered in 300WSM. One has a 24 inch barrel and with 168 grain Barnes TSX bullets I get 3100 fps. The other one has a 26 inch barrel and with the same load I get 3150 fps.

So, I see no reason you could not expect 3000 or a little more with 168 grain Barnes bullets.

Both of my 300 WSM rifles shoot best with H 4350 powder and Fed 215M primers.

05 June 2012, 05:35

ar corey

You could probably get away with 21" barrel on that case. Check into the 168 TTSX, better B.C.

Depends what powder you want to run. Hogdon Superformance is available.

05 June 2012, 06:02

brent ebeling

[QUOTE]Originally posted by R Flowers:
Why you would want a 300 WSM with a barrel that short kind of eludes me, but if that's what you want, go for it.

I own two Remington 700's chambered in 300WSM. One has a 24 inch barrel and with 168 grain Barnes TSX bullets I get 3100 fps. The other one has a 26 inch barrel and with the same load I get 3150 fps.

So, I see no reason you could not expect 3000 or a little more with 168 grain Barnes bullets.

Both of my 300 WSM rifles shoot best with H

4350 powder and Fed 215M primers.[/QUOTE

I have gone down the road with long barrels, shoot my old warbirds had a 27" barrel, did not fit AI scabbard very well. T
He long barrels are. Ore of a pain in the but when fighting thru alders getting up above timber. I want a tactical stock in order to have adjustable cheek weld and length of pull for when you may be shooting in one layer and then another hunt in several layers. Short barrel short stock will fit nicely into my eberlstock and head up the mountain.

Thanks for your comments.

05 June 2012, 06:03

brent ebeling

quote:
Originally posted by brent ebeling:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by R Flowers:
Why you would want a 300 WSM with a barrel that short kind of eludes me, but if that's what you want, go for it.

I own two Remington 700's chambered in 300WSM. One has a 24 inch barrel and with 168 grain Barnes TSX bullets I get 3100 fps. The other one has a 26 inch barrel and with the same load I get 3150 fps.

So, I see no reason you could not expect 3000 or a little more with 168 grain Barnes bullets.

Both of my 300 WSM rifles shoot best with H

4350 powder and Fed 215M primers.[/QUOTE

I have gone down the road with long barrels, shoot my old warbirds had a 27" barrel, did not fit a scabbard very well.
THe long barrels are a pain in the but when fighting thru alders getting up above timber. I want a tactical stock in order to have adjustable cheek weld and length of pull for when you may be shooting in one layer and then another hunt in several layers. Short barrel short stock will fit nicely into my eberlstock and head up the mountain.

Thanks for your comments.

05 June 2012, 06:42

tom holland

I've got a 300WSM with 26" long Kreiger barrel and with 168gr TSX I'm over 3200fps and I'm 3159fps with 168gr E-Tip. the other 300WSM has a 24" long Boughton 5c barrel that barrels little faster than the Kreiger barrel.

If you look at Barnes data for the 300WSM they use 24" long barrel with 168gr TSX and their velocity range from 2976fps to a max of 3148fps.

Hard to say what you get with 22" long barrel and I think lot depends on who's barrel your using and the twist used.