Author Topic: 300 H&H (Read 1014 times)

msorenso · « **on:** February 11, 2005, 05:35:19 AM »

DOES ANYONE CHAMBER IN 300 h&H ANYMORE OR MAKE THE AMMO? :? :blaster:

marylandeer · « **Reply #1 on:** February 11, 2005, 11:19:51 AM »

Nosler, Federal and Winchester make them. I'm sure some others do as well but this is all I know of. You can get custom made ammo from several websites I have run across for the 300H&H.

http://www.nosler.com/customammo.html

http://federalcartridge.com/default.asp?pg=27&firearm=1

http://winchester.com/products/catalog/cfrdetail.aspx?symbol=S300HX&cart=MzAwIEgrQUNZLUggTWFnbnVt

Here is one of those custom guys.

http://owlnet.com/quality/300hh.htm
I don't of anyone still chambering for this cartridge.

IntrepidWizard · « **Reply #2 on:** February 11, 2005, 11:58:23 AM »

My first "New" rifle was a 1957 Model 70 in H&H with a 5x Koelhlemorgan scope,deadly weapon and I loaded for it with a Ideal.

Yukon Jack · « **Reply #3 on:** February 11, 2005, 06:36:37 PM »

There are plenty of used rifles at the internet auction sites chambered in the Super 30. Unless you go with a semi-custom shop or full custom rifle, I don't think anyone is chambering rifles for it anymore.

Winchester brass is readily available at Sportsmans Warehouse and larger gunshops.

rogue9 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 12, 2005, 05:30:03 PM »

You're best bet is to reload.

Brass is readily available & will be for a very long time!

With a reload you can drive a 180 gr at 3000 fps & use about 68 grains of IMR 4350.

Be careful.. work up a load for your gun!!

A Super 30 is still the most economical & (accurate, light recoil,etc)

I love mine

P.S.

You need a premium bullet. My mod 70 performs badly with nosler partitions. Go figure

msorenso · « **Reply #5 on:** February 13, 2005, 03:25:04 AM »

Hey, Thanks guys appreciate the info !

glock29 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 18, 2005, 08:16:31 AM »

One could always have the chamber of any 300 H&H rifle cut/reamed to the 300 Weatherby profile and be able to fire BOTH H&H and Weatherby ammo. The case is the exact same length.
Firing 300 H&H ammo in a 300 weatherby chamber results in perfectly fireformed 300 Wby cases.
300 Weatherby is much easier to find now than H&H, and offers BETTER performance, to boot !

Jimi · « **Reply #7 on:** March 23, 2005, 06:03:39 AM »

There are several factory loads for the .300H&H. I suggest you look at www.cabelas.com and click your way to the ammunition pages. My recollection is that most of them are 180 grain, which is a shame because the .300 H&H is the only .300 Magnum (along with the .300Wby) that handles 220 grain bullets, which is nice for the heavier game on the bushveld... kudu, eland... but for North America the 180grain is fine.

As an aside, I really don't understand why manufacturers went beyond the .300 H&H... no, wait... I do understand... it was to sell more rifles! American hunters have generally been duped into believing that faster is better. Winchester made the .300 Win Mag a bit faster than the .300 H&H and voila, they sold many new rifles in the new caliber because we have to have the latest and greatest. Same thing with these ultra magnums, short magnums, and so on. The .300 H&H will kill anything that the "hotter" .300 Magnums will, and it will kill them at least as efficiently if not more so. The sole exception being shots beyond 300 yards where you actually do get some benefit from the faster bullets.