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Struggling with my 300 RUM
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<blockquote data-quote="streetglideok" data-source="post: 501391" data-attributes="member: 24889"><p>From what Ive read over the years, this caliber can be fickle at times, with some guns liking way different loads then others. I had lousy results with my brass I acquired from factory loads. I finally bought new remington brass, trimmed to 2.840 after sizing. I loaded H1000 and 180 gr BT's, and got acceptable results, by far better then with the fired brass. I tried 200gr partitions, with retumbo, and went with 91, 93, and 94 grains. 94 shot by far the best, putting 3 into a ragged hole, and the fourth shot off a little(prolly me or the wind we had). Next outting Im going to go a little more, and see if groups open up or not. Some guys have had great luck with rx22, or 25, while others have had success with H1000, or retumbo. Im seating all the way out to 3.600" so it will still fit in the magazine. As you noted, these things kick like heck. If you are still sporting the stock recoil pad, you might consider throwing it away and getting a limbsaver or pachmayr for it, or the upgraded remington pad. It'll make a big difference. I pitched my plastic stock(model 70 classic stainless) with its hard rubber pad, and got a real nice wood stock from CDNN. The pad is alot better on it, added some weight, and now kicks only marginally more then my wife's Xbolt 300 win.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="streetglideok, post: 501391, member: 24889"] From what Ive read over the years, this caliber can be fickle at times, with some guns liking way different loads then others. I had lousy results with my brass I acquired from factory loads. I finally bought new remington brass, trimmed to 2.840 after sizing. I loaded H1000 and 180 gr BT's, and got acceptable results, by far better then with the fired brass. I tried 200gr partitions, with retumbo, and went with 91, 93, and 94 grains. 94 shot by far the best, putting 3 into a ragged hole, and the fourth shot off a little(prolly me or the wind we had). Next outting Im going to go a little more, and see if groups open up or not. Some guys have had great luck with rx22, or 25, while others have had success with H1000, or retumbo. Im seating all the way out to 3.600" so it will still fit in the magazine. As you noted, these things kick like heck. If you are still sporting the stock recoil pad, you might consider throwing it away and getting a limbsaver or pachmayr for it, or the upgraded remington pad. It'll make a big difference. I pitched my plastic stock(model 70 classic stainless) with its hard rubber pad, and got a real nice wood stock from CDNN. The pad is alot better on it, added some weight, and now kicks only marginally more then my wife's Xbolt 300 win. [/QUOTE]
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