Talked me out of it. 300 Rum with lots of extras.

[OleRedbeard]

Stopped by my local gunshop a few days ago and the owner who I have known for years handed me a plain jane Remington ADL in 300 RUM. Gun is in good condition and looks to have not have too many rounds through it.. I would say no more than 100 at most.
Anyway... he is asking a clean 1000 for it which is not that great but it also comes with 240 rounds of ammo. Its mostly 220gr and 200 gr Noslers (which I love) which makes it a pretty darn good deal, I think...
I don't need any more than a whim of a reason to put another rifle in the safe but for some reason cant justify it (not that a rifle needs to be justified to own) I have a 300 win mag and a 7mm Weatherby... So...
in practical experience with the caliber.. what say you?

 

[Dan O]

Stopped by my local gunshop a few days ago and the owner who I have known for years handed me a plain jane Remington ADL in 300 RUM. Gun is in good condition and looks to have not have too many rounds through it.. I would say no more than 100 at most.
Anyway... he is asking a clean 1000 for it which is not that great but it also comes with 240 rounds of ammo. Its mostly 220gr and 200 gr Noslers (which I love) which makes it a pretty darn good deal, I think...
I don't need any more than a whim of a reason to put another rifle in the safe but for some reason cant justify it (not that a rifle needs to be justified to own) I have a 300 win mag and a 7mm Weatherby... So...
in practical experience with the caliber.. what say you?

If they are factory loads good deal, reloads not so good. I wouldn't trust reloads from someone I don't know or some that I do know

 

[kansasdad]

what say you?

C'mon man, this is HuntTalk, the most gun buying enablers on the planet! DOOOO ITTTT!

 

[Shed God]

300 rum bad as $*)Q!#@$ gun

 

[Shed God]

It was a 306 not a 300 rum?

 

[The Hedgehog]

Run opposite direction and save $1000.

 

[Deez Nutz]

If it is factory ammo the ammo alone is probably worth the asking price which is cool because then you get a free rifle to shoot it out of.

$4.16 per round ---> https://sentryammo.com/nosler-troph...m_campaign=.300+RUM+(Remington+Ultra+Magnum)-

 

[Wind Gypsy]

Going price of factory ammo makes the price reasonable but that doesn't make buying it a good decision especially if you're a handloader and not particularly interested in shooting the factory ammo. Edit: maybe not. Can get decent RUM ammo online for $2.50-2.60 and if it doesn't shoot well you're not stuck with it. Call the ammo maybe $500 value leaving $500 for a used ADL - pass.

300wm is plenty of umph for anything, don't see a reason for more and especially don't see a reason for sinking $1k into a ADL when you already have a 300 wm.

 

[rjthehunter]

Are you going to shoot it? Do you have a suppressor already?

If you want to spend money, buy a suppressor. Personally, I'd rather have a few rifles I know inside and out vs a bunch of rifles I know a little bit about.

 

[brockel]

That was a $425 gun new fwiw

 

[Elktrack]

Paging @mtmuley

 

[noharleyyet]

Stopped by my local gunshop a few days ago and the owner who I have known for years handed me a plain jane Remington ADL in 300 RUM. Gun is in good condition and looks to have not have too many rounds through it.. I would say no more than 100 at most.
Anyway... he is asking a clean 1000 for it which is not that great but it also comes with 240 rounds of ammo. Its mostly 220gr and 200 gr Noslers (which I love) which makes it a pretty darn good deal, I think...
I don't need any more than a whim of a reason to put another rifle in the safe but for some reason cant justify it (not that a rifle needs to be justified to own) I have a 300 win mag and a 7mm Weatherby... So...
in practical experience with the caliber.. what say you?

Go with your gut...

 

[psinclair]

Run opposite direction and save $1000.

This^^^^^

 

[mtmuley]

Paging @mtmuley

If I was the OP, I wouldn't buy it. mtmuley

 

[Forkyfinder]

Not much practical performance advantage for hunting or between your 300 win and 300 rum.

 

[brockel]

If I was the OP, I wouldn't buy it. mtmuley

@Big Fin i think someone hacked mtmuleys account.

 

[mtmuley]

@Big Fin i think someone hacked mtmuleys account.

You know how much it's worth and so do I. I don't tend to reccomend the RUM to anyone. I have had one for 24 years and will always have it. mtmuley

 

[noharleyyet]

I wouldn't bundle buy because of ammo, loaded or factory. Took me a chitload of wrench dough to make my RUM happy.

 

[rjthehunter]

You know how much it's worth and so do I. I don't tend to reccomend the RUM to anyone. I have had one for 24 years and will always have it. mtmuley

Too much power for most people.

 

[mtmuley]

Too much power for most people.

Way too much. Not saying I need it but I've taken a lot of game with mine. It's the second elk rifle I've had. First was a 721 .06. Still have it too. mtmuley