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My 300 ultra puked a Mike Rock tube at about 1250 rounds.
I am of the opinion that they make barrels everyday and I run them hard. Well said, my sentiments exactly. My model 70 300RUM killed a bunch of stuff including truckloads of bait animals for Leopard hunters in Africa and was still shooting well when I sold it with a round count in the 1500 range. Barrel gets REAL hot after only 3 rounds and I sold mine not because of barrel wear or recoil but because of its noise level. No, no muzzle brake (HATE 'em) just a really noisy round in my opinion. Great killer for sure, though.
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Built one a while back for a customer that punched paper with VLD'S, it made it about 900 rounds! It will now become a 300WSM with a throat for 210's.
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Blagg, whereabouts in Eastern Oregon are you? Always looking for a good gunsmith out in these parts.
LOVE God, LOVE your family, LOVE your country, LIKE guns and sports.
About 2016 team "R" candidates "We definitely need a crew with a sack of balls the size of hot water bottles, bloviated estrogen leaking feel-gooders need not apply." Gunner 500
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I ran a Sendero in the 1K stock class for a coupla years.
Mine didn't see 400 before I was an also ran.....
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Ok, he has a 700 sendero that he claims lost accuracy out of after a few boxes, has a different scope and mounts on it but still can't get it to shoot 180 partitions at like 3000, pretty tame load I think, Never shot a Ultra before. Accuracy puking,can be induced by a host of variables after a few boxes,none of which is the barrel being shot out. Sendero's jump around horribly in their stocks(pull it apart and look at the skid marks on the receiver's underside),the Ultra bumps enough to tax scope/base/rings and the shooter. NPT's are soft and will foul wonderously. The rifle never had a chance to shine...which is of course very typical............. Now that I have read a few of his posts, most make sense, gotta agree with him. A 30-378 WBY will last longer than a few boxes. My last 300 RUM...and I mean the last I will own was still belching 210s into bug holes after 800+ rounds.
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Ok yeah well, he isn't at the range with me this morning but I will let him know to just trade the gun and go to something lighter recoiling
take a kid hunting there will be no greater feeling than to watch them succeed.
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Ask him if he is interested in any trades I need a RUM donor action
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I will won't see him until monday but I will then
take a kid hunting there will be no greater feeling than to watch them succeed.
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Safariman I am in Pendleton. 541 377-0092
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The 700 BDL I bought a few years ago as a donar has over 2000 through it and it still shoots great. After doing the stupid "shooting the donar"I was planning on shooting this barrel out and rebarreling it to a RUM again but it's lasted long enough for me to loose intrest in the rifle and move on to another project. Another RUM or are you looking elsewhere?................
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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I found the .257 wby.and have been having a blast with it.
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You're learnin'....................(grin)
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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I'd never be able to shoot one out.
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You wouldn't be missing much.
Pun be intended................
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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The 300 RUM shines with the 180's at 3350 in a Stainless Sendero.
Sticks advise on the action jumping around is spot on.
I bed the action, float the magazine box, heavily deburr the mag box and the inside corners of the floor plate that accepts the mag box.
I torque the screws to 80 inch pounds in the front and 60 in the rear, and they will get loose, eventually.
I shoot a Vias muzzle break and always wear electronic ear muffs at the range and in the field. Even with a Vias muzzle break, recoil is substantial enough to move the scope in the rings.
Sub 3/4" groups at 100 are normal with my rifle, and it wears a 4-16 on it.
Even with a Vias muzzle break, this gun is still no fun to shoot, you really have watch your bench technique on how much you grip the gun and how much you pull the rifle into your shoulder, etc to get small groups.
Most people will develop a flinch or a tendency to "slap" the trigger, raise their head up of the stock anticipating recoil, or jerk their entire body in anticipation of recoil of this cartridge.
I shoot the 7 Mag with 162 A-Max at 3100 with a Vias muzzle break(recoil of a light loaded 243) much better than I do the 300 RUM..all due to the amount of recoil.
I think that a guy should have a serious reason for shooting a cartridge of this intensity, like brown bears.
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I am not I just called the dealer about an accumark 300 wby for 500 his wife is having him call me back....
He is going to send it out and have a custom made out of it, he is afraid of the 300 I think so whats he ask the guy about, a 338-378 HAHA... More money then brains....
Oh yeah this is the same guy who last week had 340 wby barrel on his encore thought it kicked to much so he took it to the drill press and tried to port it. Forget it. You can't help this guy JMort.
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The 162 at 3150,smokes the 180 at 3350.................
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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Yea, but under the awning the RUM is louder...
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Barrel is longer too,action is longer,there's less COAL latitude to dabble BC,they're heavier,burn more powder,kick harder,are more expensive to feed and won't Agg as well.
A whole multitude of braggin' rights inherent................(grin)
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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So we are having a discussion at work and I need an answer.
How long is the typical barrel life of 300 RUM
I am saying over 1000 shots
The guy here is saying less than 250.... That's 'cause he insists on shooting all his bullets while his shoulder is still numb, before it starts twitching. 
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
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