.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.
Overview
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 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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