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Buying a new rifle: Which Remington 700 to buy?
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<blockquote data-quote="crkckr" data-source="post: 1664066" data-attributes="member: 78056"><p>Why use such an antique round? The 300 RUM is a better round and doesn't have that silly, useless belt around the bottom. The belt can limit case life unless extreme care is used resizing cases, because the case will stretch to fit the chamber each shot. You also need a bit of luck when it comes to how it's chambered. In my experience, most rifles have too much room between the belt & neck, causing the case stretch. This includes my own .338 WM. i can only get 2 - 3 reloads before the brass gets relegated to the light load bin due to this stretching. Some rifles are better, some are far worse. The 300 RUM gets much better case life. During load development I've gotten as many as 15 reloads out of several cases without annealing! These are not pussyfoot loads, either. Besides the belt, there's nothing wrong with 300 WM, it's just that the 300 RUM is a little better in just about every way!</p><p>Cheers,</p><p>crkckr</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crkckr, post: 1664066, member: 78056"] Why use such an antique round? The 300 RUM is a better round and doesn't have that silly, useless belt around the bottom. The belt can limit case life unless extreme care is used resizing cases, because the case will stretch to fit the chamber each shot. You also need a bit of luck when it comes to how it's chambered. In my experience, most rifles have too much room between the belt & neck, causing the case stretch. This includes my own .338 WM. i can only get 2 - 3 reloads before the brass gets relegated to the light load bin due to this stretching. Some rifles are better, some are far worse. The 300 RUM gets much better case life. During load development I've gotten as many as 15 reloads out of several cases without annealing! These are not pussyfoot loads, either. Besides the belt, there's nothing wrong with 300 WM, it's just that the 300 RUM is a little better in just about every way! Cheers, crkckr [/QUOTE]
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