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The .300 Winchester Magnum (also known as .300 Win Mag or .300 WM) (7.62×67mmB, 7.62x66BR) is a belted, bottlenecked magnum rifle cartridge that was introduced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1963. The .300 Winchester Magnum is a magnum cartridge designed to fit in a standard rifle action.
.300 Winchester Magnum (1963): .308 in (7.8 mm) bullet; With the exception of the .264 Win Mag, all of these cartridges are still widely used and among the most popular big game cartridges around the world. The .458 Win Mag has become the #1 cartridge for dangerous game in Africa, as well as a very popular round with Alaskan/Canadian bear guides
The .300 WSM also head-spaces off of the case shoulder, versus the older .300 Winchester Magnum's belted head space design. The advantage to this round is the ballistic performance is nearly identical to the .300 Winchester Magnum [ 2 ] in a lighter rifle with a shorter action burning 8 - 10% less gunpowder.
Nov. 13—The Maine Warden Service is investigating the illegal killings of two moose in Washington and Aroostook counties. The incidents, which are unrelated, happened last week, according to the ...
One of the lives lost this year was Hahn, a 24-year-old son from Hildebran in Burke County who had taken the day off work to go hunting in Pisgah National Forest with his father, Mark Hahn.
The throat of the .300 Styria Magnum is similar to the proven .308 Winchester and short enough to seat the bullets to the lands without exceeding the maximum length of 84.8 mm (3.339 in) to fit the original Mauser 98 magazine. The thick-walled 8×68mm S parent case manufactured by RWS can handle a usage piezo pressure up to 460 MPa (66717 psi).
An Iditarod competitor has been handed a two-hour penalty after failing to properly gut a moose he killed in “self-defense” during Alaska’s legendary long-distance sled dog race, organizers ...
It is believed that Vang and his friends began their day on public land, but he later went onto a private 400 acres (1.6 km 2) tract of land. [6] On Sunday, November 21, a hunting party of about 15 people were in a cabin on this private land. Terry Willers, one of the two co-owners of the land, left the cabin and saw Vang sitting in a deer stand.