300 Weatherby top velocity!
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- čas přidán 11. 03. 2023
- In this video I find the limits to my 300 Weatherby with a Barnes 175 grain LRX bullet. I loaded it up with RL-22 and did a ladder test to see the top velocity of my rifle. I also shot my 270 Winchester and my friend brought his 30-06 Springfield.
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Quite spicy! Thanks for showing the results.
Thanks for watching!
Happy birthday. That's probably one of the best ways to spend a person's birthday. Spending a day at the range shooting rifles with friends and family.
It was a lot of fun
You did fine job of shooting that .300 Weatherby! A .750 inch group would be fine with me for a hunting load. And Happy Birthday.
Thanks
You’re dam right it would be !…….
Happy Birthday Austin. 🎈
Thanks Mike
Happy Birthday Austin! It turned out to be a great birthday celebration at the range! Nice groups, crazy velocities with your 300 Wby. You were into 300 RUM territory and just about nipping on the heels of factory 30-378 velocities. And you found your pressure limits. A productive birthday at the range!
Yep it was a lot of fun
The 30-378 would need well over a 100 grs of 4831 to top that, I have never been able to get 3300 with my Weatherby even with hotter loads than he was using, I have a 26 in. barrel
Happy Birthday Austin. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thanks!
Woot woot! 🎉 Happy Birthday man, wishing you many more 🤙
Thanks a ton!
Happy birthday man! That 300 is a shooter. I would be confident with that fine rifle. You can easily tone down the charge and still enjoy mega velocity and 4k ft/lbs. Those lead free bullets will open up no problem. Hammer down man!
It's a blast to shoot
@@ReloadingWeatherby Did those lead free seem to do better than the regular lead type bullets, as I have never got that, with out having to hammer my bolt open
Happy Birthday! ❤❤❤
Thank you!
Happy Birthday!
Thanks Tom!
Happy birthday Austin 🎉🍻🍺
Great shooting
Thanks!
Another good video good shooting boys and happy birthday
Thank you!
Nice shooting! That scope looks like it has really good eye relief
The Vortex Diamondback or the Lucid L5?
Didn't know it was your birthday R. Dub; shoudda said sumpthin. Wouldda gave you one of my Weatherbys!
Happy Birthday! 🤣
Happy birthday!
Thank you!
Hope this is the best birthday of them all. Happy Birthday, and many happy returns of the day! You are slinging a 170gr 30cal bullet 3400fps. That is hauling the freight! How far are you jumping and what is the barrel length? I couldn't see any ejector swipes but definite craters. I had a Savage Axis 1 in 6.5CM. I got a deal that I could not refuse. After I trimmed and polished the seer, it was a very enjoyable gun to shoot. A really accurate factory rifle that was extremely easy to work on. I love Savage rifles. Thanks for another great video!
Sorry I'm late, happy birthday dude
Thanks
Would have stopped after the 2nd shot on that ladder test, maybe even the first. Over pressure is not simply a well that's not quite enough overpressure yet. Looks like that last one was extremely close to being a complete primer blowout.
On the positive side it certainly appears that your dedication and efforts are leading to some pretty strong load work-ups. Nice work.
Yes... it was not smart of me to keep pushing it. But.. It was fun to see the velocities, maybe at the cost of my rifle accuracy.
Glad I got to celebrate at the range with you and you didn't blow me up!
You volunteered to shoot it...
@@ReloadingWeatherby I guess...maybe coerced volunteerism. haha! I only continued to shoot them so we had a control if there was super huge variance in accuracy, we'd know it wasn't because the shooter was changing.
RE 22 and RE 25 are my favorite powders for my .300 Wby!
Hey happy birthday!! Mine was March 10th.
Hey! Happy Birthday to you too!
@@ReloadingWeatherby thanks man! Nice video too by the way!
Happy birthday 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you!
Happy Birthday and Thanks for the Great Videos. I see you are using R-P brass which I have found to have less volume capacity than Weatherby or Nosler brass. I would try loading the same charges again in Weatherby or Nosler brass and redo the test.
Thanks! I was using my crappy brass for the test. Preserving my Weatherby brass for hunting.
The 30-378 Weatherby achieved over 6,000 FPS from a custom made test rifle for the US Army, to test its performance against armor.
I love to see the same test with a 30-378 then some with say 130gr TTSX. I sold my TRR back in 2010-2011 and it was a lazer w factory ammo. She's not efficient with the light stuff but I bet we can kiss 4000fps with a 130TTSX and a 28" barrel. Who's got a 30-378 in the comments to lend Reloading Weatherby for a test ??? Love the content my man!
everytime i watch these videos i want a 300wby even more. Mind says 30-06 but heart says go big and go 300wby
Do it!
GET BOTH
@@gilbertgurule5395 I've got two 30-06 rifles now. The big one is next... 30-378 maybe 🤔 or 300 Norma
Dang that weatherby had quite a bit more velocity than I expected
I have loaded 4831, till my bolt locked up and never got 3300fps with it, mine is a Mark V with 26 inch barrel., and sadly it has never shot a group like that with any load
Happy Birthday
Thanks Marlin!
I have owned a Weatherby Mark 5 with a custom 30inch barrel for 40 years. I bought it to shoot at a 1000 yard range plus take elk hunting. I have used RL 22 for many years . I have hunted coyotes with 100 fmj and taken coyotes at 600 yards with little adjustment. With those bullets i could shoot direct on target at 250 yards. I don't buy high end bullets like barnes or any solids but a good standard bullet that opens to a size of a nickel,up to 600yards. I have taken elk or deer at 600 to 800 yards and each time .the animal dropped.
What velocities were you getting with that 30 inch barrel?
Happy b day man
Thanks
😢 the Fourth edition HORNADY book has gotten a Max load for a 180 GR bullet using 85 GR of RL 22.
Anything about 3000 I’m fine with. I have learned the Nos 180 gr BT pretty much blows up on WT deer. I use those in my 30-06 now.
That's why I only use bonded or all copper bullets
@@ReloadingWeatherby I’ve shot several elk with 180 gr Accubonds and I was disappointed in the expansion. The 190 gr Hornady Interlocks were impressive. Discontinued tho.
Oddly when I hear a discussion of cartridge "efficiency" I start to shut down. Usually, not this time, the term is used to describe a new cartridge that is NOT as fast as what it is designed to surpass. Personally I don't concern myself with those things. If it delivers a bullet at a higher velocity and more punch, I like it. Do I need that higher velocity? How can I tell, the buck/bull didn't complain. My Ram 2500 is probably not as "efficient" as a Prius , but I don't care.
Good video RW.
Cheers, Jeff.
Agree with you
I'd like to see more hunting videos of yours I just saw a short with you shooting a doe with the 300wby on bullets4bucks video. How far was she?
155 yards
3400 with a 175… pretty crazy. I‘ll put that into GRT to see what pressure you are running there 😂
What kind of an impact shift do you get with and without the MagnetoSpeed hanging off the barrel?
With the magnospeed it was shooting 2 inches low
@@ReloadingWeatherby interesting, quite a bit. Thx for the info
If you’re not blowing primer’s once in a while, are you even alive?
Those light rifles look like they kick like a mule. 😂 good times.
Looks like you guys had a good time. Hoping I can get the the range later. My daughter starts her 22 rifle competition this month. Just got her a new Christensen Arms Ranger. Shoots pretty good. Didn’t see much difference between the expensive Lapua rounds and the CCI Standard Velocity target rounds. Win for my wallet there. Carry on.
YOLO! You haven't lived until you have pushed a 180gr bullet 3400 FPS. Seems like 22LR precision shooting is the thing to do now
H1000 my friend
Happy birthday. Did you get a 340wby for your birthday?
Ha no
You've really seemed to struggle to get the .270 to shoot well. Have you tried bedding the stock and check the clearance between the barrel and stock? That can make all the difference sometimes. I was chasing different bullets and powders in one of my dad's rifles trying to get it to shoot for him and when I started getting frustrated I took the time to get the stock bedded and the barrel properly free floated and everything came together after that
The rifle has actually really liked the Nosler Partition. I'm almost getting half MOA with it. I also got half MOA with the 150 gr Accubond. Trouble is... I don't have anymore Accubonds. I was really hoping the 270 would like the Hammer bullet.
@@ReloadingWeatherby oh I must have missed those videos. I'm glad you found something it likes
@@brycelathrop1604 I didn't do videos on it. I had basically given up on the 270 and so I didn't film the times it shot well haha.
I have always sat my Barnes so the first ring is showing in every cartridge have you tried seating out a bit more should have lots of free bore to play with
I'm limited to my magazine length. I'm as far as I can go and still fit it in the magazine.
Do you think i could do 150grain bullets with BLC-2 powder maybe starting around 60grains? I have data showing 150grain bullets starting 61grains of IMR4895
Probably. Never tried BLC-2 on my 300 WBY
Happy birthday!
Have you ever checked watercapacity diffence between wby and rem brass?
I bet that there is the answear why you get higher velocity than barnes load data is showing...
I get the same velocities with my Weatherby brass. Some barrels just shoot fast.
@@ReloadingWeatherby Have you checked the freebore, if it happened to have less could give more pressure and more speed, mine 26 in barrel a lot of free bore, the bullet with fall off the end of the brass before it touches and I can't come near what you are getting I used 83,5grs. H 4831 a lot but have tried many others , 4350 7828 ect.
Okay about 30,,,35 or so years ago I bought my dad a box 110 grain 300 Weatherby ammo,,,,now nobody around had a chrono but everybody was curious about the velocity, ,,do you or anybody anybody have a idea???!!!! Oh yeah it's a Mark V i think a 27 in barrel????
3900-4000 FPS is my guess
7828 is the powder for that weight bullet !
I'm getting higher velocities and better accuracy with RL-22
@@ReloadingWeatherby Yes you can but you are also getting to high of pressure . RL 22 ( as you know ) is faster than 7828 , RL 22 is more appropriate for 150 and 165 gr weight bullets . I’m getting 3300 with a 180 gr with 86 gr of 7828 and a Fed 215 primer ( 300 WBY ) with no signs of excessive pressure . This data is from the IMR Handloader’s Guide ! Thanks for all your hard work for us. !…….
@thomasdaum1927 IMR 7828 SSC was the first powder I tried. I hit pressure at 83 gr and that gets me 3300 FPS.
@@thomasdaum1927 I sure can't get 3300 with 7828
@@robertboyd3863 300 WBY 180 gr Sierra bt 86.0 gr of 7828 sc 215 Fed primer 3323 fps out of a Winchester stainless classic with a 26in barrel over the chronograph ! WBY or Norma brass ! This load is from the IMR realoaders manual published in the 1990s , you can still get one on E Bay for around $10 to 20 dollars ! Don’t tell me I can’t do something when I have already done it !……
I imagine you are careful with bullet selection you could push a .300 WBY "accelerator" load north of 4500fps, really it would be a question of if it would stabilize and if the sabot could hold up to the speed.
Hammer makes a 100 gr bullet that I bet I could get close to 4500 FPS.
@@ReloadingWeatherby another thing that comes to mind with pushing the velocity up that high is if there would be any benefits to gain/progressive twist barrels? I remember reading they were used to help smooth out the pressure curve of large black powder and some older artillery pieces, it might come back into play for modern rounds as the pressure and velocity keep going up.
3320
Do you think it's worth getting a 30 inch barrel in a 300 wby and a 300 rum.
More so for the RUM. You need a longer barrel in the RUM.
@@ReloadingWeatherby thank you for the reply
Spicy girl. I wonder why your gun shoots so hot?
Not sure... I can't even get to the max powder recommendation in the reloading books
I wonder what a gunsmith would say. I bet it has something to do with the free bore in weatherby rifles maybe yours has a bit extra.
@@drdes9609 Actually it probably has less , which would give more pressure and speed,
Try reloader 26 should be better.
I would... if I could find any
@@ReloadingWeatherby For sure , good luck finding any, I still have a couple lbs. but to valuable to waste on my 300 wyb, I like it for my 270 with 150 s
Your gun doesn't shoot "Fast" your just overloading it, almost every fired cartridge you show has signs of over pressure....what blows my mind is you know it because you comment on it, keep that crap up and you are asking for trouble and a ruined gun.
Let's see here... Barnes data says a max load of 84.5 gr of RL-22 gets me 3202 FPS. 83 gr of RL-22 got me nearly 3400 FPS. According to the book my rifle is shooting way faster. Yes these were all over pressure loads. Since the video, guess how many times I've shot these bullets with RL-22... I'll spoil it for you. I haven't.
BS he is not over pressure enough to hurt anything, I've loaded mine much hotter trying to get the speeds he's getting
@@robertboyd3863Every gun is different and unique, what works in yours may or may not be safe in another rifle. That why we “work up a load” for each rifle including components, changing the primer and even loading different manufacturers of brass can have an impact on your load.
Even the author says he has never used this load again, evidently he was only chasing velocity and once attained never used that loading again, If you look at the primers in the video every one has signs of overpressure.
Happy Birthday!
Thanks Hunter!