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When the time comes to rebarrel my .300 RUM I, too, plan to install a muzzle brake. I have hunted Africa a number of times and have shot some very large calibers - and I can tell you from personal experience that a .600 Overkill with a muzzle brake is much tamer and even pleasant to shoot...

No loss of feeling and I also do not have a muzzle brake on my rifle. Compared to the recoil of a .50 BMG the .300 RUM is a ***** cat. My last range session was testing bench loads - 10 rounds each of 4 new loads - not the least bit sore the next morning. Just make sure you have a good recoil...

Neither have I, but I already have plans to have this rifle rebarrelled in .300 RUM. I really do like the caliber and the recoil doesn't bother me...yet...even though I am 63.

Sorry, guys. Of course I meant Nosler - I had just ordered a new Speer reloading manual and I guess I just wrote Speer. As for this being a mild load, I could and have loaded hotter, but so far this has been the most accurate load - either factory or custom hand loaded - that I have found for...

I shot that group with some custom Nosler loads, so I have no idea what powder they are using, but it was loaded with their 180 gr Ballistic Tips - their 165 gr Ballistic Tips shoot almost as well in my rifle. I let my barrel cool down after every round to shoot that group and I never shoot more...

Only 1000 rounds? Really? I have a Winchester Model 70 Super Grade in .300 RUM that I have put 1,500 rounds through and it still shoots great. My best group ever with this rifle was just recently - 10 rounds under half inch at 100 yards, not counting the cold bore fouling shot which went...