Remington 300 Ultra Mag

[bearpaw]

high country most hunters have a favorite bullet, but I think most people subscribe to the thought that any decent bullet put in the right place gets the job done. 

[carver52]

I've killed more than 50 deer  and antelope with Rem. Core locks and a few with Nosler Partitions.  Neither killed any better than the other.  And for what it's worth, niether of these killed any quicker than a load of OO/O buckshot at 30 yards or a round ball from my .54.  My firm belief is that all the designer bulets out there are disned for one thing, to make more sales by companies that don't produce the same bullets as other companies.   Will those kill any quicker?  Nope.  But they will kill just the same.

As to penetration, I know deer don't offer the same resistance as an elk or bear, for example.  However, I did, on accident, take two whitetails with one shot.  One standing behind the other.  The exit hole on the second deer was no larger than the entrance hole on the first.  One deer dropped like a rock.  The other left a blood trail Stevie Wonder could have followed.

[sakoshooter]

Here is my Remington .300RUM. (Before I scratched it up a bunch...) 

I like Rem BDLs.

[rtspring]

I have owned a REM 700 300 RUM since 2003. I shoot 180 Gr. Scirocco's never shot anything else. They have killed every deer, elk, bear I have ever shot at on the first shot. DEAD DEAD DEAD, never took another step.......If you got problems with the hole they put into the meat, shoot them in the head thats what i do............Best rifle ever IMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HoofsandWings]

Is there a model that is better absorbing recoil? I understand Sciroccos are great at recoil absorbtion, but are there any others you would recommend?

[rtspring]

can't reccomend any others from my experience........

[ICEMAN]

Is there a model that is better absorbing recoil? I understand Sciroccos are great at recoil absorbtion, but are there any others you would recommend?

Hoofsandwings, Scirroccos are the bullet he has chosen to shoot. I have a wood stock version (CDL) of the rifle and the recoil is manageable. I am a large guy though (over 300)...not sure how it would feel if you were 150lbs or so....

rtspring, sounds like you and I have the same rifle, bought at about the same time, shoot the same round, with the same results. Love that gun.

[HoofsandWings]

I stand corrected. Sendero is what I was trying to say. For some reason, I keep forgetting the name or confusing it with something else.

BTW, has anyone seen the XCR II? If so, what is it like??

[257 Wby Mag]

I witnessed the handy work of the 300 RUM 210 berger on antelope this year, not very impressive. Pin hole in, pin hole out, no blood shot, took off running like nothing happened, no reaction at the shot, ziltch. Ran about 100 yards and layed down. I'd stick with the siroccos @3450 if'n it was me.

[ICEMAN]

I had a muley I shot with my sciroccos 180's.... Took a quartering last second rib cage shot as he was about to bail into never never land....  My shot unzipped his ribcage and seemed to suck out about half a lung. U G L Y....  I basically missed, and just hit about an inch of the deer....  Football sized hole. Bones on the ground, then lung. 


I am not perfect.

[257 Wby Mag]

Ya, its a hellava combo....

[rtspring]

I shot an elk a few years back at well over 300yds (no rangefinder, walked it off) two guys had missed it cleanly with a 30-06, and 7mm.

Got him right behind the left ear. he went to sleep quick.......

just saying

[ICEMAN]

I hear ya. I feel totally confident with mine. I have run up into the hills and shot just a few round  so many times... hot out, freezing, rain.... at 300 yards, and I can hit a pop can in all these conditions. Did I say I love that rifle?

The moving deer shot above...I am not so proud of, but all the others I am...

[257 Wby Mag]

I shot an elk a few years back at well over 300yds (no rangefinder, walked it off) two guys had missed it cleanly with a 30-06, and 7mm.

Got him right behind the left ear. he went to sleep quick.......

just saying

Who'd a thunk it?

Just sayin....

[rtspring]

I reseached the 300 as much as I could before I purchased one. Finally bought it and put a 5.5 X16.5 nikon on top of it and never looked back. First it destoyed a simmons scope

I wanted one gun to hunt everyhting with. This gun has outdone any expectation I could of ever imagined. I'm not a gun PRO by any means and shoot less than alot of people. But when I pull the trigger I always feel very confident I can hit just about anything.
That is at a resonable range, People say this cartridge will go way out there but if you are shooting at anythng past 500 yards I think you have missed a step in "HUNTING" somewhere.............