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Is the 300 RUM Dead??
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<blockquote data-quote="toddc" data-source="post: 1268567" data-attributes="member: 4566"><p>The last paragraph of this post is right up there with best post EVER.</p><p></p><p>The move to SMALL LRH stuff is a joke brought on by the popularity of PRS and steel. </p><p></p><p>Steel doesn't move with the bullet in the air, doesn't bleed and doesn't suffer.</p><p></p><p>10 yrs ago we would have laughed someone off of this forum for asking about a sub 308 capacity 6.5mm as a LRH round. Now its touted as the laser of death.</p><p></p><p>I have played with small stuff for the last 30 yrs as I like my 338s in the 40lb range and my 30s in the 20lb range. So I usually keep a 22-7mm that's more portable for short range and limited LR.</p><p></p><p>I had 2 does take a step while bullet was in the air this year. Running an AR-10 and saw them move while watching trace so I sent another one FAST. Was able to harvest both but it just reminded me that a 6.5 ANYTHING isn't a LRH rig except under IDEAL circumstances such as a BEDDED animal.</p><p></p><p>Any animal on its feet, or even bedded with other animals near it (or a coyote that gets upwind of it) can cause a perfectly sent shot go BAD real quick. Back of diaphragm with a 6.5 is a disaster, the same shot with a 338 MIGHT be a disaster but the odds are stacked a lot heavier on the 338 side.</p><p></p><p>We want to grow LRH as a sport but so many of these new guys think that nothing can go wrong. Stuff happens at LR and ya need something to cover that margin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toddc, post: 1268567, member: 4566"] The last paragraph of this post is right up there with best post EVER. The move to SMALL LRH stuff is a joke brought on by the popularity of PRS and steel. Steel doesn't move with the bullet in the air, doesn't bleed and doesn't suffer. 10 yrs ago we would have laughed someone off of this forum for asking about a sub 308 capacity 6.5mm as a LRH round. Now its touted as the laser of death. I have played with small stuff for the last 30 yrs as I like my 338s in the 40lb range and my 30s in the 20lb range. So I usually keep a 22-7mm that's more portable for short range and limited LR. I had 2 does take a step while bullet was in the air this year. Running an AR-10 and saw them move while watching trace so I sent another one FAST. Was able to harvest both but it just reminded me that a 6.5 ANYTHING isn't a LRH rig except under IDEAL circumstances such as a BEDDED animal. Any animal on its feet, or even bedded with other animals near it (or a coyote that gets upwind of it) can cause a perfectly sent shot go BAD real quick. Back of diaphragm with a 6.5 is a disaster, the same shot with a 338 MIGHT be a disaster but the odds are stacked a lot heavier on the 338 side. We want to grow LRH as a sport but so many of these new guys think that nothing can go wrong. Stuff happens at LR and ya need something to cover that margin. [/QUOTE]
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