RE: Max COL 300RUM you would safely load
True alot of people do trade them in. They buy them for the wrong reasons. Buy them for strickly deer hunting. Yea, I wish I had a 300WSM too. Last weekend however, I did find a firecracker load. I tried 96gr-101 of Retumbo and a 180gr nosler Partition, and was getting 3300 to 3400fps. It cooked. But I was getting 2.5" groups at 200 yards consistently. I believe that might be my moose load for this year. For most people that 300WSM and 300Win mag is ideal. I just like having the option to go faster if I want too.
Tomorrow I am trying out 200gr Hornady' s and 77gr of 4350. I expect to be in the 3000 range with very light recoil. See, with this round you do have that option.