Now they can buy some ammo and shoot with their eyes open.
Ain't that the truth!
Ill just buy the right amount of gun for the job.
We have a winner! What do you have for him, Johnny? [8D]
I think this is exactly the point. The .300 RUM maybe has a role as a specialty cartridge useful for very specific hunting situations most of us will never encounter, or at least not regularly enough to need such a cartridge. If you need a .30-06, buy a .30-06.
I think that the Power Level ammo is Remingtons attempt to save the grossly overbore barrel burner from a slow death, or maybe to help out those who buy their rifles based on articles in gun rags only to realize that ultra-velocity and ultra-flat trajectories means ultra-painful recoil and ultra-expensive ammo. I'm guessing that there was a significant percentage of RUM owners that shot half a box of ammo from their RUM and either sold it for a more rational cartridge, or just put it in the safe and went back to their ol' reliable 30-06 or .300 Win Mag. I can't imagine that anyone in their right mind would buy a .300 RUM with the intent of using reduced power ammo. That doesn't make much sense to me. But, then again, the .300 RuM doesn't make much sense to me either.
Mike