1/2 .300 RUM Results

[Powerstroke]

Saturday was one of those days that may have been best to stay home.

I have a buddy that just purchased his first rifle and wants to start hunting. A Remington SPS Stainless in 30-06 - potentially a great selection for a first rifle when Mulies & Elk are on the menue.
I grabbed my .300RUM & .257Bee with new loads and to the hills we went.

We found a phenominal spot to shoot - not hardley anyone around & the GPS was tickling 11,800 in elevation. A huge welcome due to the t-mometer was to be hitting around 97deg at home.

We get the table out and set up, gun rests etc. and get the first two sight in shots fired with the 30-06 when two others show up. When they asked if we minded if they stopped and shot with us, I was "ASSUMING" that meant "by you" not using your bench / targets as well............

A small arsenal was pulled out - handguns, shotguns, AR's & :lol: :lol: the highly talked up "long range 7mag in a Choate stock & Mil Dot Scope"
They wanted to get it "tuned in" and asked if they could shoot the 100yd target we had set up.... :roll: Well of course - we have to see what this thing can do......
Well - after somewhere around an eight shot group that might have been able to have been covered by a pie-plate they were tuned in and ready for some long-range rock busting.

Well :grin: this is at the point >> Guys meet Mr .300RUM - lets play the rock game :lol: :lol:

The old loads I had actually perfomed great & consistent out to around 650yds.
I only got to shoot one of my new loads RL-25 & 190VLD's. I think I might have a winner here - I only had enough RL-25 left for 3 rounds and did a pretty thorough scrubbing before hand.
Hope to get out with the chrony next weekend and see how it does.

 

[JD338]

Powerstroke

Nice shooting!

JD338

 

[hardpan]

HI powerstroke.
Nice shooting. Unfortunately, you are giving me a serious case of gun envy!

Friend of mine has a .300 RUM, what an awesome gun to load for! It shoots 200 GR ABs well, shoots 180 gr barnes TSX well, shoots 160 gr ABs well, and shoots all the bullets with retumbo, IMR 7828 with both federals and CCI primers. What a rifle!
Hardpan

 

[SJB358]

Nice shooting with that mighty 300! Looks like you have a winner. How did the long range 7mm work out for them?

Did you get a chance to wring out your 257 at all? Scotty

 

[Powerstroke]

Appologies as I cut that first post short - the "BOSS" was demanding my presence at the dinner table.

Nah - the 7mag that shot minute of pie-plate @ 100yds ended up shooting minute of hill-side @ 600yds or so......

As far as the .257 is concerned, I was able to pull the trigger a couple times just to get it on the paper - now I can start playing with the loads.
I can say however - the laminated stock doesn't take up as much as the recoil as the plastic fantastic piece that it came with.

The RUM definately has my attention now. The new Zeiss scope w/ the varmint reticle is actually a little busy, but it's a great piece of glass.
I've run into the same issue as POP and this thing will not shoot the 200 grain bullets - The 180's do decent, but I suspect these 190's are going to be the cat's meow for me.

 

[JD338]

Powerstroke

You might want to give the 200 gr PT a try, its one heck of a good bullet.
My buddy used this bullet in his 300 RUM with excellent accuracy and results on elk were very quick and decisive.

JD338

 

[SJB358]

Yeah and if you hurry, you can probably grab some off of SPS. They are 14-15 per 50. Hard to turn down PT's at that price. I am hoping to get 2900 out of them in my 300 Win Mag. Should be a good elk/deer crusher! Scotty

 

[hardpan]

Appologies as I cut that first post short - the "BOSS" was demanding my presence at the dinner table.

Nah - the 7mag that shot minute of pie-plate @ 100yds ended up shooting minute of hill-side @ 600yds or so......

As far as the .257 is concerned, I was able to pull the trigger a couple times just to get it on the paper - now I can start playing with the loads.
I can say however - the laminated stock doesn't take up as much as the recoil as the plastic fantastic piece that it came with.

The RUM definately has my attention now. The new Zeiss scope w/ the varmint reticle is actually a little busy, but it's a great piece of glass.
I've run into the same issue as POP and this thing will not shoot the 200 grain bullets - The 180's do decent, but I suspect these 190's are going to be the cat's meow for me.

Hi Power.
I am envious of your setup!

I load for a friend using IMR 7828 and federal 215s. Shoots amazingly small groups. (He has shot 2 one hole groups, and then a few at about 1/2 inches).... The trigger is set at 2.5lbs and no creep.

Not sure what powder you tried, but 200 ABs with 4831 just did not shoot. It likes retumbo however, and that is an extreme powder.

I like that scope as well. I have it on a custom 257, and it is really nice late and early in the day. I have not tried it yet on the longer ranges, but it is the RZ 800.

Hardpan