ORIGINAL: deepdiver
I am consideering buying a Remington 700 in .300 RUM. However, today I was at Gander Mountain and the guy at the firearm counter said that Remington is going to be disontinuing rifles that use this round due to lack of interest.
Has anybody heard this? If so, should I stay away from that rifle?
Isn't it wonderful how, whenever a store like Gander Mountain hires some dufus and puts him in the gun department, he automatically becomes a damned expert!
Even if Rem. decided to discontinue the chambering of riofles for .300 RUM (not likely!!), it would be decades before they stopped making ammo! The same thing happened to the .280 Rem., once upon a time. It is now back, stronger than ever! How long has it been since anyone chambered for the .300 H&H?? You can still get brass at least for that one, and they do make ammo for it too from time to time!
Now, as for what you really NEED, please be advised that the 7mm Remington Magnum will kill ANYTHING on this continent, and most things in Africa too, if you aim it right and use the right BULLET!