KPK

I just got a 300 rum in a remington 700 and am looking into reloading for it. I got some cheap boxes of Remington Premier in 180g at Wal-Mart for $18 a box, but I am thinking about shooting up a box and reloading a few for season. Or will these be sufficient for now? What would be a good recipe for the gun? Bullets, powder, etc?

Kyle Kilhoffer

bigcountry

The most dynamic load I have seen that seems to work in just about every 300RUM I have seen, was one I put together about 3 years ago when they first came out.

180gr Partition (Mossy uses accubond)
93.5gr H1000 215M primer
3.62" COL

KPK

Thanks bigcounty. can you explain this:
93.5gr H1000 215M primer
3.62" COL

New to all this haha

charlie brown

KPK - When does your season start? By reading your last post, it seems that you are new to reloading. It can take time to get a good load together, especially for a cartridge such as the 300 RUM. Do you already have the dies, etc? My recommendation would be to get a couple boxes of different ammo, see which shoots best, then use that for deer this year, and work up loads for the gun by reloading this winter/spring/summer.

Please don't take offsense, but from what I have gathered, that seems to be the best route right now.

Then again, I could be wrong[&:]

charlie brown

Oh, and providing that ammo shoots well in your rifle, they will be fine for whitetails at any range you can safely and responsibly shoot.

KPK

You are right, I am new to reloading. Actually the only thing I have reloaded are shotgun shells. I will do what you said and just work on that for next season, but if anyone has any recipes I could try that would be great.

Kyle

handloader1

I have always wanted to see how a Hornady 220 gr. RN traveling at 3000 f/s out of a .300 RUM would preform on deer. [8D][8D]Good luck.

bigcountry

H1000 is the powder with the wieght.
215M is a federal magnum primer.
and you want to seat the bullet to 3.62" overall length

stubblejumper

My own 300ultramags prefer r-25 using a180gr bullet,but each gun is different and has it's own preference.

Roskoe

There are two "schools of thought" on using a .300 magnum on whitetails. School #1 is to hit them with a fairly fast expanding bullet that is going to cause a lot of tissue damage and Hopefully drop them in their tracks - or at least close by. A new generation Nosler Ballistic Tip, Hornady SST,or Sierra Boat Tail would fit this criteria. Might wind up with extensive meat damage to the front quarters, though.

School #2 would be to use a tougher elk typebullet - one that will certainly pass through on anything short of an end-for-end shot. Less tissue damage - more meat for the freezer. Sometimes they can run a ways hit in the ribs, though. Barnes Triple Shock or Nosler Partition might be a good bullet for this application. You could also shoot them through the shoulders in a scenario where the deer had to drop right there.

Decisions, decisions . . . .