Dead. The most popular was the 300WSM and even it is in decline. Add the very dead Ruger 300RCM and 338RCM to the list. I love the 338RCM but it's like an salmon that swam upstream and spawned, it's stinking dead.
Oldpine,
That 338 rcm sure was a treat to yah, and all left handed shooters alike.
Of all short action mags, i too like the 338 rcm the best. An open sighted, medium-bore carbine has alot going for it. The 338 RCM, even more:
It weighs no nore than a 30-30 model 94 carbine, can fit four rounds in the magazine.
No rebated rim or too steep of a shoulder angle, they reliably cycle in crf actions slow or fast.
61 grains of extruded powder for a 225 grain bullet, or 55 grains for a 275 grain a-frame, they have sufficient case capacity.
What they are not, is Hornady's claim that the 338 rcm is a ballistic equal to the win mag, from carbine barrels. Pure bllsht.
Hornady shouldve been more realistic about the ballistics. They shoot a 225 grain bullet at 2650 fps, bout the same velocity as a 338 win mag can shoot a 250 grain bullet from a 20" barrel.
