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Is the 7mm RUM dead?
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<blockquote data-quote="Country Bumpkin" data-source="post: 2379375" data-attributes="member: 92230"><p>It's been a long time for me to recall, but I'd say it's exactly as you describe; 300 RUM was a really hard push (like getting shoved off a bar stool backwards by Mongo) that I couldn't control in any reasonable way, the 7 RUM was a really sharp crack and it pushed me way out of my shooting position, so it seemed like it actually hurt more and was still impossible for me to recover quickly for a follow up shot. I remember the 7 RUM leaving me with a sore jaw and the back of my head hurt. I'm sure things would have been different if I'd tried a brake but in a factory R700 it was just punishing. I shot the 300 for 2 years and the 7 for one before moving to the 300 WM in a heavier rifle with a brake. My current rifle that I mentioned earlier is a custom at just a touch over 9 lbs with stock bag, scoped and loaded. I finally found "what works for me". I don't see myself switching anytime soon (and when I do it will only be for the novelty of having something new, not because mine isn't working).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Country Bumpkin, post: 2379375, member: 92230"] It’s been a long time for me to recall, but I’d say it’s exactly as you describe; 300 RUM was a really hard push (like getting shoved off a bar stool backwards by Mongo) that I couldn’t control in any reasonable way, the 7 RUM was a really sharp crack and it pushed me way out of my shooting position, so it seemed like it actually hurt more and was still impossible for me to recover quickly for a follow up shot. I remember the 7 RUM leaving me with a sore jaw and the back of my head hurt. I’m sure things would have been different if I’d tried a brake but in a factory R700 it was just punishing. I shot the 300 for 2 years and the 7 for one before moving to the 300 WM in a heavier rifle with a brake. My current rifle that I mentioned earlier is a custom at just a touch over 9 lbs with stock bag, scoped and loaded. I finally found “what works for me”. I don’t see myself switching anytime soon (and when I do it will only be for the novelty of having something new, not because mine isn’t working). [/QUOTE]
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