Remington ultra magnum?

Question

I have filled the freezer many a time with the ole savage 99 in 300 savage. My son will be shouldering it soon and wish a new gun to come up soon. We have some heavy whitetails in Maine and I am sub permitee for this falls moose hunt. Do you think 300 RUM is a caliber that will catch on with the power level ammo? level 1 is about 30-06 2 is more and 3 is more than that. Kinda like 3 guns in 1

Answer 1

I killed white tail in Maine with a 35 Remington. I have never seen nor heard of a Deer or Moose in Maine that could not be taken with a 30-06.

The ultra mag ammo are really pricey, and hard to find.

Answer 2

I saw the first poster and gave her a thumbs down some people! I like the sound of it not sure about it never came in contact with one I hunt mostly Bow 99% of the time including Bear. Yes I know I'm a little nuts. Thank you. LOL But I like the 30/30 don't think I would use it for a moose though The 30/06 is great for the biggy stuff Have a great season. Ps Look into Bow hunting if you get a chance The boy might like it too. Ps again My freezer still has Hog/Bear/Venison and Pheasant. But I live in Florida no Bear season but Deer hunting fair not to mention cammos over shorts. :}

Answer 3

Personally, with the new short action magnums that came out in the last 5-10 years that allow for lighter rifles, I'm not convinced the RUM line is going to be a huge success in the long run.  From what I've read and studied about it, I think it is a fine round, but Remington came out with a super sized magnum when the market was looking for smaller, short action magnum rounds.

The 300 RUM does seem like a fine round.  Depending on the area of the country you are in, you might be able to score a used rifles for dirt  cheap as people are afraid of the recoil and muzzle blast  (I looked long and hard at a beautiful Remington 300 RUM rifle.  I forget what model it was, but I saw the price go below $300.  I went to buy it one payday and someone else already did).  Ammo doesn't seem to be excessively expensive, but it seems a bit spendy.

For whitetails and Maine moose, I think the 300 RUM might be a bit overkill.  I have nothing against overpowered rounds though (I have never shot anything too dead in my life).  If it is a cartridge that interests you and you are looking for an excuse to buy one, by all means knock yourself out.  It will be a fine hunting round.

Killing a moose with a 7x57 shows good marksmanship, but it isn't an impossible task by any means.  My father's rifle of choice for moose in Alaska when he was young was a 250 Savage.  He pretty much killed all there was to kill in Alaska with his.

Personally, I would probably opt for a traditional 300 Win Mag.  The ammo is still relatively cheap considering.  If you reload, the brass is made by many manufactorers which helps keep the costs down a bit.  It is a common cartridge and you should be able to find a nice new or used rifle without selling your first born.

i'm not intimately familiar with the terrain in Maine, but I believe it is mostly wooded areas where most shots would be under 100 yards.  If you might be hunting moose on a regular basis and ammo costs aren't a huge factor, I'd consider a 450 Marlin.  IMHO, it is a great 45 caliber round.  With quality bullets, it should have pleanty of penetration on a moose.  Recoil can be a bit stiff.  i don't have a recoil table in front of me, but I'd imagine it to be a bit less than the 300 RUM.  The Marlin lever actions are nice to handle in thick undergrowth.  The disadvantage to the 450 Marlin is that if you go out West or hunt in a place that has a lot of long range shooting, the 300 RUM will be a much more superior round.

Good Luck and happy hunting!

Answer 4

the 300 RUM is an excellent choice my friend purchased one and he used it to take all of the game animals in the game animal hunting super slam also it may sound not like a deer caliber but the 338 win mag is a great choice because you can get ammo ranging from 325 wsm power all the way up to the 375 h&h mag if you can find it but i dont know if you would want to shoot a deer with a gun with 3600 ft lbs of energy with a 200 grain bullet at 30 yards

Answer 5

I own and like my 7mm RUM but it seems that as soon as I find something that I think is the greatest at the time it becomes obsolete as soon as I buy it. With all the short action heavies that seemed to appear as soon as I bought my RUM kind a bears that out in my mind. that said due to those stubby power houses and the price of RUM ammo I retired it to the safe.

Answer 6

Yes, I believe that the .300 RUM power level ammo will bring more people to the caliber and allow more people to justify keeping the guns which they own or buy and find out that the Level III stuff has too much recoil for their tastes.  Remington must have respectable volume of ammo being sold or they would not have so much variety in the caliber.  Compare the .300 to any of their other Ultra Mags and the difference is vast.  

The fact that Federal offers 3 loads for this caliber also is testament to its popularity.  The Federal 200 gr load with its Nosler Partition bullet or the Remington 200 gr A Frame load are definitely  Moose slayers.

Answer 7

I think the .300 RUM is here to stay, the only .300 mag that I know of that is more powerful is the .30-378 Weatherby and not by much if any, and ammo is a fraction of the price of the Weatherby stuff.  If you're worried about ammo prices, buy a reloader, you can buy the whole setup for about the same price as 2 or 3 boxes of factory ammo.  My next rifle WILL be the Rem. 700 SPS in .300 RUM, and yes, I am a firm believer in having more than enough power for whatever your'e going to hunt, and I wouldn't be afraid to hunt anything in N. America, and a lot of stuff in Africa with the .300 RUM, good luck with your choice.