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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: HUNT on June 17, 2009, 07:03:49 PM

Title: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: HUNT on June 17, 2009, 07:03:49 PM: What do you think of the 7mm RUM? My hunting partner loves his. I just ordered it in the Remington Sendero..... What do you think of it and what loads are you shooting....?
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: mossback91 on June 17, 2009, 07:04:19 PM: I wouldnt mind having one.... :)
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Post by: haugenna on June 17, 2009, 09:03:59 PM: I would go with the 7mm Weatherby in a Weatherby Ultralight. The 7mm Rum will be a good one though. Good luck and please post you results for reloader to benefit from. I would like to own one of the member of the 7mm family someday.
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: HUNT on June 17, 2009, 10:02:24 PM: I will post my loads after I get them worked up. I know how to share!!! Hoping others will chime in with their knowledge.
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: bobcat on June 17, 2009, 10:04:06 PM: I think that will be a GREAT rifle and cartridge combination. The Sendero's are a bit on the heavy side and that will definitely dampen the recoil of that 7 RUM.
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: HUNT on June 17, 2009, 10:11:24 PM: I bought the Sendero for its accuracy. I know this calibur is capable of shooting long distances accurately with great results. My hunting partner's gun shoots 1/2 MOA right out of the box after he found the load the gun liked. I have heard that this calibur shoots its best at or near the max load.
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: MountainWalk on June 18, 2009, 03:54:43 PM: I own one of the first Senderos made in 7mm ultra. At the time I had plenty of fishing money and thought the rifle was cool. And it is a cool rifle, and a cool cartridge. But it handles like a crosstie, and the load is just too much for deer if you ask me. I used to be all about blasting deer from afar, but I have left all that behind.. It ruins a helluva lotta meat, kicks unnecesarrily hard for a deer gun, and its costly to shoot. I have since then left it in AR, which says how much I think of it's usefullness. Twas I you, and I'm not, I'd buy a plain old 7 rm or a 300 wm.
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: Ghost1941 on June 18, 2009, 07:08:10 PM: I own a 7 RUM. 84.5gr of H1000 with the 180 VLD Bergers.
Pretty mild load running at 3007 fps.

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Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: Moosehunt on June 18, 2009, 07:22:02 PM: I own a 7mm RUM. It's a leftie in Model 700 LSS 26inch barrel. It's got a Vais muzzlebreak on it. Put a Leupold on it with Mil-dots. A good friend helped me build up a load. We stopped well short of a max load. 85 gr of Reloader 25 pushing 140 gr Barnes TSX....3097fps. Plenty of punch. I push the same number with just a 7mm Rem Mag BDL. I know I could load it much hotter in the 7MM RUM, but.....no time or desire to do it yet.
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: cully on June 19, 2009, 03:42:06 PM: I used to have one, a synthetic stocked winchester. Was definitely a shooter but was too much for my shoulder, might not bother you though? And like mentioned earlier, is a little expensive to shoot if you are not reloading, but everything is nowadays. It is a great flat shooting caliber!
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: HUNT on June 22, 2009, 09:52:41 PM: Here it is --- my new Elk slayer!!! Hope she'll shoot.
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: jackelope on June 22, 2009, 10:15:20 PM: ypu got a sherpa lined up to lug that thing out of that hell hole you're hunting elk in this fall?
:chuckle:
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: cascademountainhunter on June 22, 2009, 10:27:59 PM: i know a guy who has one and he likes it real well. not sure what his exact load is but he shoots a barns tsx and can hit a can of copenhagen at 700 yards.
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: HUNT on June 23, 2009, 07:39:12 AM: Now thats shootin.....

jackalope --- was that just an offer? :chuckle:
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: KillBilly on June 23, 2009, 07:51:42 AM: I've heard good about the RUM but I own and prefer the 7mm STW myself.
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: jackelope on June 23, 2009, 08:10:33 AM: Quote from: HUNT on June 23, 2009, 07:39:12 AM
Now thats shootin.....

jackalope --- was that just an offer? :chuckle:

hell no.
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: alanger on June 25, 2009, 01:54:02 PM: Nice gun HUNT. SHow us what ya anialate wiht it this fall.
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: HUNT on June 26, 2009, 09:33:31 PM: Finally came up with all the reloading components. My hunting partner loads 140 gr nosler bullets on top of 100 grains Retumbo chronographing at 3600 +/- fps out of the same rifle as mine. Groups are 1/2 moa.

I am going to load the Barnes 140 gr tipped tsx bullets starting at 98 grains and working up... Will let you know how it goes....
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: HUNT on August 16, 2009, 05:11:35 PM: Got 2 loads worked up for my rifle....

First load 140 grain Barnes TTSX 3580 fps sub MOA groups

150 grain Barnes TTSX 3380 fps MOA groups

No signs of pressure for either load --- running out of room for powder. Both are with compressed loads
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: HUNT on September 03, 2009, 08:24:36 PM: Switched powder and worked up another load....

150 Grain Barnes ttsx
RL-25

3550 fps
sub moa groups

I think I'll stick with this one
:IBCOOL: :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: bod on September 03, 2009, 08:28:47 PM: how much r25 are you using for the new 150 ttsx load?
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: HUNT on September 03, 2009, 08:41:00 PM: PM sent
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: Elk-aholic on September 04, 2009, 05:13:28 PM: I could be wrong but I think my smith told me they eat up barrels kinda fast... is that true?
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: PA BEN on September 05, 2009, 05:51:59 PM: I love mine. Ruger M77, left hand.
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Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: HUNT on September 09, 2009, 12:59:42 PM: Nice Moose!!! The RUM will get the job done.

I think they do eat barrels up fast compared to other calibers. A smith told me about 800 to 1000 rounds then time to rebarrel. My 50 rounds per year will last me 16 years. By that time I will be ready to move on to another rifle....
Title: Re: Who shoots a 7mm RUM
Post by: Skinnyman on September 27, 2009, 09:38:07 AM: I have heard the same about short barrel life with the ultra mags, and some of the other powerful magnums. Barrell life is pretty short, 800-1000 rounds.