7mm wsm for a 300 rum

[Antelope_Sniper]

Here's the price list for krieger....

http://www.kriegerbarrels.com/Calibers_ ... wp3390.htm

 

[corbin9191]

I guess that ain't to bad for a barrel.

 

[corbin9191]

how would a 300 weatherby stand up against the 300 rum?

 

[DrMike]

how would a 300 weatherby stand up against the 300 rum?

Either will kill an elk at farther than most of us can shoot.

 

[Richracer1]

how would a 300 weatherby stand up against the 300 rum?

Either will kill an elk at farther than most of us can shoot.

+1

Very close in performance, huge difference in price - assuming a WBY MK V and not a Vanguard.

 

[corbin9191]

Well I found a remington model 700 sps for the 300 rum and that has a 26 inch barrel for 599. Then I found a WBY Vanguard for 399 in the 300 WBY

(I also found a Ruger m77 in a 338 win mag for $377.00 What does everyone think about the 338 win mag compared to the 300 rum and the 300 WBY?)

 

[Antelope_Sniper]

300 RUM with a 26" bbl is a great long range shooter. Mount it with a 4.5x14 Leupold, load it with 200gr AB's lauched at 3200, and you are equipped for anything in NA for as far as you care to shoot.

I like the .338WM for a big thumper. I launch 200gr BT/AB around 3100.

Mix in the .270 WSM you mentioned earlier for you lighter deer/antelope rifle, and you've got everything covered with an optimum, and double covered with another rifle that will work just fine.

 

[corbin9191]

The bad thing is I can only get one of the rifles for trading my 7mm wsm. Or I would get them both :twisted:

 

[Antelope_Sniper]

I understand.
One gun for everything, the RUM in the SPS.
Load either 180BT's or 200 AB's and just go hunting.

 

[corbin9191]

Now I just have to wait until this weekend and see what king I get in the 300 rum or 300 WBY

 

[TBASTIAN]

I'd trade it in a heartbeat. Browning made the .300 and .338 Ultra Mags for one year...it was the same year I bought my .338 Win Mag. I decided on the Win Mag, as I already had a BAR chambered for it...I wish I'd have snatched up the Ultra Mag now.

 

[nitis]

if the sps is stainless that is a good buy if not they can be had for about 515 from buds

 

[corbin9191]

the one that is $599 has a 26 inch stainless steel barrel.

 

[jtoews80]

I like weatherby. but go RUM. I had a 30-378 Mk V Accumark and really wished I had bought a 300 RUM in a Sendero. There would have been enough in cost difference between rifles and brass to buy: a MK4 leupold and 20MOA base. and then all that I would've needed would be a jewell trigger.

JT

 

[corbin9191]

I have been looking at a muzzle brake for when I get this rifle. The muzzle brake that I have found is the The Aquila Muzzle Brake for $150.00 steel or stainless steel. Has anyone ever used this company before and how does the muzzle brake work? Or is there a muzzle brake out there that can work as a muzzle brake and also suppress sound at the same time like a sure fire? or a Gentry quiet muzzle brake?

 

[JD338]

I would get a good recoil pad like a Limb Saver or Pachmyer Decelerator pad and use a PAST Recoil shoulder pad. Use starting loads to get acclimated with the 300 RUM. Bump up your loads prior to hunting season, verify your zeros at long range and you are good to go. Then you won't need to get the brake.

JD338

 

[DrMike]

+1 to what JD says. I have never particularly liked muzzle brakes. Certainly, when I am shooting a customer's rifle from the bench, I try to find a bench that is well removed from other shooters as the muzzle blasts is just uncomfortable. Should a hunting buddy bring a rifle with a brake on, I am careful not to be too near when he torches off. I find them simply uncomfortable on the ears. I admit that they do tame recoil, but time at the bench and judiciously working up to the hunting loads will work wonders at enabling shooting without a flinch.

 

[JD338]

I find them simply uncomfortable on the ears. I admit that they do tame recoil, but time at the bench and judiciously working up to the hunting loads will work wonders at enabling shooting without a flinch.

++1 to DrMike, he is spot on. :grin:

JD338

 

[nitis]

as the others have said dont run out and get a break

shoot it first I think you will find it tolerable mine really bucks and snorts but it dont hurt like my 7mag

 

[DrMike]

I shoot a variety of cartridges from the bench, and I have found that recoil is manageable for almost every rifle. My worst day at the bench was a day in which I had to prove two 30-378s, and break-in two Lazzeroni 7.82 Warbirds as well as a 338-378. It was a full day of work. However, it was not intolerable. I admit that I slept well that evening.