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[The Hedgehog]

300RUM is a great antelope rifle? Until you throw a shitty riflescope on it that has a terrible turret. I should have left it alone once zeroed by tried to dial and shoot a relatively simple 1st shot and broke a terrific antelope's front leg. Followed the buck around for half a day shooting at and missing him. I burned about $50 dollars in gunpowder alone with today's prices. Retumbo - Dumbo.

 

[The Hedgehog]

I am hunting this year with a Remington 700. It has a Leupold scope on it. mtmuley

Here I lay me down to rest
That Dale finds a new rifle to test
Wake he ever or wake he never
That this RUM will not make him deaf as ever

 

[noharleyyet]

I know SOMEONE has a 300 RUM with a nutsack tassle...
But do you have the balls to post a picture?

 

[The Hedgehog]

Tribute to my old 300RUM and good antelope hunting. 3 bucks that officially netted 80+ all taken with my RUM in under 1 year. Two in MT 701(2000 and 2001) and one in WY 55 (2000). I'm more likely to shoot a 300RUM again, than kill a B&C antelope in either of those areas.

 

[Hem]

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Not realistic enough.
You know what I mean coming from Texas, no?

 

[mtmuley]

Kurt, I will always shoot a .300 Remington Ultra Magnum. Always. mtmuley

 

[mtmuley]

Kurt, I will always shoot a .300 Remington Ultra Magnum. Always. mtmuley

And I am going to start shooting mono bullets at such searing speeds as to tear normal bullets to pieces. It will be glorious. mtmuley

 

[The Hedgehog]

And I am going to start shooting mono bullets at such searing speeds as to tear normal bullets to pieces. It will be glorious. mtmuley

That's awesome.

A friend of mine and I were shooting the other day. He's got a 300RUM. Everytime he shot I wanted to be like 50 yards away from him. I don't miss it.

 

[mtmuley]

That's awesome.

A friend of mine and I were shooting the other day. He's got a 300RUM. Everytime he shot I wanted to be like 50 yards away from him. I don't miss it.

I hunt solo. Hey, maybe that's why. But muzzle blast isn't an issue unless braked. Whatever the case, I'm good with it. mtmuley

 

[MTTW]

I have killed some stuff with my 700 .300 RUM but it doesn't qualify here because I only had a Leupold scope on it for 1 year and that won't happen again.
Here is a 166 HH recovered from an elk's ass after shooting through a 4 inch limb. I am not sure what the velocity was. He was already shot through the lungs, so he was dead and didn't know it, and neither did I.

 

[mtmuley]

I have killed some stuff with my 700 .300 RUM but it doesn't qualify here because I only had a Leupold scope on it for 1 year and that won't happen again.
Here is a 166 HH recovered from an elk's ass after shooting through a 4 inch limb. I am not sure what the velocity was. He was already shot through the lungs, so he was dead and didn't know it, and neither did I.

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Think I'm set on the 168 HHT. Although I have weights from 199 on down. mtmuley

 

[The Hedgehog]

I hunt solo. Hey, maybe that's why. But muzzle blast isn't an issue unless braked. Whatever the case, I'm good with it. mtmuley

I take it seeing where your bullet goes is of no interest to you, or getting a second shot out quickly and on the animal fast? Unbraked RUM is at a huge disadvantage to more toned down options. Just sayin.

 

[MTTW]

Think I'm set on the 168 HHT. Although I have weights from 199 on down. mtmuley

I had a box of 166s given to me which I will use up but if I buy another box they will be tipped.

 

[mtmuley]

I take it seeing where your bullet goes is of no interest to you, or getting a second shot out quickly and on the animal fast? Unbraked RUM is at a huge disadvantage to more toned down options. Just sayin.

Don't worry about me and what I can do with my rifle. I do appreciate your efforts to educate me on shooting and how I am disadvantaged though. You aren't the first. Pretty sure I got it handled. mtmuley

 

[The Hedgehog]

Don't worry about me and what I can do with my rifle. I do appreciate your efforts to educate me on shooting and how I am disadvantaged though. You aren't the first. Pretty sure I got it handled. mtmuley

I'm here to help.

 

[mtmuley]

I'm here to help.

I know you are. And it is not overlooked on my part. And, since I stupidly burn so much powder, that RL-25 would help. Thanks again. mtmuley

 

[The Hedgehog]

You're not spinning turrets, right?

 

[mtmuley]

You're not spinning turrets, right?

Yep. When I need to. mtmuley

 

[BAKPAKR]

You're not spinning turrets, right?

The 700 KS in post #16 is my MPBR gun. I am shooting 124 gr Hammer Hunters at just over 3800 fps with it. I had them close to 4000 fps with Retumbo but accuracy was much better with H4831SC.

 

[The Hedgehog]

Yesterday - rifle is 8lbs 5 ounces fully loaded as is.



When the trigger breaks, it sounds like an air-compressor hose being disconnected. Last week I was shooting a 18" (1/2 mil in my scope) rock at 1009 meters, hit it every time (3) from across canyon where I hunt, could see/hear the bullet strikes with no hearing protection. That's just laying over a backpack, no bipod/tripod. For an old guy that has hunted over 4 decades, I've year to hear of something more marketable that doesn't come in the form of a little blue pill. Try it....