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And they almost missed the boat on their .300 RUM. They originally were planning on something with less velocity than the Weatherby. Jim Carmichael told them to exceed Weatherby by some margin or forget it.

Heres a good little read on that >

https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2012/5/29/remingtons-big-seven/



If i was going to goof around, id actually go the 7x61 S&H.

The story of the Ultras is cool as well, starting back with the NASS cartridges.

It was interesting when the Ultras came out because I was working at a LGS and here in the South, where you really do not need Ultra level performance, they were marketed more as a "premium" item rather than a long range one. The early Ultra M700's were nice and Remington had a great reputation back then. I came so close to buying one with my discount. We had a waiting list. However, after a couple of weeks word got out what actually firing one was like...

Excellent read. Thanks for the link!

Bob, you are so right.. BUT most don't have a clue who Bowman and Mike Walker were.. I think we might be getting up there... Between you and I, I think one thing that kept Elmer moving along in his 80's was fooling with guns.. He was always looking forward.. I didn't always agree with his choices, but I knew why he made them! Are you going to make it west this fall?

Interesting read for sure, thanks for the link. Started reading an old hunting book written in 1909 and it mentions guys discussing rifles and things like "a quick twist makes a quick ball"'

The more things change the more they stay the same. Guys have been arguing about this schit for ages.