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What should I turn a 300RUM into?
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1245673" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>That really doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. The Muzzle brake I prefer doesn't weigh more than probably four to six ounces at most for the 3/4" OD versions.</p><p></p><p>I have a lightweight .300Rum and without the brake on it, it was rather unpleasant to shoot to say the least.</p><p></p><p>It's very hard to beat the ballistics of the .30 calibers but if Mulies are the biggest game on your list something in 6.5 or 7mm would make a lot of sense. With your Rum length magazine you can go down to something like the 26Nosler, .264wm, 28 Nosler, 7mm Rem, or even 300wm and have plenty of room to seat the long/heavy for caliber bullets out as far as necessary to avoid compressed loads.</p><p></p><p>I bought a couple of Model 70 Classic Stainless rifles pretty cheap, one in 300wm and another in 300 Rum with the intent of using them to build a .375 Ruger on the first and a 26 Nosler on the 2nd but on a whim started shooting the .300 Rum and it shoots rather well for 3 shot groups (light barrel contour) and I finally got over the idea of building a 26 Nosler due to barrel life issues.</p><p></p><p>I will likely eventually use the 300wm to build a nice .264wm and the Rum for a long barreled .375Ruger to play with at long range.</p><p></p><p>The 6.5's really shine on deer sized game and there's a tremendous selection of high BC hunting bullets out there to load them with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1245673, member: 30902"] That really doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. The Muzzle brake I prefer doesn't weigh more than probably four to six ounces at most for the 3/4" OD versions. I have a lightweight .300Rum and without the brake on it, it was rather unpleasant to shoot to say the least. It's very hard to beat the ballistics of the .30 calibers but if Mulies are the biggest game on your list something in 6.5 or 7mm would make a lot of sense. With your Rum length magazine you can go down to something like the 26Nosler, .264wm, 28 Nosler, 7mm Rem, or even 300wm and have plenty of room to seat the long/heavy for caliber bullets out as far as necessary to avoid compressed loads. I bought a couple of Model 70 Classic Stainless rifles pretty cheap, one in 300wm and another in 300 Rum with the intent of using them to build a .375 Ruger on the first and a 26 Nosler on the 2nd but on a whim started shooting the .300 Rum and it shoots rather well for 3 shot groups (light barrel contour) and I finally got over the idea of building a 26 Nosler due to barrel life issues. I will likely eventually use the 300wm to build a nice .264wm and the Rum for a long barreled .375Ruger to play with at long range. The 6.5's really shine on deer sized game and there's a tremendous selection of high BC hunting bullets out there to load them with. [/QUOTE]
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