Possible success with the 300Wby

[HeathSexton]

I have posted on here a couple of times about my failed attampts with my USA made Mark V 300 Wby. It is/was a stainless/synthetic with the factory tupper ware stock. I was getting 3" - 6" vertical groups with factory or handloads, to quote Yoda, "frustrated I was."


I picked up a used Accumark stock/B&C Medalist from the 24hrcampfire classifieds. I went in and bedded the stock with Devcon plastic weld and then I changed over my rings and bases from Leupold Standards to Talley LWs but threw my old Leupold VariX-II 3-9x40 back onboard. I have not had the oppurtunity to shoot the gun since working on it winter of 2011.....


I got a few spare minutes today so I grabbed up 4 rounds and headed over the hill. I bore sighted the scope @ 110yds and fired an old reload I had. It hit paper so I was good to go, and I honestly was not expecting any real accuracy improvement so I just loaded and fired the next 3 rounds with no cool down time which were 150gr Factory SP's. The 1st 2 fell into .5" and I was so happy I blew the next one left and opened the group to 1.3" @ 110yds. I would have never thought that a new stock and a bedding job would turn a complete crapper into a shooter.


The rifle is way more power than I will ever use but it just bugged me to have an inaccurate rifle, this one I can work with now.

 

[DrMike]

That sounds great, Heath! Congratulations. A good bedding job to make the action stiffer can work miracles.

 

[SJB358]

Very nice Heath. Bet it looks great as well. That 300 WBY is a big round. It really hurls those 200's and heavier with serious authority.

 

[OU812]

Glad to hear the rifle came together for you Heath. It can be amazing what a new fitted stock can do for a rifles accuracy.

Bill

 

[HeathSexton]

I guess I have just been lucky and always had decent shooting rifles from the get go. I have restocked and bedded a couple that went from around 1.5" to sub 1" but never anything like this.


Here are the best groups the rifle would turn in prior to restock/bed.
These were far better than most groups, some were almost 6".

 

[JD338]

Nice work Heath.
Reshoot to verify and you are in the home stretch.

JD338

 

[Guest]

Sounds good, Heath. Don't believe all the naysayers, either - that 300Wby is a lot of power, but it's not overpowering on white-tails. I took two this past season with my 300 (180gr E-Tips over H1000 @ 3200fps) and both dropped in their tracks. Meat damage was no more than with my 8x57 or 30-06, though both of those are shooting Ballistic Tips, so they have more tendency to do a little damage around the entrance wound. The 300 is a fine round for white-tails, from close out to farther than I'd likely shoot. Enjoy the newfound accuracy!

 

[truck driver]

Heath I have a Vanguard in 300Wby and it came with the tupperware stock and it wouldn't shoot also. The torque of the 300wby is too much for those plastic stocks. I also restocked mine in a B&C Medalist and the accuracy went from over 1 inch to around .75 at 100yds. This round generates alot of stress and is too much for the cheap plastic stock. JMO