Weak 300 win mag rounds?

DonVathome · Nov 11, 2020

What are some factory loads I can buy that are as weak as possible? I would love to use my 300 win mag for deer and possibly antelope if I can find something that is more pleasant to shoot then normal rounds.

Cahunter805 · Nov 11, 2020

HSM has a low recoil load with a 150gr Sierra bullet.
Also have you installed a good recoil pad on the rifle?

Focoelkman · Nov 11, 2020

HAHAHHAHHAAH - that is a riot.
300 WM rounds that are weak : is that to be an oxymoron?

yak4fish · Nov 11, 2020

Hornady has reduced recoil in 30-06 I would think they have 300 WM also.

JPickett · Nov 11, 2020

You’d be better off investing in a muzzle break

Bluehair · Nov 11, 2020

I load some 125/130 gr that are relatively pleasant to shoot. Frags a little. Lol

elkassassin · Nov 11, 2020

Maybe get the 50 JFP!

50 BMG Case Necked down to .17!

I Built this one Myself!

9.200 fps!

huntFX4 · Nov 11, 2020

Plain orange box bulk HSM is pretty weak. I shot an elk at 400 yards in high cross wind that blew the bullet into the liver. Bullet stopped under the hide on the other side.

Bluehair · Nov 12, 2020

elkassassin said:
Maybe get the 50 JFP!

50 BMG Case Necked down to .17!

I Built this one Myself!

9.200 fps!

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It's only funny because it's true.

50 JFP? I like it.....judas freekin priest.

Vanilla · Nov 12, 2020

Of the 300 win mag is too much recoil, I’d suggest buying a different gun rather than trying to tamper down the round itself.

And that is not a “tough guy” post. Recoil is an issue that makes us shoot poorly, and it impacts some more than others. Recoil is a factor we have to take into consideration.

You could also get a nice pad and muzzle brake. You could also look into a suppressor, although it takes a while.

legacy · Nov 12, 2020

I agree with the above posts... (in this order)

A) Find a more forgiving caliber
B) Invest in a brake
C) Try to find reduced recoil ammo

My wife hunted with my .300 Win Mag a couple of years ago and did fine with it. It's a Christensen Arms Mesa and came with factory brake. She's 5'1" and 110 lbs. It shoots 180 grain factory loads. It wouldn't have been possible without the brake.

DonVathome · Nov 13, 2020

I am fine with the recoil but it is not fun and in the right (or wrong position depending on how you look at it) there is potential for stiches if you are forced into shooing a steep shot. I do not need to kill the hillside behind my target. I love my gun (it is a tikka) and want to hunt smaller game with it.

Thanks for the ideas, do any of them actually say reduced recoil or anything like that?

I am probably going to get a muzzle brake. I am concerned about the noise. I am not in the habit of wearing hearing protection when hunting. Always at the range. I have tinnitus already and do not want to make it worse.

legacy · Nov 13, 2020

Low Recoil | HSM Ammunition

hsmammunition.com

Looks like the Remington and Hornady reduced recoil stuff is hard to find right now.

Get in the habit of wearing ear protection while hunting! You'll love yourself for it! Took me a minute to remember to throw my earplugs around my neck when I leave camp, but now it's a habit. I make my kids do the same and they don't know any different. They've never got in my way or been a hinderance.

https://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-Shooting-Earplugs-Contains-Replacement/dp/B07FB25RF9/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=orange+ear+plugs&qid=1605279431&sr=8-9

DonVathome · Nov 14, 2020

I definitely need to get into that habit.

travishunter3006 · Nov 14, 2020

I think you spelled 308 wrong

oilcan · Nov 14, 2020

I put a break on my 300 WM I can shoot it all day. In fact I have muzzle breaks on all 3 of my main hunting rifles.I wouldn’t own another rifle without one.

SHB · Nov 15, 2020

A suppressor will make feel it like a 22-250

deadibob · Nov 16, 2020

huntFX4 said:
Plain orange box bulk HSM is pretty weak. I shot an elk at 400 yards in high cross wind that blew the bullet into the liver. Bullet stopped under the hide on the other side.

Have you chronographed the load to know it is weak or are you just going by the penetration from that one shot? Bullets do funny things on animals at times and that doesn't always indicate the load itself is weak. I once had a 210 grain barnes bullet from a .338 win mag fail to exit a 90 pound impala. It was not a weak load, it was a fluke the way it was stopped in the animal and there is no explanation other than that.