New Spot - Page 2

Boyd Heaton · #16 10-22-2005, 11:24 AM

My 30 inch 300 Rum will push a 210gr Bullet to 3350 and a 240gr bullet to a touch over 3000fps.I sat side by side with DC's 34 inch barreled Tommy pushing a 240 to 3200fps.....His was a little flatter and hit a little harder.But I really don't think any deer or bear or moose or what ever else you shoot is gonna know the difference between the two.A very wise man once said"You will never hear a deer complain about the amount of "clicks" it took to kill it

RUMLUVER · #17 10-23-2005, 01:19 PM

Thanks guys for all the info and the guns and gear. You realy have my wheels a turnin now. This coming spring sounds like a good time for me to start shooting farhter out there. Thanks again!

ol_spark · #18 10-24-2005, 10:58 AM

RUMLUVER
Bigbrother pretty much said what there is to know about the Tomahawks. If you look at the ballistics there isn’t much difference. The main reason I went with them in both cases was that I was rebarreling anyway and wanted something different. That’s about what you get. My 300 Tomahawk shot 240 SMK’s at 3010 fps out of the 30” Lilja. I could go faster but that’s where my accuracy was

I also shoot 190 SMK’s at 3306fps with good accuracy. Once again I could go faster but the accuracy was not there, so what good is the increased powder capacity. I also have a 300 RUM with a 26” barrel that will shoot 178 gr A-Max’s at 3129. And that’s seems to be a real good load for that gun. You don’t realize any great difference shooting up to about 800 yds. With the criteria that you set, I certainly would stick to the 300 RUM. They are great cartridges and appear to shoot a variety of bullets well. You didn’t say if you shoot hand loads or not, nor did you say what kind of game you were pursuing. In either case the standard RUM’s have more than enough horsepower to get the job done on deer and elk. The modified cases are certainly not necessary but if you like to tinker that’s also an option. Custom barrels typically shoot better and the longer the distance the easier that is to see. But the barrel is only part of the equation; it still takes lots of practice plus good reloading skills. Wind plays a big factor in the long range game and a 30 caliber 190 SMK bullet traveling at 3100fps drifts just as much shot from a 300 RUM as it does from a 300 Tomahawk. Hope this help[s.

RUMLUVER · #19 10-24-2005, 02:16 PM

ol-spark Anything more than what I already know always helps! To answer your question I have reloaded for several years. I started when I was old enough to pull the handle on dad's rockchukker press. Now we have an unspoken contest who can come up with the most accurate loads. He has been reloading and shooting for 40+ years already so I'm still catching up to him. But I get the better of him sometimes. Around home we hunt whitetail, coyotes, pronghorn antelope, and muledeer mostly. We do some prairedogging but not as much as we used to. I still apply every year for moose, elk and bighorn sheep in ND but those are once in a lifetime tags that are hard to come by. Thanks again for the info!

Boyd Heaton · #20 10-24-2005, 05:15 PM

Just an add on here.....At 3350 my Rum will and has shot sub moa 10 shot groups at 1000 yards ans sub moa 5 shot groups at a mile......17 moa to 1000 with a 100 yard zero.And around 54 moa to a mile

Evan03 · #21 10-30-2005, 10:03 AM

Ouuuuuuuuuuch

didnt that hurt you, you went flying back words. i busted up when i heard that and i could see him actiong tuff like it was nothin at all.

i on the other hadnw will not take that kinda punishment atleast not willingly

you boys are difrent bread. nothin wrong with that.

one thing i did take note of 200 plus bullets moven at 3400. thats about the same as my 2506 and hot hot 100gr nolser bt loads.

petey · #22 10-31-2005, 08:41 AM

Hey there.. Petey is tough as they come for 5 foot nothing and 145 pounds

I enjoy when the wife and kids get to come out and entertain me with comments like that. She's not the best spotter since she' flintches from the sound of the gun, but I'm lucky enough that at least she's out there just to be with me.

After every shot, I give the old Tim the ToolMan Taylor..."Rarrra,rarra,rarrrra"

RUMLUVER · #23 10-31-2005, 09:11 AM

Petey

I'm glad to see I'm not alone! When I'm shooting with my wife she always says doesn't that hurt when my 6'2" 260lbs is getting moved aroud by my .338. Then next statment is that gun is so loud but I tell her maybe one day she'll understand how much fun it is to shoot it! Then she rolls her eyes at me. Like you said I'm gald she's out there with me!

bigbrother · #24 12-04-2005, 11:51 AM

Put very simply it was a bust. First 3 hours of the first day of 2005 deer season, not a single deer sighted and only 6 shots heard! This in an area where we could see 2 mountains covering about 120 degrees around us from 600 to 1800 yards! 1 deer per square mile my a$$.

We cut our losses and headed to the "rock." We had several sightings of does but no bucks on the first day.

RUMLUVER · #25 12-04-2005, 02:32 PM

bigbrother,

Sorry to hear that hunting was tough around hear also very low visabilty the whole season. Worked very hard for 4 deer. They wouldn't stay still or bunch up at all. But none the less we got meat in the freezer for another winter.

bigbrother · #26 12-05-2005, 07:23 AM

First and Second days here were rough for long ranging. First day was overcast with some fog as the snow we did have was melting off before 10am. The second day it rained pretty much all day. We did manage to see some deer the second day from the rock. This Saturday was all together different. We had about 5" of fresh snow at the rock. It makes it a different world when glassing out to 1100 yards. Olspark, Chris and I watched 7 different deer until we finally shot the first one of the day at 580. Chris made his first long range kill at 549. That was his 3rd deer ever and he made a great shot to drop her where she was standing. Olspark has the pics of the deer, hopefully we'll get them up here. Petey and Jason showed up in time to help us drag them up the mountain...THANKS!

petey · #27 12-05-2005, 08:19 AM

Yeah I always seem to show up when there's draggin invovled. Thanks for giving me the last 100 yards

That's always the most fun.

By the way, the video came out pretty good.

I'll proabably make a streaming video for everyone to enjoy.

I'll be going up this week since Saturday is a bust for me. Hard to imagine my weekends are full all the way up into the next year now. And during hunting season to boot!!