.300 Whisper - What do you use it for?

[mllm]

I talked with JD via email today. He confirmed corbon is currently not producing the 300 whisper. As stated previously, I don't trust the local guy to reload. I would like to have a hunting round for the AR as the 223 is really small. Although I have 100 rounds of the 223- ss109's, and they are the nato light armor piercing rounds, (so I have been told) I am not confident of it's clean, 1 shot kill on a decent sized deer or hog.
I guess my question at this point is, what are my true options on purchasing 300 whisper rounds somewhere. Other question would be, if not the 300 whisper, is their a whisper round (differant caliber) that is produced and readily available for those who do not load themselves.
Thanks for the link on the 300 options.

[interceptor]

Well, there's this guy...

http://www.cnccartridge.com/sp300.htm

I'm getting the feeling you've never reloaded before, right?

[mllm]

Your correct. Even with my contender, I had a local shop doing the loading for me.

[320pf]

mllm,

Just a couple of comments. The 223-ss109 bullets are not designed to kill, but to really mess you uo and to penetrate light armor and really mess you up. You see a wounded soldier is much more of a liability to his squad than a dead one. So if you use 223-ss109's on a deer or hog you are most likely to wound the animal than kill it.

There are some premium 0.224 bullets that you can use like the 60gr Nosler partition that one can use on small deer etc... I have taken three small deer (Calif Black Tail ~130-180 lbs) using the Nosler 60gr partition and Speer and Barnes 70 gr bullets with a 22-250 (clocking 3200 fps or better) all one shot kills/stops... neck and head shots. One spin shot was a bit far back and required a second shot. I wanted to see just how well these bullets would work but I never recovered any of them.

All my ammo was all hand loaded chrono'ed etc... and produced groups 1 in. or better at 100 yrds. You can buy factory 223 60gr Nosler partition premium ammo from Federal. These will work on small deer and hogs given good shot placement.

If you decide to go with a 300-221 FIreball aka 300 Whisper(r). You are defiantly going to have to reload. Remember it IS a wildcat round. It will work very well for your intended targets (small deer and hogs).

You might want to give reloading a try. It is not all that difficult and is quite fun too.

320pf

[interceptor]

There really is nothing to reloading. If you wanted to get in, even on the cheap, it can be done. I'd browse local ads and find a single state press ($100), dies from Redding ($65), brass from Keith Davis here on the forum ($140/1k), micrometer ($25) and at your local gun shop primers ($20/1k), bullets ($25/100), and powder ($22/1lb). Well over half of this is a one time expense, as your primers, powder, and bullets are the only thing you technically lose per round fired.

If I may say so, reloading is relaxing, at least for me. Wonderful distraction after the usual grind at work. If you are thinking it's dangerous, don't. Been reloading since I was a kid. Start slow, break it down into easy steps. there are plenty of resources here on the forum, and links to even more. Plus I'd imagine you'll find all the help and encouragement you can stand here should you decide to go for it.

Think Nike, just do it.

[m21black]

I use my whispers for neighborhood cat hunting ... and also for deer hunting where the local liberal residence may complain about the noise.