300 WM and RL22
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Michigan
Posts: 3,329
300 WM and RL22
I shot some 180gr Nosler Partitions this weekend and started with 73.5 gr of RL 22 then went up to 75.5 grains which was the max load. I noticed that the groups dropped in size by about half but still I wanted more. I looked up in a sierra manual the max load and they report 77grains. I then looked at the Lee guide and it says 77.4 I believe.
So I loaded up the 180gr Partitions with 76.5 gr of RL 22. This load is a butt kicker. This is the first time I can say that my 300 WM has beat me up so bad I started flinching. I shot 5 rounds. 2 were touching and the rest were flinch shots. Two were about an inch away and one was 3 inches away.
So what do you guys think. Is this round really kicking so hard it hurts or was it that I shot 10 rounds on Saturday that made me tender and the 5 rounds on Sunday were just kicking my butt?
Anyone else have experience with about 76.5gr of RL 22 behind a 180 gr bullet in a 300?
Tom
So I loaded up the 180gr Partitions with 76.5 gr of RL 22. This load is a butt kicker. This is the first time I can say that my 300 WM has beat me up so bad I started flinching. I shot 5 rounds. 2 were touching and the rest were flinch shots. Two were about an inch away and one was 3 inches away.
So what do you guys think. Is this round really kicking so hard it hurts or was it that I shot 10 rounds on Saturday that made me tender and the 5 rounds on Sunday were just kicking my butt?
Anyone else have experience with about 76.5gr of RL 22 behind a 180 gr bullet in a 300?
Tom
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Georgia
Posts: 364
RE: 300 WM and RL22
I found my magic number was 75.5gr RL 22 with the Barnes 180grTSX, 100yds three shot group was in the same hole "if I can only do it off-hand". I do have a slight atvantage though when it comes to the recoil, my rifle weighs just over 13lbs so felt recoil gets eatten up pretty good.