U.S. Army Upgrades To .300 Winchester Magnum

StrategyPage.com ^ | October 07, 2010

[IYAS9YAS]

a new scope

Ah. There's half the cost right there.

Good glass, tuned for that round, ain't cheap.

[Joe 6-pack]

Shortly before he died, Jeff Cooper wrote that the next big challenge for shooters and gunmakers would be the "20-20-20" - that is, putting 20 rounds in a 20" circle at 1,000 yards in 20 seconds or less. I always thought the optimum rifle to do it would be this little gem from Walther, also a .300 WinMag sniper rifle...

[Lion Den Dan]

Looks to me like we are keeping the scope mounts (maybe) and replacing everything else (lock, stock and barrel) for $7800.00. What a crock.

[IYAS9YAS]

I know a custom rifle maker who will make you a one of a kind, accurized (guaranteed to shoot 1/2 minute groups w/ good ammo), personalized, .300 Win mag for $3500.00 all day long!

Does that include the scope? Some of what our troops are using is very high-dollar stuff, scope-wise.

[struwwelpeter]

I'm looking at Lee's "Modern Reloading", comparing .308 Winchester to .300 Winchester Magnum for a 250-grain jacketed bullet...

...and becoming seriously aroused.

[SVTCobra03]

The 98Bravo would be better:

[Bigun]

Nope!

Scope would be extra but mounts are included.

[MileHi]

The conversion kit includes a new receiver and barrel, a new scope, a new flash suppressor and a folding buttstock.

[WAW]

I was gonna say, I didn’t pay even half that for my .300 Win Mag with the stock mod, barrel mod, the trigger job, the scope or all the ammunition...

[Osage Orange]

Holy smokes.....

Surely they could just buy new rifles. For less than half that price!!

[Osage Orange]

Holy smokes.....

Surely they could just buy new rifles. For less than half that price!!

[my small voice]

I havea hard time believing taht they cannot buy NEW ones for less than $7800/each!! Here we go with the $5500 toilet seats again.

[my small voice]

Hell, we need to tell them about Walmart. 300 mags are on sale for $289!!!!!!!

[libertyhoundusnr]

The .338 Lapua is a quite a weapon. The Brits first choice, and they are good with it. Fires a 250 gr bullet @ 2900 or so. Their new rifles are $7000?

Remington makes one that goes for about $1300. Remington or any of the US MFGs are hard to beat.

The cheap way out is the .338 Win Mag. Superbly accurate, slightly less powerful, it will blow the lungs out of moose @600 yds. If you like Cheaperthandirt.com, check out their Zastava bolt action in .338 winmag @ about $500 or so....

[LSAggie]

Ping - how about this one? OB

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

The conversion will take five years and will cost about $7,800 per rifle.

Whuttttttt?

Price: $1,591.22 (Scope not included)

.300 Winchester Magnum Rifles for Sale

[Big_Harry]

What a tremendous waste of taxpayer’s money! The new Savage Arms 110 BA in .338 Lapua will shoot rings around the .300 Winchester for thousands less per rifle. IMHO of course :)

[broken_arrow1]

Good Luck! I fired a .300 Wichester Magnum for the first time last weekend, and my shoulder is still feeling the punch. I will stick to my .308, thank you.

[Iron Munro]

Sounds like more of the same old, same old political wheeling and dealing that caused us to spend billions on equipping our forces with .223 poodle shooters.

It always seems that one of the top priorities on any weapons procuement contract is to make certain the right amount of money is spent with the right people.

[Mouton]

I love my savage 300 win mag. Will admit, a few boxes will put a definite hurt on you first time you fire one for sure.