.300 Winchester Magnum ballistics chart
The .300 Winchester Magnum trajectory with a 195-grain match bullet: drop, wind drift and retained velocity from a 100-yard zero out to 1,200 yards.
What is the .300 Winchester Magnum?
The .300 Winchester Magnum is the most widely issued and competed Western magnum, used by military precision units and F-Open shooters alike. It pushes heavy .30-calibre match bullets fast enough to stay supersonic past 1,200 yards and hits with authority the whole way.
Recoil is significant, barrel life is around 1,500-2,000 rounds of match use, and it demands a full-length action and magnum bolt face. As a do-everything long-range and large-game cartridge with universal factory support, it remains hard to beat.
Typical uses: Military and F-Open long-range shooting, elk and large game, and any application needing supersonic .30-calibre performance past 1,000 yards.
Sample load
The trajectory below is calculated for this representative factory load in a standard ICAO atmosphere. The bullet is an entry from the app’s bullet library, so the calculator opens with it already selected. Your rifle will differ — enter your own chronographed velocity and verified BC in the calculator for numbers you can dial.
- Bullet
- Hornady 195 gr ELD Match
- Muzzle velocity
- 2,930 fps
- Ballistic coefficient
- 0.292 (G7)
- Zero
- 100 yd
.300 Winchester Magnum key figures
- Muzzle energy
- 3,718 ft⋅lb
- Supersonic to
- About 1,370 yd
- Point-blank range, 6 in zone
- 295 yd (251 yd zero)
- Point-blank range, 3 in zone
- 228 yd (196 yd zero)
- Drop at 300 yd, 100 yd zero
- 11.2 in
Point-blank range is how far you can hold dead on and still hit a target zone of that height, using the zero shown. Work it out for your own load with the maximum point-blank range calculator , or see how the .300 Winchester Magnum stacks up in the cartridge comparison chart .
.300 Winchester Magnum trajectory table
| Range (yd) | Velocity (fps) | Energy (ft⋅lb) | Drop (in) | Elevation (MIL) | Elevation (MOA) | Wind 10 mph (MIL) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 2,767 | 3,316 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| 200 | 2,609 | 2,948 | -3.0 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.3 |
| 300 | 2,456 | 2,612 | -11.2 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 0.5 |
| 400 | 2,308 | 2,306 | -25.1 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 0.7 |
| 500 | 2,165 | 2,030 | -45.6 | 2.6 | 8.7 | 0.9 |
| 600 | 2,028 | 1,780 | -73.5 | 3.5 | 11.7 | 1.1 |
| 700 | 1,895 | 1,555 | -109.8 | 4.4 | 15.0 | 1.4 |
| 800 | 1,767 | 1,352 | -155.9 | 5.5 | 18.6 | 1.6 |
| 900 | 1,642 | 1,168 | -213.1 | 6.7 | 22.6 | 1.9 |
| 1,000 | 1,522 | 1,003 | -283.3 | 8.0 | 27.0 | 2.2 |
| 1,100 | 1,406 | 856 | -368.4 | 9.5 | 32.0 | 2.5 |
| 1,200 | 1,294 | 725 | -471.3 | 11.1 | 37.5 | 2.9 |
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