RUM

[dnunez3418]

Any body have any experience with a Rem 700 chambered in 300 RUM? My foreman is sellin me his. He's had it for two years and its never tasted brass. I was shocked to hear this. Anyway I am takin an interest in it however don't know much about em.

 

[Birdmang]

All I can say is expensive ammo and I would guess its a barrel burner but someone else can confirm that.

 

[dnunez3418]

Hmmmmm........

 

[Gtscotty]

If you have an infestation of giant critters that you'd would like to hunt at extreme range, I'd say go for it.

In all seriousness, are you going to be hunting very large game (elk/moose)? I don't have a RUM, but a quick look in the reloading book says that the RUM roughly equals a 300 WM + 200 ft/sec, its probably going to pack a wallop on both ends. In addition, at 90 - 110 grs of powder per pop, its going to be a hungry caliber to reload, and an expensive one to buy. That may not make a difference to you, but as a cheap SOB, thats the kind of stuff that runs through my mind.

just my $.02

 

[mbogo]

It is a terrific round for open-country hunting. It will exceed the velocities of the .300 Weatherby, uses an unbelted case (based on a modified .404 Jeffery case), and Remington produces ammunition for it.

It is powerful enough for any North American game animal, at any reasonable range.

Recoil is manageable for all but the most sensitive shooters, but make certain you mount the scope properly to void joing the "half-moon club".

mbogo

 

[MMCSRET]

I loaded 100.5 grains of Magpro under a 180 grain Scirrocco for long range shooting. If you can see it, you can shoot it. Great prairie poodle gun.

 

[Strongbad]

The 300 RUM is a great round as long as you know what you're getting into. As the other fellas have mentioned, ammo is expensive and it's relatively powder hungry if you handload. Other than that, it's a great round. I don't know what gun you're looking at but my first and only choice would be a Sendero. That's what I've got experience with. The extra weight will go a long ways towards bringing down the recoil. That being said, it isn't that bad. I'm more recoil tolerant than most, so I'm probably not the best judge but for me the 300 RUM is very reasonable. If you don't handload already, you should consider it. It'll bring the cost of shooting the RUM regularly way down and it allows you all of the virtues that reloading brings for any gun i.e. maximize velocity, accuracy, better bullet selection, etc.

 

[Coal Dragger]

Pros: Lots of power, lots of velocity.

Cons: Lots of recoil in a lighter rifle, lots of powder burned is hard on barrels, lots of money for ammo.

Probably great as an addition to an existing rounded out battery, but not a good candidate for an "all around rifle". If you already practice a lot with other rifles, and are just going to use the .300 RUM to hunt with, checking zero and then firing a few shots hunting each year the barrel life will last you your whole life. If you plan on shooting the heck out of it, developing that perfect load then you might chase the perfect load forever as you burn the throat out of the barrel until you have to replace it and start all over.

 

[Jefferson Herb]

Any bullet but bonded core is a big varment gun.Recoil is not as bad as .338RUM,and a limbsaver pad etc will smooth out the recoil. Handloading or handloading buddy is almost a must for these powder burners,or fat wallet.[.338RUM is almost 80.00 a box] Enjoy.

 

[dnunez3418]

Thanks guys, I appreciate the input. Now as far as reloading goes.........I have it stashed away somewhere in the back of my mind as far as my 270, sks, and my 204. As was mentioned before, once im sighted in its only gonna be used for hunts. Maybe the occasional long range steel plate. What's a good powder? I've seen several people lean more towards H1000 and something called R22 I believe. I was lookin at Sportsmans and I noticed that a bag of 100 brass for my 204 runs about 20?!!! Those guns I shoot a lot. Probably wont be shooting the RUM as much as I like my shoulder intact. And anyway, how many rds can you put through a RUM before you need a new barrel? (Average loaded rounds, not hot ones) Sorry for all the ?s but I feel if im to start loading and shooting cannons I should know as much about em as I can. Thanks.

 

[Greg Mercurio]

Large capacity cases make short work of a pound of powder. I buy in 4 and 8 pounds for my .375, .416, and .450 NE. No economical way to shoot full power loads. However, I use Trailboss in all of them with cast bullets to keep them limbered up and my shoulder intact. It's a great powder for practice, and way more fun than surgery. Been there, done that.

 

[dnunez3418]

Thanks greg. By the way what's the difference in cast and brass casings? Not at malleable as brass?

 

[dnunez3418]

Thanks Greg. By the way, what's the difference in brass and cast casings? Is cast just a harder casing?

 

[Greg Mercurio]

Not sure what you're asking. Factory brass is used with cast bullets and Trailboss for practice.

By the way Trailboss is great for those that have damaged their shoulders, or are on the way to damaging their shoulders, without worrying about reduced load detonation issues with very large capacity cases.

 

[dnunez3418]

Sorry. I thought you said something about cast casings. What are cast bullets?

 

[Greg Mercurio]

Cast bullets are made by melting lead and forming a projectile in a mold. Then they are forced thru a die that uniforms their diameter and forces lubrication into grooves that are formed in the body of the projectile during casting.

Not a great reference but it's a start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cast_bullet