.300 RUM 700 Long Range

[JT88]

My buddy selling this rifle already has a RUM of his own, and another buddy just built a .338 RUM and another a .300 RUM a few years back. If it works out, we need to start a club, or maybe a help group is more appropriate. This would be my first, but I've always wanted one. There's no replacement for displacement

 

[JT88]

Model 700 Long Range | Remington

Pretty sad when big green doesn't even offer it in their own rifles anymore. What is the world coming to?

 

[mtmuley]

Pretty sad when big green doesn't even offer it in their own rifles anymore. What is the world coming to?

It hasn't been offered in awhile. By no means dead though. A few of us still don't wear a flat bill. mtmuley

 

[Idahoarcheryhunter]

Yeah… buy it like yesterday. Or if he wants to ship it to idaho I might know a guy.

 

[Four22]

I have that model in 30-06. It’s an absolute tack driver. She’s heavy to hunt with but with good glass, it’s deadly.

I think mine comes in around 10.5#

 

[Four22]

She’s shoots and brings the ass to back it up. That particular load is a 165 gr at 2875 fps. If I had the opportunity, I’d buy another

 

[JustinsDad]

With that few rounds I would buy it at 900.

For the Berger bullets my VLDs dropped everything I shot with it almost instantly. Even dropped a Waterbuk in S Africa with a Texas Heart Shot. Spine turned to mush. Then just when I was becoming a Berger fan I shot at a Wildebeest. Hit a tiny twig in front of him and it fragmented. I’m back to Barnes xxx.

 

[JT88]

RUM acquired. Turns out the scope is a Viper PST and not a Diamondback. Gave it a quick cleaning and grabbed a box of Norma 180s just to give it a quick test drive. Should be a shooter. Sorry about the terrible pic. Man do I love 700s.

 

[mtmuley]

RUM acquired. Turns out the scope is a Viper PST and not a Diamondback. Gave it a quick cleaning and grabbed a box of Norma 180s just to give it a quick test drive. Should be a shooter. Sorry about the terrible pic. Man do I love 700s. View attachment 307935

Welcome to the RUM. mtmuley

 

[BackofBeyond]

good buy!

 

[JT88]

Yeah for sure. I keep planning on building a rifle one day but instead I keep buying 700s for less than the price of a bare action

 

[DFS]

Kills in the front and wounds behind. How does that shoulder feel?

 

[perma]

RUM acquired. Turns out the scope is a Viper PST and not a Diamondback. Gave it a quick cleaning and grabbed a box of Norma 180s just to give it a quick test drive. Should be a shooter. Sorry about the terrible pic. Man do I love 700s. View attachment 307935

Well you can’t leave us hanging without showing us the gun!

 

[JT88]

Well you can’t leave us hanging without showing us the gun!

Oh ya! Thanks for the heads up

 

[JT88]

Kills in the front and wounds behind. How does that shoulder feel?

She's a cruel mistress.

 

[perma]

View attachment 307945
Oh ya! Thanks for the heads up

Is that a 24” barrel? Seems short to me for some reason.

Sweet gun though. Love black rifle stocks.

 

[JT88]

Is that a 24” barrel? Seems short to me for some reason.

Sweet gun though. Love black rifle stocks.

It is a 26. I'm not sure but the forend may be a little longer...? Not sure on that. I think the B&C stocks were based on the M40 design IIRC

 

[MTLabrador]

That’s a great elk thumper. It may not be in style, but I really enjoy shooting a heavier rifle like that. I know the RUM generates more recoil, but my .338 WM is a pretty heavy rifle and surprisingly comfortable to shoot.

 

[mtmuley]

It may not be in style

Screw "style". mtmuley

 

[noharleyyet]

Congrats on snagging a nice platform.