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    Tyre kicking - 300prc

    I’ve been planning on getting a 300wsm for a while know. I suspect there will be others out there who like me are planning for a new rifle, collecting info and ideas with the intention of making a purchase once supplies open back up.

    I’m not planning on spending custom rifle sort of money but will do some minor DIY to accurise a factory rifle.

    I want to shoot heavy 30cals on steel and goats past 1000m. I will be aiming for an unscoped weight of around 4kg.

    The original plan was a tikka 300wsm. I have a compatible stock and also a chassis, AI mags and scope all good to go for a tikka.

    With the wsm I can seat projectiles long while still mag feeding from the AI’s.

    I’ve just looked into brass and I’m basically limited to Norma which has shit reviews and pricing. Tikka are also behind the ball with barrel twists.

    I had paid off the 300prc as marketing hype. What I realise now however is that factory rifles will offer appropriate twist rates and I will be able to get top shelf brass.

    Who has experience handloading for 300prc factory cambers? Will the likes of the browning x bolt or bergara ridge allow me to run 225gn projectiles seated appropriately?

    If not, how likely is it that a smith will be able to adjust the throat on one of the above rifles? Ie will I need to source a reamer?

    (I don’t mind single feeding / modifying magazines as I will likely make a new stock from scratch).

    Cheers

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    the factory Saami reamer will be fine . the purpose of the 300prc was the long heavys it isn't handicapped at the SAAMI chamber like the Win Mag and Nosler the Bergaras look awesome id be looking hard at their carbon in 300 PRC
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    Thanks mate that’s reassuring to hear. A bergara barreled action would be the go if they become available

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    Have you considered a Howa barreled action and a KRG or MDT stock?
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    Have you seen @mikee 300 Norma 4 sale on here?

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    Yea sure have but $5000 Will be hard to justify. One day I’ll own a custom action..that rifle restocked in a manners would be dream rifle material.

    Howa could be good with $ left to cerakote and part of the fun is tinkering around as well. Don’t see many Howas on this forum these days

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    the howas are awesome bits of kit the bergara will have more aftermarket bits and bops being a rem clone

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    Quote Originally Posted by SPEARONZ View Post
    Don’t see many Howas on this forum these days
    I thought every other Forum member had a Howa in either 223 or 300BLK?
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    Howa 264 Win Mag

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    Give Mark Mc farlane at Desert guns a bell as he has experience with the calibre.


    He built my mates 300 PRC and it's a tack driver albeit he built it for trophy sniping. Just pertaining to the calibre that is

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    @ROKTOY Yes true, howa mini actions are a different story I suppose. Still most new toys seem to be rebarrelled tikkas.

    Might have to flip a coin and either run 200gn out of a tikka 300wsm or go heavy in a howa prc.

    This will be a slow process anyway hopefully gather bits and pieces together by mid winter.

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    I'd thought of buying a Sako Carbon Wolf in 7mmRemMag and immediately rebarrelling it to a new TruFlite barrel in 300 PRC. A new Sako 7RM barrel should be fairly easy to sell ?
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    There’s a nice WSM Tikka in the for sale section.

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    dam the old 225s are going to be glong slow out of a wsm shit my old wsm struggled with the 208 to the point that the 7mm 162 was ballistically better

    300 norma is a game changer ide 100% go that way for chucking the big pills mine shoots the 225eldm at 3000fps
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