Deerhntr71
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I am kicking around the idea of a long range rifle in a Browning X-Bolt Long Range Hunter carbon fiber in 300 Win or Remington Sendero II in 300 Rum or a 30-378 Weatherby in a Mark V Carbon fiber. Any thoughts. Thanks.
The win will net you a bit better bbl. life; the rum will be 200 fps faster give or take with a given bullet, and the roy just burns more powder than the rum for little gain in standard barrel lengths. All are good rounds with cost effectiveness going to the win and rum. You'll have to line roy's pockets if you go there.I am kicking around the idea of a long range rifle in a Browning X-Bolt Long Range Hunter carbon fiber in 300 Win or Remington Sendero II in 300 Rum or a 30-378 Weatherby in a Mark V Carbon fiber. Any thoughts. Thanks.
Go with the Remington RUM, if the other two do not shoot, your pretty much screwed as far as rebuilding. Can be done but the outcome can be tricky compared to rebuilding a Remington 700.
Plus, in a 26" barrel length, the 30-378 will not outperform the 300 RUM by ALOT if loaded to the same pressures. But you will pay through the nose for extremely expensive brass that really is not the best quality as far as strength goes. Plus, your burning about 15 grains more powder for 50 fps more velocity.
I would not look at the Browning, just to many issues lately with Browning rifles to recommend, stick with the Rem.
Better yet, if you can afford it, start custom from the ground up. May surprise you what it would cost for a full custom rifle on a budget.
I am kicking around the idea of a long range rifle in a Browning X-Bolt Long Range Hunter carbon fiber in 300 Win or Remington Sendero II in 300 Rum or a 30-378 Weatherby in a Mark V Carbon fiber. Any thoughts. Thanks.
I wouldn't consider any of the three, but head strait to a .300 WBY mag, or a .300 Ackley
gary
Nothing wrong at all with the 300 Wby, 300 Ackley or 300 Jarrett but I think he is looking to get into a factory rifle first so that eliminates all but the 300 Wby.
The 300 Wby is a great round no doubt but it has issues as well. The 300 RUM will easily match 300 Wby loads in performance is you want to take a bit off the throttle, or it will add 150 fps to what the Wby will do in spite of what is claimed by many that the 300 Wby will match the RUM. That is not correct unless the Wby is loaded to very high pressures.
The RUM case is just a better all around case design and not TO BIG for a 26" barrel length, in fact the 300 RUM does extremely well in a 26" barrel length just as the 300 Wby does.
The 30-378 is much better suited to 28" or longer barrels to allow it to actually show a significant advantage in velocity over the 300 RUM.
So while I would agree with your comments that those to 30 cals are very good chamberings, for a factory option or for a custom rifle, in my opinion, they would be ranked well below the 300 RUM for all around performance and function.