Well thanks for the encouragement, Stubblejumper. I just fear that I may shoot out the barrel before I find an acceptable load! Have reloaded my own cartridges for many years, going from 222Rem on up the line, through 15 different cartridges to 7mmRemMag, and I have not had the problems hitting a good load like I have with this 300RUM. I am going to try three more recipes this week and if things do not get better, I will go back to the old 30-06.