Barrel question among others

[freebird63]

I have a sendero 300RUM, I will leave out the old info and start out new. First off the gun does not have a brake, it use to, but thats another story. On January 5th I had low back surgery. I won't see my surgeon until Feb 1st and will talk to him then but am not sure he put the recoil energy into terms that might have a negative effect on my back because I never want to go through that again.
One thing I really want to do is get a new barrel as I have quite a few rounds through the barrel. I am looking at several different barrel makers, lilja, krieger, broughton and hart. I want to keep the sendero contour, 1/10 twist, fluted barrel. I either want the finished length to be 28 or 30 inches and then I also want to have a muzzle brake put on, so if I go with a 30 inch barrel that will take it out to say 32 inches. I know alot of people do not like brakes and I don't care for them either but if it means being able to shoot my gun or not I will take a brake. What are some of the better more effective at removing most of the recoil???
Anyone have any advice they would care to share with me???
I had even considered having it rechambered to a 7MM STW, but that seems like it would be more a pain then staying with the same caliber, the 300RUM will do everything I want it to do. I have already found a pretty good load for it, will only be shooting a 180gr bullet so that will cut back on recoil compared to the 210 bergers I was shooting.
Thanks in advance for any info.
Chuck

 

[J E Custom]

There are several things that you can do to reduce recoil Energy and recoil velocity.

With the barrel size already decided, you should go to a 3 or 4 port brake (The large ports are
the most effective).next you can change to a laminate stock.(They are a little heaver and
dampen harmonics and felt recoil).

If you don't flute the barrel this will help also.

Also you can use 165 or 180 grain bullets with a slower burning powder to reduce recoil
velocity.

With these changes the 300 can feel like a weak 308 win.

J E CUSTOM

 

[freebird63]

About the fluting of the barrel, how does this help if you don't flute it???
I also see some people mention putting recoild dampeners in the stock, am not sure if my stock has room for that or not??? I just have the stock HS precision stock that comes with the sendero. Yes I will be shooting 180gr hornady SST bullets with retumbo powder.

 

[AZShooter]

Not fluting the barrel adds weight, that's all. More weight less recoil.

Your idea to go to a 7mm would be a good one. It is the perfect time to switch as your old barrel is tired. If you compare similar BCs in 300 RUM vs the 7 STW cal the STW has approx 20% less recoil. I used the 168 VLD vs your old 210 VLD for the comparison. Jon Sundra was always touting the 7mms as a better choice due to the less recoil.

A mercury recoil reducer adds weight and can help too. A friend put two in his 338 RUM and he says it is much nicer to shoot. The dead mule brand requires a 7/8" dia hole approx 4 1/2 long.

Cabelas has a great soft rubbery slipover recoil pad called the Shooter's Friend:

Cabela's: The Shooter's Friend Recoil Pad

It sure helps when shooting the big guns on the bench.


Maybe you can build another 300 RUM. In the meantime as you heal perhaps a killer 6mm or 6.5 would be a good rifle to shoot till you are 100%?

 

[freebird63]

Trust me if I was not unemployed I would be getting a 6.5X284 to shoot while I heal. I hope my doctor is a gun shooter and has some understanding of the amount of recoil my gun puts out. I know the longer I wait the busier the barrel builders going to get. Am sure they are heading into their busy season. But can't do anything until I get my taxes back.