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Post by 161 on Apr 28, 2009 18:02:12 GMT -5
Anyone have any experience with the 300 RUM?? I've been thinking about trading for a 700 police a local dealer has. Warren
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Post by deadeye on Apr 28, 2009 18:16:28 GMT -5
i have set up approx 10 300rum's,one of my very favorite calibers, a true 1,000 yd plus caliber gun. a 180gn clocking @3250fps,flat & powerful. only negative i can think of is they all wanted to be cleaned after appox 12-15 rounds for best accuracy, all shot accuracy around .3-.4 moa & these were not competition guns! ;D
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Post by 161 on Apr 28, 2009 18:26:12 GMT -5
I've been thinking about the RUM because I want to get the best 1000 yrd rd. That I can afford to shoot. The .50 BMG an 338 Lapua are out of my league. I did some research on reloading the RUM and it reminds me of filling an Iowa silo with the powder charges.
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Post by deadeye on Apr 28, 2009 20:08:55 GMT -5
silo? ;D that's the 50bmg & i load for that too! i dont know if there is such a thing as the best 1,000 yd caliber, there are many. are you going to shoot competition,just plinking or hunting @ that distance???
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Post by rossman40 on Apr 29, 2009 10:18:54 GMT -5
I was all set to get a Sendaro in 2000, even put down a deposit when I ordered it. The next day I went to a public range and the guy on the bench next to me was shooting the exact same rifle I ordered. He was getting ready for a trip to Africa and was doing ammo test for grouping and zeros. He was basicly shooting 12-15 rounds then a quick clean and we were talking during the cease fires. After about the second or third string he asked if I would do him a favor and help him finish up, gave a manly excuse of hurting his shoulder the week before. I jumped at the chance to try it out and IIRC shot like 12rds each of 200gr and 220gr. I knew right away why he offered, it was a thumper and a half. Maybe I'm getting soft in my old age but those 24 rounds was all I could take for the day. After a bit of thinking the next day canceled the order I made and tried to switch to a Savage 112FVSS in .308 but since they dropped that chambering from the 112 line like the year before no distributor had one. So I made the call to go with the old stand by, 30-06, cheap ammo you can get anywhere and I could go with heavier bullets then the .308 if I wanted to. Another plus going Savage is I could easily switch barrels to the 300WM or any of the heavy hitters if in the future I wanted to up the power factor. I can shoot 600yds down at the farm and there is only one 600yd range left within a hours drive. I used to hunt at a farm in WV that had the possibilities of 800-1000yd shots but it would have to be ideal conditions for me to take a ethical hunting shot that long (as Dirty Harry said "a man has to know his limitations").
The 300 RUM has the potential and if I wanted the ultimate .30 it would be it. I think I am not the only softy out there, Remington now has "power levels" of the ammo, Level I is pretty much 30-06 .308 power, Level II comes up to 300 WM and Level III is the barn burner. A quality recoil pad and muzzle brake would do a lot to tame it so you could take a 50rd day. If your never going to shoot over 300yds a .308 is a whole lot cheaper to shoot.
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Post by deadeye on Apr 29, 2009 13:15:40 GMT -5
rossman,you have broadened my silent points, imo -300rum for competition-no,plinking/experimenting long range-yes,hunting possibly long range w/ experience-yes. mine are braked & recoil is not bad but you better have earplugs in.hunting short range would probably work providing wearing plugs all the time which most would not want to do.30-06& 308 will do it long range also for less $ & recoil/i agree
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Post by 161 on Apr 30, 2009 6:44:20 GMT -5
deadeye I had thought about beginners competition. However after reading rossman's comments on recoil I may reconsider. I had looked at the rum because as I stated in my second post I wanted the most rifle I could get and still afford to shoot it. I also don't think I need a rifle that I won't enjoy shooting because of recoil. I have everything I need to load 25-06,308.30-06 maybe I should look at those calibers. Or possibly the Savage in 6.5X284. I would like to shoot long distances but only paper and an occasional steel target. I had the Office sniper rifle for 10 years until I gave it up when I took a promotion. I just miss having a tactical rifle around the house.
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Post by rossman40 on Apr 30, 2009 20:18:03 GMT -5
I thought Deadeye would jump in by now. About the best thing to do is look around and see what matches are in your area. My personal favorite is F-class which is now under the NRA, but not many matches in my area. It is gaining popularty with the tactical crowd since it is shot prone with scopes and bipods allowed so those guys fit right in. Within F-class there is a F/TR class which is .308 and .223 only so it kinda levels the playing field for shooters with those calibers. While the championships are shot at both 600 and 1000yds a lot of clubs that have shorter ranges will have matches at shorter distances.
Your neck of the woods is big into International Benchrest Shooters (IBS), and the National Bench Rest Shooters Association (NBRSA). Not all of those matches are shot at 600 or 1000yds, a lot of clubs shoot 100 and 200yds. Even the big Supershoot that Kelby's puts on here in Ohio is shot at 100 and 200 yards.
See what gun game has the most matches in your area and get a rule book to see what is allowed in what class you want to shoot to determine what you can/want to build.
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