.300 RUM
01-30-2009, 07:36 PM
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RE: .300 RUM
ORIGINAL: Scott Gags
Boca I would shy away from the 7mm if you already have an 06 as the High Energy a Light Magnum factory rounds match anything the 7mm Rem can do.
Once you get reloading you will be able to load the 300 UM for about the same cost as the 7mm. So I would choose the 300 RUM as long as you are sure you can handle the recoil. If you areonly hunting deer or smaller game and plan to reload asmaller caliber round like the257 Weatherby or 270 WSM might bea consideration.
Boca I would shy away from the 7mm if you already have an 06 as the High Energy a Light Magnum factory rounds match anything the 7mm Rem can do.
Once you get reloading you will be able to load the 300 UM for about the same cost as the 7mm. So I would choose the 300 RUM as long as you are sure you can handle the recoil. If you areonly hunting deer or smaller game and plan to reload asmaller caliber round like the257 Weatherby or 270 WSM might bea consideration.
01-31-2009, 02:17 PM
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RE: .300 RUM
What are you talking about? You must have just been using the Level I ammo, which duplicates .30-06 ballistics. Level II duplicates .300 Win Mag, and Level III ammo in the .300RUM is about 300 fps faster than the Win. and has an additional 700 ft lbs of muzzle energy. That's hardly "pathetically mild."
01-31-2009, 02:22 PM
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RE: .300 RUM
Boca I would shy away from the 7mm if you already have an 06 as the High Energy a Light Magnum factory rounds match anything the 7mm Rem can do.
01-31-2009, 04:01 PM
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RE: .300 RUM
I'm also looking at a 300 RUM.
I shoot Hornady 165 Gr Interbond Light Magnum rounds in my 30-06 now. If my gun is sighted in at 200 yards the bullet will drop 6.6 inches at 300 yards. 19.3 inches at 400 yards. Then it goes to hell.
I can make some pretty far shots with the 06. But Id feel more confident with something shooting farther, flatter and hit harder.
I shoot Hornady 165 Gr Interbond Light Magnum rounds in my 30-06 now. If my gun is sighted in at 200 yards the bullet will drop 6.6 inches at 300 yards. 19.3 inches at 400 yards. Then it goes to hell.
I can make some pretty far shots with the 06. But Id feel more confident with something shooting farther, flatter and hit harder.
01-31-2009, 04:37 PM
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RE: .300 RUM
I shoot Hornady 165 Gr Interbond Light Magnum rounds in my 30-06 now. If my gun is sighted in at 200 yards the bullet will drop 6.6 inches at 300 yards. 19.3 inches at 400 yards. Then it goes to hell.
01-31-2009, 05:27 PM
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RE: .300 RUM
I'm not to worried about the recoil. Been shooting my whole life...since I was four anyway. Grew up on guns and was taught how to get a trigger to "surprise" me everytime. And I'm hoping to eventually shoot long range at game, mostly whitetail but Elk and other "bigger game" will hopefully be in the plans too.
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01-31-2009, 07:25 PM
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RE: .300 RUM
Are those numbers from a published chart,or are they numbers you measured from actually shooting that load in your gun.When you start shooting at longer ranges,you need to stop trusting charts,and measure the actual trajectory with your loads in your gun.At longer distances,the differences can be significant.
I just got the Light Magnums before the season stated so all I did was shoot the gun in for the new round and make the adjustment on my scope. Before I had been using 150 grain Interbonds so this was kinda just an upgrade.
I'm going out this coming weekend to see what they'll do though
01-31-2009, 07:45 PM
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RE: .300 RUM
Those are just off the chart. I should have been more specific and said "according to Hornady."
01-31-2009, 07:58 PM
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RE: .300 RUM
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If you don't handload,the 300ultramag is not worth owning,as the factory loads are pathetically mild.You would be far better off with a 300winmag.
If you don't handload,the 300ultramag is not worth owning,as the factory loads are pathetically mild.You would be far better off with a 300winmag.
Factory loads of a 30.06 compared to handloads of a 30.06 should not compare. Factory loads from a .243compared to handloads of a .243 should not compare. Whenyou compare factory loads from a 30.06 to factory loads from a 300 RUM there will also be no comparison. If you don't hand load, you will still be very happy with a 300RUM. If you start reloading, you will be even happier!Good luck with whatever you choose.
01-31-2009, 08:13 PM
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RE: .300 RUM
Thanks for all the help so far everyone. i'd love to handload, and I have two uncles that do it all the time so i have learned some stuff, but as a freshman in college, it'll be at least four years till I really have a place to set it up or really have the money to spend for everything I need to get going. I have been saving for a LR rig for a while tho, so I wanna get set up and just work with factory loads for a while! thanks for all the great info!
-Jake
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