wingman1
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300 rum with a break is a good elk/moose gun. A bit overkill for deer. Last time I missed a deer with mine I said to myself "wish I had my 223 with me, he would have been toast"
.300 Ultra Mag. Little help.
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if i were you, i would spend 400.00 and get the new Series 2, .300 weatherby. basically the same ballistics as the 300 um, same bullet and it guarantees sub MOA. spend that extra money on a good scope, rings and mounts. http://www.weatherby.com/vanguardseries2/
DIY HUNTER
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Agree with a lot of the others on this one...300RUM is way more than you will ever need for a whitetail. If you said you had a strong desire to hunt elk, moose, etc then go for it but a well placed shot with any .30-06 type rilfe will have plenty of energy to kill a deer at the range you are talking about. I have a .300RUM and hardly use it, even for elk...I have other rifles that are far more accurate, and accuracy is what counts!. Dont believe that when you said you werent worried about practicing at that distance you were serious...I guess you dont need to worry about the wind or other conditions either. You will always have to worry about bullet drop so that is a terrible argument for using a .300RUM.
noharleyyet
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....darn good buy if it performs as advertised & don't see why it wouldn't. Study on a 300 short or long mag, you won't be sorry. Ample ammo availability & prudent recoil to performance ratio. I'd also go stainless in the Howa made Wby VG2.
thanks for the link orion, I hadn't seen this yet.
Danny1788
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I have a vanguard sub-moa first gen rifle in 300wby. Full length bedded the action, free floated the barrel, timney trigger, has a swaro 6-18 with ballistics plex, have shoot it out to 800 yards often. For the money it's still my favorite rifle I own and use it for blacktail hunting every year.
sbhooper
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I began shooting a 7 mag years ago when I got one on a great trade. It is a good caliber and I now own two of them that are sub-minute shooters. HOWEVER, If I had it to do over again, I would own nothing but standard calibers. With the quality of bullets available now, a magnum is not needed unless you are going for the big bears. A .308, 30-06, .280 or 7mm-08 will do everything at virtually any distance. The moderate calibers cost far less to load for and are much easier on your shoulder and the barrel. Just because it makes a bigger shock wave at the barrel, it does not necessarily equate to success. That 300 ultra will just drive the bullet deeper into the ground on the other side of the critter. He is not going to be any deaded and your shoulder and pocket book will be in worse shape.
The Davidson's make extreme shots with a 6.5x284 on elk or whatever. Long distance shooting is a science and not for the casual hunter, but you don't need a cannon to do it.
The Davidson's make extreme shots with a 6.5x284 on elk or whatever. Long distance shooting is a science and not for the casual hunter, but you don't need a cannon to do it.
noharleyyet
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jryoung
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I say if you want a RUM, get one. Do you need one? No. Are they for everyone? No. Overkill? No. I've been behind one for 13 years now. Lots of powder? Yes. Lots of recoil? Yes. So what? Only YOU can decide if it is worth it to you. A bunch of other chamberings will get the job done, but if you WANT the RUM, get it. Then get some 200 grain Accubonds and some RL-25 and Retumbo. Then kill anything you point it at. I've used mine with the aforementioned bullet for antelope to bears. It's a great cartridge. mtmuley
