Factory ammo for Cooper 300wm

[Remington92]

I picked up a Cooper Timberline a while back and between moving and changing jobs I’ve slacked on trying to get load development done so I’m going factory route this season. I know this is a loaded question but what factory ammo have y’all had luck with in 300wm Cooper’s? Going after mule deer and elk. Thanks in advance!

 

[elkguide]

Berger.

 

[ChrisAU]

My Cooper 92 280AI seems to like the factory Nosler accubond loadings, they shoot better than I do.

 

[Crapshoot]

180 grain Nosler Accubond shot well in all 3 of my Cooper 300 win's.

 

[warrbuk]

Hornady Precision Hunter 200 grain ELDX


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[justin davis]

Heard good things about the Hornady 200 ELDX

 

[Outlaw99]

I’d bet outside of the Berger’s, that gun will like Barnes better than the others, and the Barnes will outperform the Berger in factory ammo

 

[mmac]

I have a Cooper 300 Win 52. Likes the Hornady 200 gr Eldx factory loads, then the Barnes loads at 180. Handloads, loves the 200 gr AB over 72.5 Rl 22.

 

[Quicksilver]

The 3 I have messed with and have proven to perform well in other's 300wm rifles are the factory berger 215gr ammo, hornady precision hunter 200eld-x, and federal premium 180gr accubond ammo. I would try any of these 3 first.

 

[TrueAt1stLight]

I just picked up my Open Country LR LW in .300 Win and didn't have enough time to load any ammo before a prairie dog shoot but I did have a bunch of Barnes Vor-Tx 180 grain TTSX factory ammo. It shot sub MOA and I was making hits out to 1,000 yards with it. While not an ideal bullet for a grand, it shot well-enough and I killed a ton of African plains game out to 500 yds with it a few years' back with a Weatherby Mark V SBGM. Couldn't catch one in any animal, not even the nearly 1,000 lb blue wildebeest.

 

[TrueAt1stLight]

... one more edit to add: I had a bunch of Federal blue and silver box (now called Power-Shok?) 180 grain SP's on-hand from back when they were less than $18 a box at Cabelas. These shot around 1 MOA in my new Cooper. They appear to be now pushing $30 a box so not necessarily the best value any longer.