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Curly:
I also agree w/ Bobcat's philosophy on bullet selection.......heavier is better for ballistic coefficient and bucking the wind. (You should even consider a 200 gr bullet to fully take advantage of the cartridge potential).

I can't locate my load book right now, it is fairly new and I think I remember seeing loads in it for Scirrocos and the 300RUM. If I find the book I'll post the load info for you.

I don't have a RUM but I do remember reading where most guys swear by Retumbo for the RUM. I really like H1000 in my 300 Win Mag, but the slower burning Retumbo may be better with all the case capacity that the RUM has. (Although, I think H1000 might be better with bullets less than 180gr.)

Here is some load info from the Hodgdon site: (what is really cool with their site is that you can email the load data to yourself (or someone else for that matter) and then print it out.

Hodgdon Powder Company
Cartridge Load Recipe Report - 8/17/2007
data.hodgdon.com 300 Remington Ultra Mag
Load Type: Rifle Powder: Retumbo
BW: 180

Cartridge Information
Case: Remington Barrel Length: 24"
Twist: 1:10" Trim Length: 2.840"
Primer: Remington 9 1/2M

300 Remington Ultra Mag
Cartridge Load Data
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Bullet Weight (Gr.) - 180 GR. SPR SPBT; Powder - Retumbo; Bullet Diam. - .308"; C.O.L. - 3.530";
Starting Grs. = 94.0, Vel. 3,182(ft/s) Pressure 58,400 PSI;
Max Grs. = 100.5C, Vel. 3300(ft/s) Pressure 62,400 PSI

Instead of getting a new reloading manual that has every cartridge listed, you might take a look at getting a "loadbook" for the 300RUM. If you do a search on Cabelas for "loadbooks usa" you should find the loadbook. I have one for my 300WM. It only costs about $7 and it has almost every bullet made and just about every powder listed for whatever cartridge you're interested in.

littletoes:
It isn't so much the time to Handload for me, its the time for LOAD DEVELOPMENT that kills me!

We have hunting season coming on strong, so I'd rather be out in the woods that on the shooting range (not by a whole lot more, I DO like being on the range). But I have got to get my son on the range more so he can practice, and try some load work at the same time, but "set-up" kills me on the range too.

What good is a "load" if you don't have "come-ups" for it? For my .308 I have come ups out to 850 yards, that have actually been "tried & trued" in the field with 168 MK's, but I need to get the same out to 1000 with some 175's, and THATS the part that is killing me....no time, and a 1000 yard range is hard to come by.

My 300 mag I'm happy to 500 yards with some 180's...but everything takes time, especially when I can be out in the woods looking for some bear.

Another thing killing it for me...I start teaching nights in Sept. (and working days), and that will just KILLL the time for me....so here real soon, if you don't see me anymore, thats why.....

BlackTail:
Well lets see if this works. Here's a picture of my Remington XCR 7mm RUM.

And here's a picture of my last group with 160gr Partitions.

BlackTail:
That's not what my gun looks like :)

I guess I need help.......jackelope???

ICEMAN:
Try editing your image size way way down, say to 25% before submitting...this has helped me...the webserverwhatchamagoozi will upsize it for the thread...

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