Originally Posted by
gjersy
Nice guns guys! Here's my .300 RUM and a big White-Tail i got at 350 yards moving pretty fast through my field, last week. I bought it 15 years ago and was told the barrel will wear out, it kicks to hard, bla,bla,bla. It gets me a few deer a year from 15 - 579 yards, and it never wounded/lost a deer. It's the best gun i ever had, i love it!
Those .300RUMs are bad on a throat gjersy but usually it's from people shooting at the range a LOT and not letting them cool enough between strings. Shoot it enough to stay proficient with it and not over doing it will allow the barrel much longer life as yours shows. Also a lot of people not smart enough to realize that loading that round overly hot is not only unnecessary but pretty much a waste of powder and that much harder on the throat.