700 classic in 300wby

[Wulfman]

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Hello,
I have the opportunity to purchase an unfired remington 700 classic in 300wby. I love the weatherby round and I have long been a remington fan so finding this rifle is like a dream come truel; however, I read on a forum where someone mentioned that the remington classic had a 1-12 twist for their 300wby whereas the standard weatherby mark V is is 1-10 twist. I really do want to load 200gr barnes bullets for ballistic coefficient and other reasons and I am afraid the 1-12 twist won't push those heavier bullets.
One other question, does anyone have one of these rifles and if so, what is the recoil like?

You really need to take with a grain of salt things you read on forums.......

However.........
I checked the '89 Remington catalog (the year the Classic in .300 Wby. mag was issued) and it does NOT specify what the twist is. (for some strange reason)

But, almost all of the .30 caliber Remington rifles have 1 in 10" twist (with the exception of one listing for a .308 Winchester). I can't imagine why it would be that much different from a .300 Win. Mag. They also announced in the catalog that the new ammunition they were producing for the .300 Wby. was a round nose 220 grain load. So, I think you're being unnecessarily concerned about the bullet weight and twist. I think I would be more concerned about the recoil and developing a bad case of "flinch-itis" and being able to place the bullet accurately, unless you're used to shooting those classes of cartridges.

I personally don't own any firearms in Weatherby calibers......nor would I.

One other little bit of info......
According to the information I obtained somewhere, that year had by far the highest number of Classics produced: 1989 - 300 Weatherby - 10,779
So, it's not too surprising that you've found one in unfired condition.


Den

[jrv0976]

Hi i know this a really old post but i have had a 700 classic in .300 Weatherby and i bought 2nd hand from a lgs for about 450.00 in 1990 I have to say i love the riffle but what i have found out from Remingtin CS was it has a 1:10"rate of twist and is really finicky and usaully likes only 180 grain and heavier,my largest conceen was if it had tbe Weatherby freebore and Remington did not know ,so i smoked a 180 grain boat tail and went untill it just touched the rifiling and then seated ack .030" and i have got good accuracy and no sings of overpreasure ie flattened primers. I Hope this helps someone outhere and hopefully help generate some interest and get others to post their experience on this unqique riffle /caliber combination.