Some of you may remember that a couple of months ago I traded a Ruger Hawkeye chambered in 375 Ruger for a Browning BLR chambered in 358 Win. I had gotten the 375 Ruger at a gun auction.
https://forum.nosler.com/threads/what-was-i-thinking.47308/page-2
Well, I am very happy with the trade...
Below is a message from Caleb T. about his family's opening day hunt here in NYS. This is posted with his permission. We did a similar post last year.
This year is different in that his oldest son, Noah, 12 years old, could hunt this year. Caleb had acquired a Sauer 100 Classic in 7mm-08 for...
These 180 gr. Accubonds were recovered from the elk I shot in Montana. They were fired from a 300 WSM with a muzzle velocity approx. 2900 fps.
The bullet on the left is the first bullet fired at 400 yards. It went in the right side of the elk, through the ball of the shoulder on the left...
Congratulations on taking a great buck with your handgun. The .260 works very well on whitetail deer. I took about 17 deer with the .260 Rem. in an Rem. XP100-R. However, none of the deer I shot with it were as nice as this buck you shot.
My young friend and neighbor, Caleb T., and I both drew 2024 combination elk and deer tags for Montana. This was to be his first time west of the Mississippi, maybe even Ohio. We two years to prepare for the trip, making lists of things to take, acquiring hunting rifles, developing elk loads...
As others have stated, the 300 WM has more case capacity than the 300 WSM. Also, in my limited experience, the 300 WM tends to have a longer free bore than the 300 WSM. Both of those things allow more space for powder and bullet. Heavier lead core bullets (like 200 gr.) begin to impinge on...
I have both, load for both, and have shot game with both.
In my opinion:
The accuracy is comparable between the two rounds.
For the same bullet, and bullet velocity, and the same powder, the WSM has less felt recoil.
The WM is better if looking for maximum velocity (which I do not).
The WM is...