ORIGINAL: bigcountry
ORIGINAL: stubblejumper
If 300 yards will be your max you don't need to load the 300 RUM to the gills.
If 300 yards will be your max the 300win mag or 300wsm would serve just as well with less recoil and longer barrel life.
Not jumping on you or anything stubble, but do you expect the guy to go out and sell the gun cause you see less recoil and longer barrel life in other guns? I guess the poor guy came asking about powders and ended up hearing people telling him he could do better with a different gun.
While I do not expect the guy to sell the gun once he owns it(although many people seem to be doing so with the ultramag cartridges),I am merely pointing out that there are more suitable cartridges for those conditions.Perhaps by doing so,I can prevent someone else from buying a cartridge that they will regret having bought in the first place.You have to remember that I own two 300ultramags myself,and I am very happy with them.As such ,I am not knocking the cartridge,but rather suggesting that it is not the best choice for many applications.