CatShooter
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"... Anyone know how fast a guy could push a 110 or 125 bullet in a 300 wsm?
There is a guy in Virginia named Richard Franklin that builds the 300 WSM varmint rifles.
He uses a 29"-30" slow twist barrel (15") and gets ~3900fps (so he says). But 3900 fps requires you loading to ~65,000 psi - doable, but real short case life.
They are LOUD and many farmers will run you off the place - with ~70gr of powder, they are expensive cuz barrel life ain't what you want it to be.
But if you really want a 20 pound chuck to get launched, this will do it. They are expensive, and take a year or so to get.
I would personally get a 300 Win Mag - more power and velocity at lower pressure, and you can get a heavy barreled 300 Win Mag on short order, and if you don't like it, you can sell it or do something else with it - With Richard's rifles, if you don't like it, you eat it, cuz very few people are interested in a odd-ball rifle like that.
The other problem with rifles like that is if the farmer wants the chucks removed from the field, you need a shovel and plastic bag, cuz they are a real gross mess.
I'd rather whack them with a .220 swift and watch them drop on the spot and wag their little tails at me...
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"... Anyone know how fast a guy could push a 110 or 125 bullet in a 300 wsm?
There is a guy in Virginia named Richard Franklin that builds the 300 WSM varmint rifles.
He uses a 29"-30" slow twist barrel (15") and gets ~3900fps (so he says). But 3900 fps requires you loading to ~65,000 psi - doable, but real short case life.
They are LOUD and many farmers will run you off the place - with ~70gr of powder, they are expensive cuz barrel life ain't what you want it to be.
But if you really want a 20 pound chuck to get launched, this will do it. They are expensive, and take a year or so to get.
I would personally get a 300 Win Mag - more power and velocity at lower pressure, and you can get a heavy barreled 300 Win Mag on short order, and if you don't like it, you can sell it or do something else with it - With Richard's rifles, if you don't like it, you eat it, cuz very few people are interested in a odd-ball rifle like that.
The other problem with rifles like that is if the farmer wants the chucks removed from the field, you need a shovel and plastic bag, cuz they are a real gross mess.
I'd rather whack them with a .220 swift and watch them drop on the spot and wag their little tails at me...
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