300 H&H

[dave hall]

has anyone had a custom rifle built in this cal?.what do you guys think of  this cartridge? any feed back would be appreciated.thanks :-)

[Judson]

In its day the 300 H&H was a true hot rod cartridge but by todays standards it is on a par with such cartridges as the .300 Winchester and the .308 Norma mag.    It does not have a performance edge on either of these and accuracy wise the same is true.    The good old .300 H&H is also a cordite cartridge which explains the very long case and huge tapper.    Cordite is made in spaghetti like strands and then cut to length.  It is then loaded into the case and the case is necked down and the bullet seated.    (Thank God we do not have to do that any more!!!)
   On the pluss side if you do not mind using a .375 H&H size action the .300 will give you a nostalgia trip, it is a true classic.    The 300 H&H and its big brother the .375 are the cartridges that started the belted magnums rise to fame.

[oneb]

The .300 H&H is among my favorite calibers. I used it first a year or so ago and now own two of them -- a Remington Classic and a Ruger #1 rechambered from a .30-06. Both are going with me to Quebec this fall for a monster northern deer hunt.

I have a shoulder problem and cannot live with the slamming from modern belted mags above .257 WBY. The .300 H&H shoves more
than it explodes into you. I can shoot the .375 H&H too! So I can
go after almost any game I choose w/o being undergunned or giving up serious capabilities down range. Hurray for the classics.

If you are looking for a high dollar custom rifle, there sre a couple of master gunsmiths who love to work with that caliber. I think Darcy Echols is one of them.

Good luck,

oneb

[kombi1976]

Judson's right. The H&H was the forerunner of the modern magnums and it won the Queen's Match at Wimbeldon(correct me if I'm wrong here) and changed the tide in target shooting.
But he's also right in that the .300 Win & .308 Norma are much better bets, as is the .300WSM, in terms of performance & efficiency, and far more ammo is available for them.
Another drawback, both of the the .300 and .375 H&H cartridges, is that the gentle tapering case for easy feed, which made them an excellent cartridge for hunting dangerous game with bolt actions, also suffers terribly from stretching, should you reload. People anneal and do other various things to combat this but it really can't be overcome and in the end you have to regularly trim the cases.
If you don't mind this(or don't reload) & you're willing either to fork out for a custom rifle with the necessary magnum action or have a Ruger No.1 chambered for this round then enjoy. No one can deny that the old magnums by H&H, Rigby & Jeffrey have something about them. Personally I'd love to have a bolt action in .416 Rigby. Mmmm.........more rifles, argle, drool.  :grin: