Short magnums on long actions

[wethington123]

Hi. First post so my appoligies if it's not in the right thread and all that. Thinking of doing a 300WSM barrel for a long action soon. If anybody else has done that I was wondering what weight class bullets you find to be the sweet spot since getting out of the SA should unlock the heavy 30 cals....planning to use H4350. Another concern I had was magazine feeding? To me a short mag 30 cal with bullets seated long looks almost like a scaled-up 6BR - like the ratio of powder weight/column height to bullet diameter and weight, I assume there's something to that with the reports of easy to find accuracy and consistancy. That's why I'm drawn to it over say a 300prc, or even some kind of 7mm short magnum. Anybody mind weighing in?

For the record I say long action over medium because really I would like to be able to use the action for a true LA round down the road if needed, and I guess the feeding question would be answered better that way.

Thanks!

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

You didn't say what rifle so that is probably going to factor into your feeding question.

I have long throated 300wsm tikka that I used 181gr monos (long) and 208eldm in, at the time I was using HCA's gen 1 mag. No issues with feeding.

 

[wethington123]

Yeah that's right, sorry. My short action guns are Zermatt which are CRF, probably going to stick with that and do a TL3 but not 100 percent. Do you know if your smith had a reamer with whatever freebore built in or if they throated it out to a dummy round for you?