.300 WSM Bullet Drop?

Question

I took my new rifle to the range today. Unfortunatley I was unable to zero it for 100 yards because the firing range is a small one. I ended up sighting it in to shoot 3 inches high at 50 yards. I may have to go to a better range before the deer rifle season starts on Saturday, but I am curious what you guys might know about my ammunition.

I am shooting a Federal 180 gr .300 WSM. If I am shooting 3 inches high at 50 yards where will my shots fall at 100 yards? I would appreciate a link if you find a bullet-drop chart. I have been unable to find one. What would be helpful is if someone found a chart showing my round zeroed at 50 yards, and how it will shoot at 100 yards..then I would only have to add the 3 inches.

Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

Here's a link to the Federal Ammunition ballistic charts. http://www.federalcartridge.com/ballistics/Ammo_Search.aspx?act=choose&firearm=1&s1=1. Just find the bullet you are shooting and click on Ballistics on the left side of the chart. This is only an approximent guide. The actual velocity out of your gun, the height of the scope from the barrel etc. will change these numbers slightly. The only way to know for sure is to shoot at different distances but this should be very close to what your gun will do. Good luck hunting.

Answer 2

I have a 300 WSM that I reload for and I use a 200 yard zero to take advantage of the flat shooting abilities of the cartridge. What you want to research isn't just ballistic trajectory (dependent on bullet weight,BC,other factors as mentioned by everyone else) but if using a Max Point Blank Range calculation for a ZERO point or using a modified aspect of that (which is what most of us use anyway) is good for you. When you sight in a high powered center fire hunting rifle to be ZERO at 100 yards you are really handicapping yourself. As for the 300 WSM and other WSM cartridges (and some other proprietary cartridges),unless you are reloading you are going to go bankrupt before you use the rifle all that much;at $50 a box I can justify the cost of reloading easily and I get Sub-MOA accuracy with bullet loads of my choosing. If this is for a purchase option do take ammo cost into consideration;also the 300 WSM does have a healthy amount of recoil energy over my 30-06.

Answer 3

300 Wsm Ballistics Chart

Answer 4

You don't need charts if your brain is working. All bullets (and anything else dense enough not to float like a feather), drop at rate of 16ft per second squared, so they drop 16 feet in one second, 4 feet in 1/2 second, 1 foot in 1/4 second, and so on. A .22 will drop about a foot at 100 yards but only 3 inches at 50 yards, so you adjust it to hit 3 inches high at 50 yards and it will be about on at 100.

Since your .300 WSM is travelling a lot faster, it won't drop as much. If you're using a scope, which sets higher off the gun than iron sights, you probably ought to adjust to hit dead center at 50 yards, and it should hit a few inches high at 100, which is just where you want it in case of an even longer shot.

Nothing like KNOWING your gun before you use it to hunt.

Answer 5

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RE:
.300 WSM Bullet Drop?
I took my new rifle to the range today. Unfortunatley I was unable to zero it for 100 yards because the firing range is a small one. I ended up sighting it in to shoot 3 inches high at 50 yards. I may have to go to a better range before the deer rifle season starts on Saturday, but I am curious...

Answer 6

I don't have a chart for the WSM, but +3" @ 50Yd.s
will still be climing a 100Yd.s in that velocity range.
You're probably at about 2600 FPS. at the muzzle,
so you want to be no more that 1" high at 50 Yd.s.
to stay close to POA out to 150Yd.s.

Answer 7

300 Short Mag Ballistics

Answer 8

A table really isn't going to be any use to you. Your options are to shoot at various ranges, or to use a ballistic calculator when you chronograph your shots and then shoot at various ranges, if you want to be more scientific about it and more certain of your rifle/ammunition combination. In any case, you're not ready to take anything but short shots this weekend, but at least you can probably get within "minute of deer" for the close shots. Remember, you aren't taking their universal reciever and test barrel hunting with you. If your velocities and trajectory are the same as in some chart, it's purely by coincidence.

Answer 9

this works pretty good good luck



also what i can find in me book you should be still about an inch high at 100 yrds.... give or take

Answer 10

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