300 WSMs Father and Son

[filmjunkie4ever]

Me and Dad with our 300 WSMs. His is a New Haven model and mine is one of the new generation made in Morgan, Utah. I love these guns but especially mine which Dad bought half of for me for my birthday which I just celebrated last weekend. I put three of the 180 grain E-tips down the same hole at 100 yards after getting the barrel broke in and sighted in. My load is 63 grains of H4350 and Rem 9.5 primers with an OAL 2.905" this rifle has the nicest factory trigger I have ever seen and the fit and feel of the checkered walnut Sporter stock exceeded all of my expectations. Didn't get any pics of the 3-shot group but I got this one:

You'll notice the return of my straw sombrero as well...

 

[DrMike]

Now, that is just a neat picture. I've had both the New Haven 300 WSM and the Florencce WSM. Each shot remarkably well, but the fit and finish on the SC model is clearly superior. It is always good to see a father and son with the uncommonly good sense to hold Winchesters. :grin:

 

[filmjunkie4ever]

Yeah Dr. Mike I had this picture taken partly with you in mind. I like mine better than Dad's as well but they are both tack driving, good looking Winchesters. Given a choice that is what I will choose every time. I can't get over how easy it was to shoot in shirt sleeves. Felt like a 30-06 with heavy loads. I think it weighs less than my 30-06 as a matter of fact. I can't wait to throw down on an elk with it this fall. If I only could have one, (heaven forbid!) I think this one just took the number one title away from my 30-06 that is how impressed I am with it.

 

[DrMike]

When that foolish elk drifts into view of your scope, the 300 WSM will accomplish all that you need it to do. Best of luck to you as you hunt this fall.

 

[BK]

Dad looks like he's as tough as boot leather!

A couple of good lookin' rifles! I sorta-almost-kinda-not really wish I woulda got a Sporter .300 Wizzum, rather than the EW that I bought.

BTW, yours was manufactured in South Carolina, Browning's headquarters are in Morgan, Utah.

 

[6mm Remington]

Dad looks like he's as tough as boot leather!

A couple of good lookin' rifles! I sorta-almost-kinda-not really wish I woulda got a Sporter .300 Wizzum, rather than the EW that I bought.

BTW, yours was manufactured in South Carolina, Browning's headquarters are in Morgan, Utah.

Great picture of you and your dad! The rifles aren't bad either. :mrgreen: Now BK you know you love that EW. I know I sure like my kids. Especially when I bump it once or twice on the old Goat hunt! This is the first synthetic in our house! :shock:
David

 

[SJB358]

FJ, great picture buddy and I am jealous! That is a great looking Sporter and man, it sounds like a tack driver already. You and your pops look great in that picture... I guess it is time to sell my boys Remington 243 and get him a proper Winchester! HA!!!

Just kidding, but I saw one of the 300WSM Sporters a few weeks back and it gave me some serious pause! Scotty

 

[BK]

Now BK you know you love that EW.

Yeah, I do, but I keep seeing the gorgeous M70 Woodies that Scotty keeps picking up, and I think I could have had something like that.

 

[Bruce Mc]

Great family pic there, filmjunkies and winchesters. But I really like the sombrero.

 

[257 Ackley]

FJ -
I love the picture of you and pops!! Wish I still had mine around to share some of those experiences with. Great looking rifles and choice of calibers. What made you choose the e-tip over the AccuBond?

 

[filmjunkie4ever]

Well the real reason I chose to try the E-Tip was because I bought a bag of 50 W-W cases that day and I wanted to get a box of 180 AB's but they didnt have any and the Partitions were 41.99 for 50 while the E-Tips were 21.99 for 50. So I thought what the heck, what do I have to lose? Even if they don't shoot that well, I will at least get a chance to break in the barrel which I did and get comfortable shooting the rifle, which I did!

Dad had about 150 rds of his pet load featuring 180 grain Accubonds and RL-22 which shot to the same point of impact as my 180 E-Tips with H4350 (go figure!) and was kind enough to loan me a few to try out. Either one of those loads hold a nice sub .5 moa for three shots at 100 yards.

As for Dad being as tough as boot leather, he is. He was a logger until a log jam broke while he was on it and smashed his left knee to squash in 1989. Extensive surgery, plastic parts and metal screws and lots of physical therapy later the doctors still had their doubts. They said he would never walk again, but 20 months later he did. He went back to it for a while but when cutting a tree down his saw hit some rail spikes that the Enviros had driven into the tree (to try to cause fatal accidents to men like my father) and his saw blade bounced up into his face and cut a scar that ran from his jaw to his forehead, its faint but still there. Thats when Mom asked him to quit cutting timber.

He has broken an arm, a wrist, a toe, three ribs, his nose several times, and had back surgery three years back after rupturing two disks. And for the grand finale, he has a brain tumor which has been removed three times though keeps coming back. Tough you say, you don't know the half of it. I have some big foot steps to follow.

And yes he is a dead eye with that rifle or any other you put in his hands. He taught me how to shoot, hunt, and handload. I may be physically taller in stature but I will look up to him always.

 

[DrMike]

Yours is indeed a rich heritage. I honour your father for being a man. Thanks for sharing. Plus, he has good taste in rifles. :grin:

 

[SJB358]

Yours is indeed a rich heritage. I honour your father for being a man. Thanks for sharing. Plus, he has good taste in rifles. :grin:

Same here FJ. My old man is a logger as well, been doing it since he was old enough to carry a saw. I always tell him I joined the Marine Corps cause logging would probably get me hurt sooner! Truth be told, I wasn't far off. Loggers are one tough breed of men. Great pops, he really taught you the skills that everyman should know. Great story about your pops. Scotty

 

[BK]

Yours is indeed a rich heritage. I honour your father for being a man. Thanks for sharing. Plus, he has good taste in rifles. :grin:

Same here FJ. My old man is a logger as well, been doing it since he was old enough to carry a saw. I always tell him I joined the Marine Corps cause logging would probably get me hurt sooner! Truth be told, I wasn't far off. Loggers are one tough breed of men. Great pops, he really taught you the skills that everyman should know. Great story about your pops. Scotty

And I bet he taught you swearing skills you put to use in the USMC, too.

Dads are awesome. Excuse me, I need to make a phone call.

 

[SJB358]

And I bet he taught you swearing skills you put to use in the USMC, too.

Dads are awesome. Excuse me, I need to make a phone call.

Maybe? He is a fairly good cusser, but with as much stuff that goes wrong with logging equipment, he came by it honestly. Besides, it is sailors with bad mouths, not Devil Dogs! :shock: Scotty

 

[DrMike]

Dads are awesome. Excuse me, I need to make a phone call.

Do it now, Kurt. Death comes all too quickly with our dads. My dad died the year I moved to Canada (1980). After all this time, I still miss him.

 

[BK]

And I bet he taught you swearing skills you put to use in the USMC, too.

Dads are awesome. Excuse me, I need to make a phone call.

Maybe? He is a fairly good cusser, but with as much stuff that goes wrong with logging equipment, he came by it honestly. Besides, it is sailors with bad mouths, not Devil Dogs! :shock: Scotty

True, you never hear, "swear like a drunken Jarhead", more like "swear like a drunken pirate/sailor".

 

[filmjunkie4ever]

I was always told that is why Dad didn't go to Vietnam because he cussed worse than any Sailor, shot better than anyone in the Army, and was tougher than any Jarhead...haha but it was really because he got his draft number and merely weeks later a letter saying that because they had ended the draft, he didn't have to go. But he would've went...

 

[sask boy]

Excellent keep them both close your dad first and your rifle second
Great to see a father and son have so much in common.
Thanks for sharing with us.

Blessings,
Dan

 

[SJB358]

FJ- I still don't mess with my pops. Although I'm a good six inches taller and probably have fifty pounds on him, he is tougher than woodpecker lips! Scotty