RE: Remington 700 XCR thoughts and what caliber?.300WSM or .300RUM?
I have owned 3 RUM's and a WSM. Let me put it this way, make sure you shoot the RUM before buying one. They can be a handful, and intially factory ammo was 32 dollars/box, I heard that has shot up to 50 dollars. Also, I littley shot out one at 1000 rounds or morre, and had heat cracks in the throat of another I had built within 500 rounds. I did load them hot however.
The WSM was pretty nice. Recoil very managable for the everyday shooter, and decent performance. I used the RUM's for moose hunting in canada, but wouldn't hesitate to shoot a moose at 300 yards with a WSM.
I wouldn't use either on deer, but like both for elk and moose.