What the heck is a 300 Tejas and why would anybody want one? What will it do that 300RUM or 30-378Wby won't do? Why do all the super high velocity 30s all seem to revolve around 160-180gr bullets? Wouldn't it seem pertinent that they send 200-250grnrs at 300Win 150 velocity?


Andy

There was a time when an 06' was considered a screamer. Innovation is obviously good, but for the last 10-15 years there has definately been a plateau. New rounds that duplicate another on paper. Doing so in a more efficient manner might mean a couple hundred more rounds of barrel life. Is there a gap between Warbird and 30 Cody ? For the record, I've never wild-catted, just find it interesting.

300 Tejas must really be an unknown. 85 views and only one comment. I suppose because you can shoot 30 RUM in a bind that makes this a "great" Chamber. To me a couple hundred feet extra isn't worth it. Become a better stalker and learn to get closer to your intended game.

Sasquatch

Tejas Cartridge Company, Inc.

Boddington reviews this in Guns And Ammo this month. He makes some interesting observations on it.

http://www.cc-arms.com/tejas/



Same headspace at neck-1 as the 300 RUM, 50-degree shoulder angle and zero case-body taper?

Obviously and "IMPROVED" 300 RUM.


Wild claims:
Proprietary wildcat claims usually are.

Hmmmmmm Let's see in an 06 type case for every 4% of capacity increase you get 1% velocity. In a magnum case even less. So by reducing the taper you magically gain 12% velocity.

Let's see Hornady list 3260 for the Wmag, Weatherby lists 3350 for the 300 Wby which would have less capacity than the Rum. Even Weatherby only list 3450-3500 for the 30-378 which is going to have a lot more capacity than the Tejas.

If you create it and I guess you can call the numbers what you want. Wouldn't bet any on that one.

Random thoughts...

Even in a 300 Win Mag, I like the 200 grain bullet for bigger game...

I have had great results on elk, and actually even on red fox at 350 yards with the 200gr Trophy Bonded Bearclaw bullet.

But actually I tend to be a heavy for calibre bullet kind of guy.

Even with premium bullets, I have never seen any failures with heavier bullets.

The Cross Canyon Arms Shop is just up the road from me and I've stopped by there a couple of times and talked with Brad (the inventor of the Tejas line). He created the Tejas line based off a 60 degree shoulder instead of a 40 like PO Ackley. The concept of the chamberings are the same though: fire a standard cartridge in the improved chamber to fire form.

The only two cartridges of of the Tejas line that I've thought about would be a 375 Ruger Tejas or a 7X375 Ruger Tejas. Hope this helps a little.

I guarantee you a 168gr Berger goes faster than 3200 in a 300 RUM....they do better than that in a 300 Win mag. Somebody has been smoking real good weed. I would bet the Tejas won't do more than 100-150fps over the 300 RUM...and I am being generous. I bet getting that sharp shoulder cost you a few reloads per case too.