300RUM info - 03/30/10
Ok here is my story and I'm sticking to it. I bought a 300RUM Sendero, before I even shot it I took it to the gunsmith and had some work done to it. I put a sightron S111 6-24x50. I went out and bought 10,000 Fed 215 primers, 200 rounds of Remington brass, 200-155gr berger bullets, 100-168gr berger bullets, 100-175gr berger bullets, 300-185gr berger bullets, 100-190gr berger bullets, 100-210gr berger bullets. For powder I bought 3lbs of Retumbo, 8lbs of Ramshot Magnum and 1lb of Hodgdon US 869. Then I also bought 100-208gr hornady Amax bullets. At first I was going to decide on the 185g bergers. Tried both the Retumbo & Ramshot Magnum powders. When I have been loading ammo I am taking two measurements, base of case to tip of bullet "3.600-3.620" and measuring from base to Ogive "2.944-2.950". My rifle has a 3.600 OAL and a 1-10 barrel twist. I used a hornady Overall length gauge. My magazine will accept a round as long as 3.678. The measurement I get to the lands is 3.822. I have went out twice and shot my gun, have only shot out to 400 yards, but more concentrated with 100 & 200 yards, my groups are very sporadic. I am finding out that I know very little. I am going to load a few rounds out to the max, but the last thing I want to do is make my gun a single shot. I had read early on that berger bullets worked best being seated at or on the lands. I had also heard that the 300RUM likes heavy bullets. Walt at berger said I should load a few rounds that are closer to the lands. It also may be that my gun does not like berger bullets. I am hoping to have a gun that will shoot out to 1000 yards.
So can anyone make heads or tails of all this???
So can anyone make heads or tails of all this???