Wondering about 300 RUM

Is the 300 RUM a dying cartridge? I have hunted with my good ol' 284 Winchester for about 20 yrs. The bullets are really hard to come by now a days. I don't reload bullets so it is difficult to find ammo. I can only find ammo online or at Gunnies in Orem. I am starting to get into elk hunting more than deer hunting and I am looking at getting a different gun. I really like the 300 Ultra Mag but i am wondering is this a dying cartridge? i want to be able to find bullets for a while and not have to re load yet.

Thanks.

I think the 300 RUM will be around as long as rifles are. the 300 RUM SA on the other hand is a dead duck.

If you're worried buy a 300 WBY or Win mag. they'll be around at least as long as the 300 RUM and for good reason.













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I doubt the .300 RUM is going anywhere. mtmuley

I had a 300 RUM once. I am having it built into a 300 WBY. The reason being the recoil, noise, and cost. The cost isn't really a big deal, but when you compare the two, the WBY will be slightly cheaper, and have less recoil. I bought the RUM used and was in the magnum caliber phase of shooting. At the time, the RUM made me feel like a real man.

A properly set up 300 rum doesn't have to be unpleasant to shoot .I have a hotter version of a 300 rum. It's a 300 Tejas and shoots like a ##### cat. My daughter even shoots it. Any of the big 300 are great guns and will always be around. Set one up or find someone that has one and try it out. With a 300 you can work up loads to take any game you want to on this continent.

BIGJOHNT, I do believe you, but...How can that be?

I readily admit that i never shot one of then RUM's and i'm glad of it but i have held some of those rounds and the size and weight of them alone almost put my shoulder out of socket. It's a Huge cartridge with lots a powder.

Is it the break, the stock, the weight of it? I just can't imagine, don't want to imagine, bench shooting that cartridge thru one of my hunters.

Joey


"It's all about knowing what your firearms practical limitations are and combining that with your own personal limitations!"

LAST EDITED ON Sep-23-14 AT 11:57PM (MST)[p]I dont like firing my 30-378 more than 15-20 times in a day, that goes for a RUM too..interestingly enough, it dont matter if its my braked 30-378, or my friends un-braked 300 RUM, it dont matter, 15 shots and i dont care to carry on with it..

They are great cartridges tho, just not high volume types..

A few years ago my mom used my 30-378 on a lope hunt, just because she shot the dang thing lights out, but never put more than 5 rounds at a time thru it, she had the advatage of me having the rifle set up ready to go, with that rifle its the concussion that gets to ya, not the recoil, the blast is brutal, 120 grains of powder and a 230gr bullet at over 3k will do that..

I had even purchased a pretty little A-Bolt in 243 for her..(Yes bess, I do own a few ******** A-Borts), but we both felt more confident in her using the bigger gun..

Moral of the story, if you are a seasoned shooter and can get it set up and confident in it, you will prolly like it as a go to killing rifle, daily shooter probly not so much. and it aint going anywhere, its by far the most popular RUM.

LAST EDITED ON Sep-24-14 AT 09:36PM (MST)[p]First of all I think the RUM will be around as long as I am and probably as long as you are depending on your age and life style.
Years ago I was way into velocity as a method of increasing my odds of hitting what I aimed at. A flatter shooting cartridge gives you a longer point blank range, hence less misses. The price that is usually paid is shortened barrel life, recoil, muzzle blast and quite often a longer, heavier gun.
I have had Weatherby's and STW's and loved what I could achieve with them.
Recently when it came time to get a 30 cal. I look at the 300RUM, 30-378, 300WSM, but ended up with a 300 Win Mag. Any of the calibers has its own pluses and minuses but ultimately I narrowed it down to the RUM and the WM.
The reason that velocity was so important years ago was that the rangefinders were not that good. With the current rangefinders, reticles and dials, velocity is not quite as important as it once was.
With the correct turret dial and a good rangefinder the advantages of the RUM velocity were not worth the price I would pay in additional recoil. I can handle the 300WM without a muzzle brake but don't think I could do so with the RUM.
But your mileage may vary

Thanks for everyone's replies. Makes me feel a lot better with the 300 RUM. I have shot my friends 300 ultra mag, at a range, a few years ago and thought it was a nice shooting gun. Time to go get me one i guess.

Thanks again for the tips and advice.