reloading 300 weatherby

[dakotah]

I like to have enough gun for the game also.

With that rifle and bullet weight, most bullets will work pretty well in the 300. I prefer bullets that won't fragment though. I have already said enough about that. But there has been considerable amount of testing on bullet penetration, blow up etc. I have a copy of one of those extensive tests. The graph I have has been saved in a jpeg format and is called best-bullet.jpg. If you would like I could send you a copy. I would post it but am not sure how to do it on Hunt Chat. The premium bullets like Nosler partition and several others would be good choices.

The slower powders I use include 785WW, IMR4831, MR3100, H4831 and H4831SC.

I am almost out of WW785 and seemingly had some problems with it with top loads and 100 degree plus heat.

I have gone through sevral 8 pounders of the MR3100 which I bought when it was dirt cheap. It worked well with the large cases and heavy bullets. It is very similar to the H4831 in my estimation.

The powder I now mostly use with such gun combinations is H4831SC.

So, I would start with 180 grain Nosler Partitions (Parttitins are my favorite) with a full load of H4831SC. And if I ever had to go Elk hunting in open areas I would consider that load combination as a pretty good one (However I might look at 200 grain bullets in the great 300 Weatherby)