Description
The Springfield 2020 Waypoint 300 Win Mag is Springfield Armory precision hunting rifle in its carbon barrel configuration, finished in Evergreen camo with Mil-Spec Green Cerakote metalwork. It carries a 0.75 MOA accuracy guarantee, which is tighter than most makers are willing to put in writing.
Springfield 2020 Waypoint 300 Win Mag Barrel and Muzzle
The 24 in. barrel is a carbon fiber wrapped stainless core finished in Mil-Spec Green Cerakote H-264. Carbon wrapping takes close to a pound out of a barrel this length while keeping the stiffness, and it pulls heat out of the steel faster than bare metal, which is what keeps a magnum honest through a string.
Rifling is a 1:10 twist, the standard pitch for 300 Winchester Magnum and correct for the 180 to 200 grain bullets that suit the cartridge. The muzzle is threaded and ships with a removable SA Radial Brake, so a suppressor can take its place.
Action, Stock and Trigger
The Model 2020 action is a stainless steel receiver with an integral Picatinny rail machined into the top, drilled on the Remington 700 short action pattern with 6-48 screws. Springfield quotes a 1.9 millisecond lock time, up to forty five percent faster than the competition, which reduces the time between your trigger break and the bullet leaving the barrel.
The bolt is fluted 4140 tool steel with a nitride finish, and the rifle feeds from a detachable AccuMag magazine rather than a fixed floorplate.
The stock is a hybrid profile shell hand laid from 100 percent carbon fiber and pillar bedded, finished in Evergreen camo, with M-LOK slots in the forend and QD cups for a sling. A TriggerTech single stage trigger with Frictionless Release Technology adjusts between 2.5 and 5 lbs.
Specifications
- Model: Model 2020 Waypoint
- Manufacturer part number: BAW924300WMCFG
- Caliber: 300 Winchester Magnum
- Capacity: 3+1, detachable AccuMag magazine
- Barrel length: 24 in., carbon fiber wrapped, Mil-Spec Green Cerakote H-264, threaded
- Barrel twist: 1:10
- Muzzle: Threaded with removable SA Radial Brake
- Receiver: Model 2020 stainless steel with integral Picatinny rail, Mil-Spec Green Cerakote
- Bolt: Fluted 4140 tool steel, nitride finish
- Stock: Hand laid carbon fiber, hybrid profile, pillar bedded, Evergreen camo, M-LOK and QD cups
- Trigger: TriggerTech single stage, adjustable 2.5 to 5 lbs.
- Lock time: 1.9 milliseconds
- Overall length: 46 in.
- Weight: 7 lbs. 5 oz.
- Accuracy guarantee: 0.75 MOA three shot group at 100 yards with match grade factory ammunition
- UPC: 706397952914
What the Accuracy Guarantee Means Here
Most makers guarantee one minute of angle. Springfield guarantees three quarters of a minute with match grade ammunition, and that difference is not marketing. It requires a barrel that is genuinely well made, an action that beds without stress and a trigger that breaks the same way every time.
In a 300 Winchester Magnum that standard is harder to hit than in a 6.5 Creedmoor, because there is more recoil, more heat and more barrel movement to control. The carbon wrap and the pillar bedded carbon stock are doing real work to make it possible.
Why Buyers Choose the Springfield 2020 Waypoint 300 Win Mag
The specification list reads like a semi custom build. A carbon wrapped barrel, a hand laid carbon stock, an integral rail, a TriggerTech trigger, a radial brake and detachable magazines all come standard, and the rifle still weighs 7 lbs. 5 oz.
The Evergreen camo and Mil-Spec Green Cerakote are also practical rather than decorative. Cerakote handles weather and solvents, and the pattern breaks up outline in timber and mixed cover better than a solid colour.
Who Should Buy It
The Springfield 2020 Waypoint 300 Win Mag suits elk and open country hunters who take long shots, hunters who want a magnum they can still carry all day, and shooters who want a factory rifle that behaves like a custom one. Pair it with a scope that has enough elevation for the ranges 300 Win Mag makes possible and a set of spare AccuMag magazines.
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