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Mess with the loading too much and you will most likely lose regulation with the .300, assuming it is regulated to start with.

SRH

Definitely. Being a double, loads would have to be confined to those that can be effectively regulated through both barrels.

But a 140 grain bullet is producing 357 mag energy and given the open iron sights, close shots would be the norm. I would use it for deer, not hogs but definitely white tail deer.

Close shots are what is fun anyway. If I had the need to, and was willing to ignore regulations, I could very easily keep my freezer full of venison year 'round with nothing but a .22 LR, and never wound one. Pinpoint placement on head shots inside 25 yds. are very doable. Think about it, if you can head shoot squirrels out of the top of tall trees, there's no reason you can't put a lead pill in a deer's brain. The skill required to do that is mostly being able to place yourself in that close proximity to a deer without it knowing you're there. Bowhunters do it every day.

A close friend of mine killed two does with one shot three days ago, with intentional head shots. He wanted two of them and waited patiently until their heads were in line and close together. Then he placed the bullet so that it passed through the first one's head and took the one behind cleanly, too.

The sad commentary is that a large percentage of people in the woods with rifles can't keep their bullets on a pie plate at 100 yds. offhand. And flinch so badly because of the fear of muzzle blast and recoil that they can't do a whole lot better off a rest.

We use a .300 Blackout for hog work at night, using thermal scopes, whereby we position ourselves downwind and slip right up on them and, taking a knee or sitting, place the bullet right behind the ear. No fight. That is using 110 gr. loads at around 2100. Not what most would consider a hog round, but it works mighty good for us.

Bullet placement is not important ........................ it is everything!!!!!

SRH

Good points, Stan.
JR

The 300 Sherwood is an English cartridge, and the rifle is English, as well. In England, the 45 pound Roe deer is extensively hunted, so the 300 Sherwood makes a lot of sense for them.
Mike

Of the three cases mentioned though the best case is the 300 Sherwood. A lot of case capacity to load up getting more energy.

But, as it is, it may be a pretty good cartridge for coyote hunting, also.

I wouldn't hesitate to use the 300 Sherwood with hard cast bullets on small deer, coyotes and exotics. Shot placement with good bullets is everything. I would have a harder time finding use for the .410 barrels than the Sherwood barrels. Now if that was a .410 Paradox set, we would really have something to consider.

If it was otherwise a nice rifle, priced according to it's modified status, I would jump on a .410. I can think of several possibilities for new caliber liners.
Mike

At 1400 FPS I wouldn't cast those bullets Too hard. A lead bullet cast too hard will not bump up to give a good seal in the throat or bore nor will it give any expansion on game, but will act like a full metal jacketed bullet. I would think a Brinell hardness of around 15 would be plenty if not more than enough.

Der Ami, I would think a few Roe have been shot by this round in the past but regulations are in force; and rightly so, that restrict the type and power of the rounds legal for deer shooting. It varies slightly between Scotland and England & Wales, and also slightly different in Northern Ireland and also to species. The .300 Sherwood would not match up to the legal requirement. https://basc.org.uk/cop/deer-stalking/ explains. Lagopus.....