George

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Shoot straight, shoot often, but by all means, use enough gun!

(1) The 22" barrel is too short for the .300 magnum rechambering to give you a meaningful improvement in velocity.

(2) You have to rework the bolt face.

(3) You have to alter the magazine feed rails.

(4) You have to get a longer magazine box (if you want to take advantage of the magnum cartridge) and a wider box (if you want more than two shells to fit in the magazine), which probably means altering the magazine cut in the stock.

(5) You will need a new magazine follower.

(6) With the cost of all of this, you could pick up a pretty decent used .300 or even a .338 Winchester during the off season.

Besides, if you do all of this, your daddy's gun has been screwed with to the point that it no longer holds the sentiment that it did.

You will save money and the 300 you get will be worth more than a made up rifle.

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Ray Atkinson

ray@atkinsonhunting.com
atkinsonhunting.com

The question I have in this day and age is why go with a 30/.338 win mag? I have a reamer for it because I acquired it with a large number of them. It was a very popular wild cat after the .338 came out and before the .300 emerged in 63. But what possible gain does it have over a .300 Winchester. I know one fellow here locally who had one done recently and he could give me no plausible explanation. Wildcats are like last winters dog poop pile when it comes to getting rid of them. Well not quite that bad but you just drastically cut your market.

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Originally posted by Customstox:
I agree with most of you here in respect to the reduced gain over the 06 with a 22" barrel. You will still gain considerably and I would opt for a 24" in most cases. The gain from 24 to 26 becomes a lot smaller than the shorter lengths (law of diminishing returns kicking in). Sell the 06 and buy a .300 win mag. Oops, missed the part about not selling it. Buy the 300 or do the job with a new barrel, or look on gun list for a Remington take off barrel in .300 and have that fitted, have the bolt modified (lot cheaper than a new one), new follower, magazine box is the same as 06, and have a smith make it feed.

The question I have in this day and age is why go with a 30/.338 win mag? I have a reamer for it because I acquired it with a large number of them. It was a very popular wild cat after the .338 came out and before the .300 emerged in 63. But what possible gain does it have over a .300 Winchester. I know one fellow here locally who had one done recently and he could give me no plausible explanation. Wildcats are like last winters dog poop pile when it comes to getting rid of them. Well not quite that bad but you just drastically cut your market.

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For most shooters the 300Win is more practical, but I am not like most shooters. I researched this wildcat on several different forums and several smiths. Here is what I came up with and yes all these points are debatable so have at it to prove your manhood:

1 Less recoil

2 Handles the longer bullets easier

3 Inherently accurate.

4 A simple wildcat, brass is cheap and available

5 I like some wildcats

Now if you disagree, give Chris at Pac-Nor Barreling(541-469-7330) and talk it over with him. Chris, his son and all the shop employees shoot this old wildcat as their primary elk gun every fall. I feel this speaks for the cartridge. sure-shot

P.S. I don't worry about re-sale value, if the cartridge sucks I'll rebarrel or rechamber - its not a problem.