Suppressed 300 wsm elk / oryx project questions

[chiquitogringito]

Hello. I live in New Mexico and hunt oryx, and elk a lot. I am tired of concussive blast and loudness of my braked 7mm rem mag and want to build a suppressed, short barrel, oryx slayer rifle. Oryx are tough animals and sometimes require long shots. My furthest shot so far was 350, but I want a rifle that can kill on at 600 yards as I improve my shooting.

I have been researching rifle calibers / ballistics to select the best caliber for this project. I am not well verse in ballistics or different calibers in general. My only two rifles are 6.5 cm and 7mm rem mag. I do not reload.

I am thinking 300 wsm with an 18-20 inch barrel would fit my needs. Who has done a shorty 300 wsm? How short is too short?

I am thinking of buying a cheap tikka 300 wsm, taking the action and barrel, having a gunsmith cut the barrel down, and putting it in an MDT hunt 26 chassis. Add a TBAC suppressor and scope and go hunting!

I am looking for any advice, confirmation that 300 wsm would be a good, or other caliber recommendations. Even better if you have hunted oryx and know what it takes to kill one.

Thank you!!!

 

[MuleyFever]

I am thinking of buying a cheap tikka 300 wsm, taking the action and barrel, having a gunsmith cut the barrel down, and putting it in an MDT hunt 26 chassis. Add a TBAC suppressor and scope and go hunting!

I am looking for any advice, confirmation that 300 wsm would be a good, or other caliber recommendations. Even better if you have hunted and know what it takes to kill one.

Thank you!!!

The plan to thread a Tikka is solid. On to your second part, you don't need a 300 to kill an oryx.

 

[chiquitogringito]

The plan to thread a Tikka is solid. On to your second part, you don't need a 300 to kill an oryx.

What caliber would you recommend that would work on a short 18-20" barrel?

 

[The Guide]

What caliber would you recommend that would work on a short 18-20" barrel?

A handloaded or boutique ammo manufacturer loaded 6.5 PRC (Unknown Munitions makes some great options) or if you are a factory ammo guy the 7mm Backcountry. Should keep you above 2000 fps to +/- 600 yards and 1800 fps to +/- 750 yards. Both cartridges suppress well and should provide enough bullet to kill any elk or Oryx you pull the trigger on.

Jay

 

[cal30_sniper]

I built a 20” 300 WSM this year. Throated long and twisted fast for long, high-BC copper monos. If I didn’t have my sights set on mono bullets for this rifle, I would have built something smaller caliber (well, I kind of did: a Tikka rebarrel in 25-300 WSM).

I’ll shoot you a PM. Depending where you’re at in NM, I may be able to help you out with some stuff on this.