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Offline Forest Walker

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300 acckley magnum
« on: December 13, 2005, 08:19:56 AM »
Can anyone give me any info on this carteidge(max pressure, coal, ect...) or any other 30 cal wildcats based on a 300 win mag.

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« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2005, 03:46:43 PM »
I'm pretty sure it is based on the 300 H&H case, not the Win Mag. In any rate, the max pressure is going to be dictated by the rifle it's fired in. If it's setup properly you can run it pretty hot, and with that big case it'll really perform. Funny you should mention this one, just today I was going through the reamer drawer and noticed I have a reamer for it.
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« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2005, 12:00:03 AM »
There isn't much you can do with the 300mag case but I'm sure the 300ai mag is off the 300wby or reformed 300H&H case.  You can go over to www.benchrest.com and get on the 1000yd forum and they could confirm.

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« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2006, 05:39:14 AM »
The 300 Ackley is an improved H&H and its nearly identical to the Weatherby. Mine has been in use for 50 yrs and will still shoot MOA.
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« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2006, 07:03:49 AM »
Mr. Ackley, along with about two dozen others, improved the .300 H&H case (often in the 1917 Enfield surplus action) to increase powder capacity and reduce "back thrust" on the bolt... Mr. Ackely's books, available from eabco.com, sinclair, ebay, etc. detail many of these experiments.  After a decade or two of this post WW I experimenting, Mr. Weatherby decided to do the same thing, ONLY using a rounded "radius" shoulder/and neck junction. (.300 Weatherby) i). reportedly the radius causes turbulance that slows pressure build and permits higher overall powder charges, longer working... He also used alot of freebore. ii). reportedly, after his death, he said that rounded shoulders are harder to copy... ask any machinist.

You can fire Weatherby ammo in a properly done Ackley chamber, but the radius shoulder blows out and will no longer work well in the Weatherby chamber... Resizing is a pain.

.300 Win. is much newer. '60s as I recall. Same pressures, 55K CUP, but a case short enough to work in the standard .30/'06 length actions. Either will give you about all the preformance you can stand with reasonable barrel life. Next up is the .30/.378 Weatherby if you can stand the kick and low barrel life... luck