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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 745311" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>You better order 2 or 3 barrels as these are fire dragons. If you are just getting into LR, by the time you get your load worked up and up to speed at say 1k or more, you'll probably be ready to swap barrels. Basicalluy for this type of cartridge, once you get your load worked up and drops verified. You want to leave it on the gun rack until your ready to use it and shoot maybe 30 or 40 round a year out of it. If I wanted one of these cartridges, I would choose them as a second or third rifle. It's good to have a rifle you can shoot a little more.</p><p></p><p>the 7 RM, 300 WM and 300 RUM are good choices with the 7 and the RUM also a little hard on barrels. The WM is a little better.</p><p></p><p>You might also consider a 300 WSM which by most reports has good barrel life. I have both a 300 RUM and 300 WSM and I can get 3400 fps with a 180 bullet out of the RUM with about 100 gr of powder and typically has about 1000 rounds of barrel life. I can get 3200 fps with the same 180 bullet out of the WSM with about 66 gr of powder. I haven't burned my barrel yet, but have read good reports on 300 WSM barrel life with up to 3000 rounds of good accuracy. Those might be moderate loads. My is an upper end load.</p><p></p><p>My recommendation to anyone just starting out and looking for 1K hunting, give or take, would be a 300 WSM. The best of all worlds, especially at entry level.</p><p></p><p>Mark</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 745311, member: 11717"] You better order 2 or 3 barrels as these are fire dragons. If you are just getting into LR, by the time you get your load worked up and up to speed at say 1k or more, you'll probably be ready to swap barrels. Basicalluy for this type of cartridge, once you get your load worked up and drops verified. You want to leave it on the gun rack until your ready to use it and shoot maybe 30 or 40 round a year out of it. If I wanted one of these cartridges, I would choose them as a second or third rifle. It's good to have a rifle you can shoot a little more. the 7 RM, 300 WM and 300 RUM are good choices with the 7 and the RUM also a little hard on barrels. The WM is a little better. You might also consider a 300 WSM which by most reports has good barrel life. I have both a 300 RUM and 300 WSM and I can get 3400 fps with a 180 bullet out of the RUM with about 100 gr of powder and typically has about 1000 rounds of barrel life. I can get 3200 fps with the same 180 bullet out of the WSM with about 66 gr of powder. I haven't burned my barrel yet, but have read good reports on 300 WSM barrel life with up to 3000 rounds of good accuracy. Those might be moderate loads. My is an upper end load. My recommendation to anyone just starting out and looking for 1K hunting, give or take, would be a 300 WSM. The best of all worlds, especially at entry level. Mark [/QUOTE]
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