I have experience with the '06, but not with the 300 win or weatherby mag. I am a bigger guy, so I think i can handle a magnum, but I am mostly concerned about getting "scoped". I did not have this problem with the '06 and i have some ammo left over collecting dust, but the mags are very tempting. I also know that there is a rubber guard that you can put on your scope to prevent getting cut, but it still does not sound like fun to me. Does this only happen in certain shooting positions? Is it much more likely with the weatherby mag than it is with the win mag. I like the idea of getting a weatherby rifle in the weatherby caliber. '06 would be more economical, but you only live once, right! Any thoughts on the quality of this rifle would be appreciated as well. Oh...I am buying it to hunt elk with...I use a 6.5x55mm for deer.
2007-12-20 12:25:29 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
Get the .300 Weatherby for sure. Borders on sacrilege to have a Weatherby rifle in anything but a Weatherby caliber! I have been shooting this caliber for years and have yet to get the dreaded "Weatherby eye". Like a previous answerer said, form is important-do not crawl the scope. Also, buy a good enough quality scope that you have sufficient eye relief and you will not have a problem
2007-12-20 14:41:42 · answer #1 · answered by john r 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The .300 weatherby will have a little more recoil than the .300 Winchester because the casing is larger with more powder aka hotter load. Since the neck on both are the same diameter the .300 Wetherby mag. produces more pressure when discharging. If you have the scope distance set right on any rifle your shoulder should take the brunt of the recoil. Just remember to make sure you have the butt firmly against your shoulder before firing! I think either .300 would make an excellent elk rifle but like you said you only live once. If you would like the weatherby then by all means get that one.
NOTE: Even if you do have a problem with the recoil you can get any competent gun smith to perform a port job on your barrel thus reducing the recoil. The down side would be a loss in power and gain in sound, but neither are significant.
2007-12-20 20:53:40 · answer #2 · answered by bkjackson75 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a huge fan of the 300 win mag myself. So I would def go with a 300 either weatherby or win mag. I have a 300 win mag and have not had any problems with getting ringed by the scope. As long as it is a good scope you should have enough eye relief to keep it from happening. But it does beat the hell out of me. Enough that I had to stop shooting it for a while because I was starting to devolop a flinch bad enough to open my groups up.
2007-12-21 05:10:51 · answer #3 · answered by nothanksimstraight 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want a .30 caliber bolt-action, I'd say go with a .308 Win or .30-'06.
Neither the .300 WinMag, or .300 WeatherbyMag produce enough added results to be worth the extra powder you'll be burning.
Let's look at one example from my 4th Edition Hornady Reloading Manual.
Using a 165 gr. Boat-tail Soft-Point, and IMR 4064 Powder in all four cartridges. To achieve 2700 fps, the .308 Winchester uses 43.5 gr. of powder, the .30-'06 burns 48.3 grains, the .300 WinMag burns 53.5 grains, and the .300 WeatherbyMag burns 60.0 grains.
You just can't kill a deer or moose or elk any deader with a .300 Weatherby than you can with a .30-'06, you will just burn more powder to do it.
Doc
2007-12-21 00:32:45 · answer #4 · answered by Doc Hudson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would still go with 30/06 because the mags are really not needed but I also feel if you want a mag get a mag.
as far as quality goes Weaterby were very good guns but have herd through the grape vine that they are made in Japan now so I an not sure of their quality now
2007-12-20 20:45:31 · answer #5 · answered by crazy_devil_dan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scope bites aren't really a function of recoil. It's normally a matter of poor technique. If you don't crawl your cheek up the stock, and if you have anything like normal eye relief on your scope, you won't have a problem. I can't speak for the Weatherby (they've always looked too ugly for my tastes) or belted cartridges, but I do shoot larger calibers and in fifty years of shooting never had a scope bite. Now I'm going to stock up on Dermabond, since I've just hexed myself.
By the way, great choice for a deer caliber!
2007-12-20 21:00:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Forget about the Magnum, the best choice is the 30-06.* It will harvest any game in North America cleanly without resorting to the Magnum variety of rifles.* I prefer the 180 or 220 grain bullet myself (Boat tail}*.
2007-12-21 19:12:10 · answer #7 · answered by dca2003311@yahoo.com 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋