WSM in a short action questions

[XTR]

I shoot a lot of F-TR. Over the yrs I've begun to accumulate 10TW 30 cal barrels that are no longer holding elevation and I really dont have much use for them, and while I could shorten and re-chamber some of them, for competition purposes I usually spin up a new barrel, but I've been thinking lately that some of my tubes that started with 5" breach sections could have the stub lopped off and shortened by a few inches to the 24-26" range and would make pretty good hunting barrels, though they'd be a bit heavy they'd support a can well.

I have a R700 short action with a DBM system that accepts AICS pattern mags and has been relieved to feed bullets that are full length in Alpha or Accurate mags w/o the plate so an OAL in the 2.9+ range. So it would not be difficult to add a magnum bolt, a WSM mag from Accurate or Alpha and spin on a 300WSM barrel.

I realize really long bullets are going to be pushed way down into the case, usually not the best setup.

My question(s) are:

How heavy of a bullet have you seen run well in a short action 300WSM setup?
What hunting bullets have worked well for those who have run a setup like this?
What kind of MVs do you get with the ones that have worked?

Thanks.
Wade

 

[Rdlningcltchdmpr]

Qwik fix = barnes tipped triple shock 110 grain , 300 wsm = 3800 fps. This will outperform anything to 500 yards.

 

[Geno C]

I have a 300wsm with a .230 freebore that fits in a model 70 wsm action bdl style bottom metal. It has a 26” barrel and gets 2850fps just fine using Winchester brass and 210 Berger’s. I chopped back my original barrel to 23” from 31 but haven’t worked with it yet