I honestly like the rifle and the round. I think if you worked up a definition of a cross canyon elk killer it'd probably be pretty close. It doesn't jar the molars too hard (it does have a pretty huge limbsaver pad built into the stock) and it's not obnoxiously heavy. To me, it's the upper limit of what I'd care to carry and the upper limit of the long range horsepower I can accurately manage (or at least tried to). I've got one rifle with a brake, and I'll never own another, unless the brake has threads to screw my 9" SAS Arbiter on, which would be pretty awesome on a RUM.
I just don't ever see me WANTING one bad enough to buy one and I REALLY don't NEED one.
As far as taming down, either buy a suppressor, an 18 pound .300 RUM, or an 8 pound .30-06..........
