Find you a Savage M110 in .300RUM.
They made them in 2003-2004. I stumbled across mine at a Pawn Shop. It had been brought back for the fact that either the rifles owner or some at the factory had installed the extractor backwards and it wouldn't extract.
With a Simmons Mag-44 3-10x scope it weighs just under 9lbs. This is as light as you want a .300RUM. Take my word for it.... Recoil is just a small bit under "thrilling".. About like a 12ga Rem 870 w/18"bbl shooting Brenneke slugs. Not a "killer", but it's drawn blood on both ends everytime I've shot game with it. (Weatherby Eye is the term).
Accuracy has been excellent. With bullets it "likes", it will approach MOA. Velocities from the 26"bbl have been ~50-100fps higher than the "books" suggest.
I plan on using it for a cow-elk hunt I've got scheduled for November. I'm going to use some 200gr Sierra GK's and 200gr Nosler Part's I aquired at 1990 prices about two years ago. (old, old prices on dusty boxes in long time LGS).
They're chrono'd at 3,100fps over 94.0gr of Retumbo. About 50fps faster than factory Remington 200gr Partiton loads.
My "other" load is either 107.0gr of WC-860 or 98.0gr of Retumbo for 3,300fps with a 180gr. Oddly enough, the 180gr Remington CorLokts are the most accurate at just under or at MOA.
Go figure !
I aquired the rifle for $250 in 2005. The scope I won in a pistol match. I used Weaver double-rings and bases (#402 front to move the front ring rearward ~1"). I also aquired 100 nup cases and 500 Rem. 180gr Corlokts. Also, I aquired some ammo when Walmart "clearanced" them out. The 200gr Partitons ran me $20 and the 180gr Partitions $12 out the door !!! The Lee dies were $24.00 at the time. Whole set up and components under $400.
I had to cut the stock 1.25" and add a Kick-exe grind-to-fit recoil pad, but it now "tamed" to the point that it isn't that bad to shoot. I also "cleaned up" the trigger and it's set to ~3.5lbs and very crisp. Not a hard job if you know triggers.
My "favorite" load for the rifle is a load with reduced velocity and recoil, if .300winMag level can be considerd "reduced".
It's the 180gr Corlokt over 83.0gr of IMR7828 for 3,000fps. It's also sub-moa accurate (3-shots, to save the barrel). This load is "almost civilized"....But preserves the "magnum" performace.