Re: 300 Norma mag...
Goin'Hot
If your going to build a .300 NM then I would go with a Surgeon XL repeater or single shot. If you go with a repeater then you can seat the bullets out as far as you want. But if your intention is to shoot this rifle prone and only at longrange then I would opt for the single shot, which there again you can seat the bullet where you want it.
You can build a .300 Hulk or .300 Norma mag on a Surgeon short action easily if you go with a single shot. When you fire the round the case will eject with no problem, or you could use the WSM for a little more room but you dont really need it. If you dont fire the round just simple pull the bolt and extrct the round. I bet in all the years Karl has shot his Hulk he can count on one hand how many times he's had to do that. Karls Hulk is built on a short action and look how it performs. Another choice is a BAT which is a great action for this application. Tim's .30/338 Norma mag is built on a Bat single shot. An improved .300 Norma mag would be a Hulk IMO.
Brass is not to far away from production. We are currently doing some tests with .300 Norma brass compared to the custom made Hulk brass we make out of .338 LM to see which is stronger, as in which one will take fail first. I think we already know the answer. As for which one will push the 240 harder and more accurate that remains to be seen.
Since I have 16+ years experience with this type of shortend and necked down version of the .338 LM cartridge I'm doing the testing with one other participant. We build both models obviously and we have more experience with this type of cartridge and the proof well, is in the pudding. Which is another reason for our 7mm Hulk a .338 Hulk and of course the Norma brass versions for those who can't decide. We have new .300 Norma mag tacticals and a .300 Hulk for demos at TVP for 2011.
