If you use a standard 5.56 mag, youll reduce the capacity somewhat. Reliability * * * * * If you reload, the 300 Hamr is cheaper to plink, and cheaper to hunt with, than the 7.62X39. It has likely killed more deer in North America than any other caliber. I . It works as advertised, Way out of my price range. energy at the muzzle. Great caliber, wonderful rifle. This is not a heavyweight rifle. Bill also sent along some new Lehigh Defense 110-grain Controlled Chaos monolithic hollowpoints designed specifically for the .300 HAMR. Thats a real difference. I cant find it now, but something about a a 400FPS advantage, when it was really about 200FPS when compared fairly. I know nothing of either. Walt Krafft. Another factor in any rifles shootability, of course, is the trigger. Aiming offhand at 100 yards turned out to be easy, a quality perhaps even more helpful than light weight in a rifle designed for rapid shooting at moving animals. As with any new round, how far and quickly options range all has to do with popularity. After waiting quite some time for all the parts to come in (barrel came in quick BTW), I finally got my 300 HAMR built using the Wilson Ranch 18 Barrel with Intermediate (13.25) length gas tube. With most other loadings, the 300 Hamr doesnt just match, but exceeds the .30-30s performance. This is not unusual in mild rifle cartridges, as pointed out in my article on .22 Hornet-based rounds in Handloader No. Mag. Canik Introduces The Gassed Up TP9 Elite Combat Executive, .277 Fury: The Armys Newest Cartridges Background And Ballistics, First Look: Vortex Razor HD 4000 GB Ballistic Laser Rangefinder. WARNING: Due to barrel bore dimension variations and powder lot differences WILSON COMBAT strongly recommends the use of a chronograph to work up loads in excess of the starting loads. If a competent marksman can get a 120 lb. Bill took his 45 bull later that afternoon . Bill Wilson Ranch Rifle Package - Wilson Combat The .300 HAM'R will do everything the .30-30 Winchester will do and more, but from an AR-15 platform; and in the Wilson Combat Tactical Hunter, it weighs less, shoots better and holds a lot more ammunition than any .30-30 lever-action rifle ever made. The Hamr shoots a Hornady 150-grain SST to a muzzle velocity of 2,240 fps with 1,671 ft-lbs. Redding Reloading Adds Die Set for 300 Ham'r | An Official Journal Of Maximum cartridge length is 2.260 inchesthe same as for the .223 Rem. As I was not the only incredulous writer on hand to review the new chambering and the guns that fire it, Bill offered an impromptu demonstration. Wilson Combat is for one thing and one thing only, bragging rights. It made some waves and still has a following, but, with apologies to Jim Morrison, it just couldnt break on through to the other side. However, about 10 years later another cartridge did. Dont listen to the haters, dare to be different in a crowd full of stubby cartridge lovers. I also wrote that although it was a debate for me between the .300 ham'r and .308 for pigs because of .308's ability to stretch out a bit further for field hunts . I had a 300bk and I didn't like the terminal ballistics past 75 yards with the same pill. Thanks for drawing my attention to the 130s. With a 130gr round, drop was significant, a little over 40. And while were on the subject, what happens if I mistakenly load a mag of these into my .300 Blk? One of the distinctive features found on this model is fixed carbon fiber wrapped stock, the same kind used I used during my Nilgai hunt with his friggin awesome 458 Hamr. Get 12 Issues a year of the country's best firearms writing. Currently, ammo, brass and dies are available from Wilson Combat. PDF 300 HAM'R LOAD DATA 9-15F1 - Wilson Combat The .300 Blackout (center) and the .300 HAMR (right) are both AR-15 compatible, .30-caliber cartridges, designed to offer a level of performance unobtainable with the .223 Remington (left). Surely we will get some other manufactures making .300 Hamr uppers and there will be some budget options available. Anyone who has been playing with handloading for 20+ years can see that the Hamr in 30 caliber has a huge advantage. It offers near .308 Winchester effectiveness on game animals with amazing accuracy and low recoil in the lightweight and compact WC15 platform. With the .300 Blackout, which was designed to fire both super and subsonic. Capable of pushing a 150-grain bullet 2,240 fps at the muzzle. 300 Ham'r has slightly higher SAAMI Max Average Pressure of 57,500 psi (transducer) vs 300 BO at 55,000 psi (transducer). It will split market share and drive down commonality of one cartridge and make availability and prices worse for everyone. I let Bill know how well the rifle performed, mentioning this insight. Not all exquisitely accurate cartridges follow the PPC or BR blueprint-profile. #A300HMR-130-HC, 150gr Hornady SST This round extends the range & lethality of the old 30-30 which has accounted for more game than likely any caliber. To get the 300 HAMR to compete with 30-30 it need not only try to get the same velocity/energy as the 30-30, it needs to use the same types of bullets. Redding Reloading Equipment has added a New 3-Die Set for the 300 Ham'ra bottleneck cartridge based on a modified .223 Remington case necked up to 30-caliber. 7.6240mm Wilson Tactical - Wikipedia I started out thinking this gun was pointless and dumb, and ended up wanting one. Some opt for pistol length gas system on 300 blk guns but if you're using an AGB and a mix of unsurpassed and suppressed shooting with mixed powder charges carbine should do just fine. But is that enough for yet another cartridge? I asked the clerk at the signup desk how many they have sold over the last year, he said 2 or 3. And most shots are way closer than that. Tests of the (left to right): Lehigh 110-grain Controlled Chaos, Nosler 125-grain AccuBond and the Hornady 150-grain InterLock RN in dry newspaper indicated all three will penetrate well on pigs. Then, in 2008, Remington came out with the .30 Rem. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. In 2018, Bill Wilson of Wilson Combat announced the .300 Hamr to match or better .30-30 Winchester performance in an AR magazine-length round. But I absolutely agree, YAY options! All I did to prep the brass was to graphite lube and run a mandrel through it, then prime & charge it. Zero issues. Wilson was also familiar with the 7.6240, originally the brainchild of Kurt Buchert. Will stick to .308 and .300BLK, surplus, popularity, and availability win my money. The 200+ ft. Once considered a problem in the South, their numbers are increasing in northern states, where some biologists thought winters would kill them off: Colorado, Michigan, New Hampshire, Oregon, Vermont and Washington. HAM'R Time - Hard-Hitting Horsepower for Your AR - Guns and Ammo Seems to me that if you are an American you have a social duty to own an M4 Carbine type rifle for militia use Wolfe Publishing Company | 2180 Gulfstream Suite A | Prescott, AZ 86301. Get the latest news and reviews from Gundigest.com. 30-30 is effective at short range hunting mostly because of the bullets it uses, which are medium weight for caliber bullets, of very light construction, and most importantly of blunt shape. At first I was somewhat doubtful the Nosler 125-grain AccuBond would leave enough room for the powder charge because its a relatively long plastic-tipped boat-tail, but it worked fine. The 300 Blackout is designed to be subsonic. I am using the 6.5 Grendel for this job (do the same thing with a AR that you can do with a 30-30). 125 grain weight; ~2510 fps velocity; ~1750 ft. lbs. All comments are held for moderation and will appear after approval. Washington Takes Oppression of Gun Owners to New Lows, Finding a Firearm: My Wifes First Pistol, Throwback Thursday: 5 Long-Slide Pistols I Cant Live Without. Put coffee down. I also witnessed box after box fired through the same gun with multiple shooters. I have used my 16.25 (barrel swap in a DD V7) on 3 deer and was picking out petals for about half an hour. 110gr Barnes TSX #30835 #A300HMR-150-HC, Loading data from the Wilson Combat Website: Wilson Combat's new .300 HAM'R is to the .300 Blackout (BLK) what the .300 Win. The 300 HAM'R was developed with one thing in mind, OPTIMAL TERMINAL PERFORMANCE. If you dont hunt pigs, you dont shoot pigs, so I headed out to a particularly wooded area the very first night I was there, knowing it would likely take several mornings and evenings of hunting to be successful. So, he set out to make a round that would duplicate the old workhorse .30-30 in an AR-15 platform rifle. Some might think this is a good thing, and terminally, it is, but if you plan to eat your meat or feed it to your kids .300blk will do just fine inside 150 while preserving more meat and not leaving tunnels of sharp chunks most of the time. So it costs less, weighs less, and you can put the upper on any AR15 lower. I all so hand load for it . (Wilson offers over 20 different chamberings for its AR-platform guns). AS YOU CAN SEE THE 300 HAM'R HAS A SOLID 300FPS VELOCITY AND A 400FP ENERGY ADVANTAGE OVER FACTORY 300 BLACKOUT AT THE MUZZLE." "300 HAM'R vs 7.6239 BALLISTIC COMPARISON 300 HAM'R 16.25" Barrel Sierra 125gr SBT 2520FPS MV, 1763FP ME Hornady 150gr SST 2240FPS MV, 1671FP ME 7.6239 16.25" Barrel Remington 125gr Cor-Lokt 2365FPS MV, 1552FP ME 135gr Sierra HPBT MK #2123 3. This is the stripped-down, lightweight hunting rig that Bill keeps strapped to his Kawasaki Mule or in his vehicle when hes around the ranch for hog eradication. The 1:15 rifling twist of the barrel easily handled a variety of bullets from 110 to 150 grains, including the (1) Sierra 110-grain HP, (2) Lehigh Defense 110 Controlled Chaos, (3) Sierra 125 ProHunter HP, (4) Nosler 125 AccuBond, (5) Speer 130 Hot-Cor FN, (6) Hornady 130 Spire Point, (7) Hornady 150 InterLock RN and the (8) Speer 150-grain Hot-Cor FN. 300 Ham'r No Love? - AR15.COM How much is Wilson paying you guys for this piece? I know this cartridge was never intended to be used subsonic but has anyone tried it? I had my camera out and ready to catch it. Its just not quite the same without the little loop under the g un. can you shoot the 300 hamr in a 300 blackout upper? The 300 Blackout was designed for use in AR-15 rifles, while the 300 Ham R was designed for bolt-action rifles.
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