24 January 2010, 09:11
woods300/375 Ruger
Anyone playing with necking down the 375 Ruger case to a 30 caliber yet? Seems like it would be a 300 win mag without a belt.
And that might be a good thing.
24 January 2010, 20:04
jeffeossowoods,
thats a big case.. and that combo would be closer to beltess 300 weatherby
24 January 2010, 22:16
woodsYou making one yet jeffe?
A beltless 300 Wtby would not be a bad thing if you had custom dies made at the same time. Just neck down a 375 Ruger case.
Could you make one by rechambering a 300 win mag or would you have to set the barrel back?
25 January 2010, 00:51
jeffeossoshould be able to rechamber a 300 win .. hmm, i got a 300 win on a 1903 high number ..
what i would do it run it at 300win vels, and lower pressure
what i think would ROCK would be a 338/375 ruger .. 340 webby in a standard length OR 338 winmag lower pressure
25 January 2010, 00:59
jeffeossohmm, laying over between them, it would be dicey to not do a setback .. it MIGHT, but then again, might not, clean up the shoulder .. the ruger would be wider at the shoulder, so it MIGHT.. it really MIGHT, but it could also have a bump??
its about the same size as a HH improved, or roughly the same capacity as a webby case ..
i wonder.. if you took that bigger case, necked to .338, and run at 45k-50k psi, rather than 63,500, and if it wouldn't kick LESS
25 January 2010, 01:11
woodsYou're right, that would rock, but I already have a 338RUM, so that wouldn't float my boat as much as a beltless 300 that would push a 200 gr Accubond with ease at 3000 fps and without a muzzle brake.
I have a 300 win mag Mato that has a Lothar Walthar barrel that shoots good but I am thinking if it is just a rechamber then that would be fairly inexpensive.
What would you recommend for dies? Lee would make a collet neck sizer and Redding would make a body die.................Hmmmm