Found a #1B in 300wby with absolutely fantastic lumber and couldn't resist. It has a brake, which turned out to be ok (prone you still know you pulled the trigger)and maybe the best trigger in a #1 I have ever had. The thought was to see if I could get Berger VLDs to shoot as none of my bolt guns in the Weatherby care for them. I mounted a Leupold 4.5-14x40LR with fine duplex and went to the pit some tried and trues just to see how the gun shoots. Amazing. 180 grain B-tips, 165 Sciroccos, 168 TTSXs, all shot nice tight little groups. I guess I have never had a #1 that wouldn't shoot, but I haven't ever had one that would shoot anything I put in it. I am anxious to get started with the Bergers.

It has been pretty hot to shoot, but a couple of things. I switched to a Vortex Viper 4-16x44 on the ol No 1 and FINALLY am comfortable! The eye relief and length of tube allow me a perfect sight picture without straining forward. The result was very positive. Bergers do shoot well from a 300Wby at a very long OACL. I did find that I had to bump my powder charge. My starting load that was not far below max book was a little sooty around the neck. Now, unfortunately, with the experiment mostly complete I am bored already with this rifle. I just don't really have a need for 300wby shooting 185 grain Bergers.

What in the heck does need have to do w/ it ?
I built a 6.5 x 300 WBY on a #1. After I got my loads worked up, it's pretty impressive ! Did I need it ?
Hell no. And ? So ?

Well ya, I got it just out of curiosity, but I seldom hunt with 2 tons of muzzle energy, but when I do, I have a Mark V in 300 Wby that is the gun would always choose. This one is now destine to sit in the safe. And. So.

I guess not destined for the safe. I found that 165 grain Sciroccos in one hole could not be left at home so I brought this rifle out to South Dakota deer hunting. I killed my Mule buck at 417 yards with a single hole 3 inches over the heart. A 265 pound 4x4 went stiff legged and tipped. 3 days later my father in-law knocked over his at 225 yards with a chest shot that came out the opposite hip. Not a step. I may never hunt with another rifle. I believe I have finally found true love!

It's hard to beat a 300Wby, Shot one for 25 years
until my shoulder rebelled. Now I use a 257Wby SS
Luxus Arms a wonderful light kicking gun. I consider it a fine deer rifle.
Fred M.

I killed my first two elk many years ago with a 270 Ruger #1. If ever there has been a rifle that will gitter done and still look and feel like a rifle should feel the ruger number one is it.

I think for Elk a 300 weatherby in #1 is as close to perfection as you are likely to get!

I picked up a # 1B in 300 Wby about 10 years ago. I sort of knew the guy who owned it and I knew he wasn't happy with how it shot. Gave it a good cleaning and started some load development. I was trying some 180 gr Barnes TSX's and as soon as I started seating those bullets out the groups started to shrink. My rifle has a lot of free-bore.Its not a target gun but hitting deer sized game @ 400 + yards is quite do-able. Never had anything take more than a couple steps after that TSX tears through them.

Saw one over the weekend in .300 Roy. The $1,300 price tag kept it from following me home. There is one local that is in .340 for $700 that I still haven't gone and looked at. I don't think my .338 Win mag would like the competition in the safe.

I bought one many years back and never got it to shoot very accurately. Not terrible, just not what I would expect with carefully constructed handloads. I was using 150 gr bullets and did notice that there was an extremely long freebore. I called Ruger and they said that was the SAAMI spec for that cartridge, so they went with it. I'm sure that did not help the accuracy. Just curious, was yours an original 300 Weatherby or a rechamber?

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Originally posted by sjmci:
I bought one many years back and never got it to shoot very accurately. Not terrible, just not what I would expect with carefully constructed handloads. I was using 150 gr bullets and did notice that there was an extremely long freebore. I called Ruger and they said that was the SAAMI spec for that cartridge, so they went with it. I'm sure that did not help the accuracy. Just curious, was yours an original 300 Weatherby or a rechamber?

My rifle is original, just the way it left the Ruger factory. I have a couple other 300 Wby's and none of them like 150 gr bullets. One will shoot 165's but 180's are much more accurate.Try seating some 180's out a bit further and you might be surprised at the groups you get.

The 300 Wby is a killing machine for sure..Ive seen it used on lots of stuff and the results are mostly instant kills..Ive owned one in my life but its just not my cup of tea for some unknown reason even to me....

I had a Ruger #1 in 300wby and could never get it to shoot. I tried all the bedding tricks, had it re-crowned, sent it back to Ruger, and finally traded it off.

I'll have another 300wby at some point in my life.

Jim

Great to hear of how well your 300Wby shoots!

I made a 30-378 Wby a few years back and it is a tack driver!!
shane

I experienced the same kind of frustration as JDA-CO.

I enjoyed it though, but it hogged a lot of powder and cases lasted just 5 reloads.