October 12, 2008, 09:40 PM | #1 |
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300 Weatherby Loading
I have been loading my 300 WBY for whitetail deer for the past 3 years using a nosler 125 Ballistic Tip and recently I have been reading things that state the velocity achieved by a 300 WBY will not allow the Ballistic Tip to perform correctly. I know it has work very well for me and before I get comments like if it works for then do it. I am always trying to learn and want to know if the comments I have read are accurate or if they have no true. Meaning if it is true or not someone please explain. It stated that the bullet will not hold together or expand properly at that velocity. My question is why?
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October 13, 2008, 03:04 AM | #2 |
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The quick and simple answer is the bullet is designed as a varmint bullet; designed to open rapidly on small thin skinned critters. At 3400fps it will really do a lot of damage and ruin meat in about a 3' radius.
A better bullet would be a 180 grain big game bullet. At minimum a 165, but the hydrostatic shock from anything less will be tremendous, and you will throw away a lot of meat.
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October 13, 2008, 06:51 AM | #3 |
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do the 125 gr BT exit the animal? that must be an impressive wound channel...
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October 16, 2008, 09:15 PM | #4 |
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The bullet will expand for sure. Most non bonded bullets work thier best with a impact from 2000 fps to around 2700 fps. The 300 wby can send a 125 nbt out at 3600+ fps. Some non bonded bullets;not all, will have already opened up before they even hit the deer at 3600. 150 pound deer not that big of a deal. 1000 pound moose; real big deal.The nbt is a little stouter than some of the other tipped bullets. So if you load them down a bit I dont think you will have any problems on deer sized game. I load my 125 nbt to 3100 fps in a 30-06 sub .5 moa at 100 yrds.
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October 17, 2008, 06:16 AM | #5 |
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for deer i load a 165 nosler ballistic tips with 83grs h-4831 in my weatherby and it shoots 2.5 inch groups at 300yds. eastbank.
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